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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald A Baxter, Douglasville, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2291982 ; 206427 ;
Abstract
An interlocking arrangement (10) for panels has a locking tab (20) having a nose (22) and a base of a first width W.sub.T including at least one transverse segmented base edge (24) having have an outermost vane (26) and at least one inner vane (28). The locking tab is received by a locking slit (30) of a second width W.sub.S less than the first width of the locking tab.