Patent ID: 6029418
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: B32B,E04C,E04F,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A wire clip device for use in mounting a structural panel to a wall, the structural panel being of the type having durable outer surfaces and a penetrable inner core of a given thickness formed with a corrugated plastic core having undulating corrugations forming spaced-apart truss elements with open spaces therebetween, said wire clip device comprising:a wire clip having a bail portion formed in an annular shape for insertion of a wall fastener element therethrough into an anchor member of the wall, and an arm portion extending from the bail portion having a linear shape for insertion into the thickness of the inner core of the panel at an exposed lateral edge thereof,wherein said wire clip is shaped with said bail portion offset from said arm portion both in a lateral direction and in a thickness direction of the panel such that said bail portion is positioned for fastening with said wall fastener element to the anchor member of the wall when said arm portion is inserted into the thickness of the inner core of the panel,wherein a distal end of said arm portion is chiseled with a sharp point so that the wire clip can be punched sidewards into the corrugated material of the inner core of the panel.