Patent ID: 6098365
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: E04B,E04F,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A construction panel, said construction panel comprising:a panel member;a tongue formed on a first edge of the panel member and protruding and extending outwardly from the first edge, the tongue includinga head having a chamfered edge;a neck having two essentially parallel sides, wherein the head expands from the chamfered edge to the neck and merges into a shoulder portion, the shoulder portion having two radiused convex sides, the two radiused convex sides intersecting and merging with the first edge of the panel member at a first end and the neck merging with the shoulder portion at a second end; anda groove, formed on a second edge of the panel member and extending inwardly into the second edge in a manner forming a cavity, the groove includinga head having a chamfered edge;a neck having two essentially parallel sides, wherein the head expands from the neck;a shoulder portion having two radiused concave sides, the two radiused concave sides expanding outwardly to form an opening in the second edge of the construction panel at a first end of the shoulder portion and the neck merging with the shoulder portion at a second end of the shoulder portion;wherein the tongue of the panel member is configured to fit together with an adjacent groove of an adjacent matching panel member in interlocking relationship such that the neck of the tongue is configured to fit into the neck of the adjacent groove and the head and shoulder portion of the tongue fit into a head and shoulder portion of the adjacent groove to form a joint between the first and second construction panels.