Patent ID: 9540861
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: E06B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A self-locking support system, comprising: a female profile having a first profile leg extending approximately orthogonally from a base, a first locking leg extending from the first profile leg, and a first tip extending from the first profile leg, wherein a gap is formed between the base and the first profile leg; and a first male profile having a fulcrum formed at an intersection of a second profile leg and a second locking leg, the second profile leg having a second tip extending therefrom; wherein the second locking leg is inserted into the gap, and a locking bead is positioned between the first and second tips, the first male profile is caused to rotate about the fulcrum and the first and second locking legs are caused to engage against each other; wherein each of the female and first male profiles extend axially, each having a respective first and second length extending in an axial direction; and wherein the first length is greater than the second length; and the system further comprising a second male profile having a cross-section that is similar to the first male profile, the second male profile extending in the axial direction, and wherein the first and second male profiles abut one another axially and within the first length of the female profile.