Patent ID: 7036799
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A panel assembly comprising a panel having an elongated edge and first and second opposed panel faces; an elongated, rigid, panel-receiving body having a longitudinal axis; an elongated, axially extending, panel-receiving groove defined in said body, said groove including an open mouth and interfacing, spaced apart first and second side walls extending inwardly from said mouth; said edge of said panel being received in said groove; and a wedge system in said groove securing said panel in said panel receiving body; said wedge system comprising first and second tapered wedges in said groove between said first face of said panel and said first side wall of said groove; both said first and second wedges being inclined at a small angle relative to said first and second opposed panel faces; said first wedge having a thick portion adjacent said open mouth of said panel receiving groove and having a thin portion spaced from said open mouth of said panel receiving groove; and said second wedge having a thin portion adjacent said open mouth of said panel receiving groove and having a thick portion spaced from said open mouth of said panel receiving groove said side walls of said panel receiving groove being parallel to said first and second faces of said panel and said first and second wedges having equal tapers a spacer in said groove between said second face of said panel and said second side wall of said groove, said spacer having a uniform thickness equal to the combined thickness of said first and second wedges.