Patent ID: 9714523
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: E04H

Claim:
1. A connector assembly for interlocking adjacent members, the connector assembly comprising: a first Y-shaped connector affixed to a portion of a first member, a second Y-shaped connector affixed to a portion of a second member, wherein each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors includes a first arm with an outer face and an inner face, a second arm with an outer face and an inner face; a loop-type engaging element mounted on one of: (i) the inner faces of both the first and second arms of each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors; (ii) the outer faces of both the first and second arms of each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors; a hook-type engaging element mounted on the other of: (i) the inner faces of both the first and second arms of each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors; (ii) the outer faces of both the first and second arms of each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors; wherein each of the first and second Y-shaped connectors is selectively configurable to either a male configuration or a female configuration and an interlocking connection between the first member and the second member is made when one of the first and second Y-shaped connectors is arranged in the male configuration and the other of the first and second Y-shaped connectors is arranged in the female configuration, and the engaging elements on the inner faces of the first and second arms of the Y-shaped connector in the female configuration are respectively lockably engaged with the engaging elements on the outer faces of the first and second arms of the Y-shaped connector in the male configuration.