Patent ID: 7897005
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: C08K,C09J,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of connecting first and second structural components having a relatively low thickness, the first structural component comprising a tongue, the second structural component comprising a groove, the tongue comprising a front end and sides which diverge from the front end, the groove comprising a groove base and sides which diverge from the groove base and converge towards an opening of the groove, wherein an angle of convergence of the sides of the groove is greater than an angle of divergence of the sides of the groove, the opening having a width that is greater than the front end of the tongue, the sides of the tongue having the same angle as the sides of the groove, the tongue further comprising at least one undercut arranged in a back area of the tongue which receives a projecting portion of the groove, the method comprising: pre-applying, at an off-site location, an adhesive to: (i) at least one of the sides of the groove or (ii) at least one of the sides of the tongue; pre-applying, at an off-site location, a substance different from the adhesive and which activates the adhesive to: (i) at least one of the sides of the tongue or (ii) at least one of the sides of the groove, respectively; connecting, at a site different from the off-site location, the first and second structural components together by causing the tongue to be inserted into the groove.