Patent ID: 9366022
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: E04B,E04C,F16B

Claim Text:
1. A frame connector assembly for releasably rigidly joining a first frame member and a second frame member in-line with one another, said assembly comprising: a main axis and first and second expansion elements joined to one another laterally thereof in elastically separable fashion, said first expansion element having a first outer face, said second expansion element having a second outer face disposed oppositely of said first outer face, said second expansion element having a pair of hollow lobe members each elongated along a respective lobe axis, said lobe members being connected to one another by way of a web portion therebetween, thereby defining a channel disposed inward of said second outer face, each said lobe member having an outboard edge; and at least two actuator elements mounted in threaded association with said first expansion element and separated by an actuator distance along said main axis, each said actuator element having a tool engagement end and a web engagement end, said tool engagement ends being accessible through said first outer face, said web engagement end being pressingly associated with said web portion wherein threaded movement of said actuator elements in an expansion direction toward said second expansion element forces said first and second expansion elements apart from one another.