Patent · US Expired

Snap-fit panel connection apparatus

US6543197B2 · kind B2 · utility

14Cited by

70References

25Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Arrow Group Industries, Inc. · US

Inventors

John Joseph Wetzel · Charlottesville, US
Curtis B. Hemann · Carlyle, US
Jeffrey L. Hall · Wallingford, US
Frank J. DeBoer · O'Fallon, US
Michael A. Spicer · Trenton, US
Steven D. Huegen · Bartelso, US
Timothy Brennan · Glen Allen, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 10, 2001
Grant date	Apr 8, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 10, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE04B2001/389
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A wall panel for a storage building is provided. The wall panel includes a first arcuate ridged region bounded by a first inner clamping surface, and a second inner clamping surface. The wall panel also includes a second arcuate ridged region bounded by a first outer clamping surface and a second outer clamping surface. The second arcuate ridged region of a first wall panel is adapted to securely overlap and snap-fit interconnect with said first arcuate ridged region of a second adjacent wall panel.

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