Patent ID: 7398624
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: E04B,E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A structural panel and closure clip comprising in combination: a structural panel comprised of at least one outer sheet of material and a plurality of dividers secured to and protruding from one face of said outer sheet, said dividers being parallel with each other and movable from an expanded condition where they protrude from said outer sheet to a compressed condition where they are flattened in closely adjacent relationship with said outer sheet, said dividers in said expanded condition forming a plurality of parallel cells opening at opposite ends of the panel, and a closure clip having an elongated body of substantially J-shaped transverse cross-section so as to define a channel that is open along one side, wherein said dividers in said panel have been severed transversely along a line of severance adjacent to one of said ends of said panel and compressed between said line of severance and said one end, said compressed dividers and the outer sheet of material secured thereto being received in said open channel of said closure clip with the closure clip positioned so as to close the open ends of said cells at said one end of the panel.