Patent ID: 8776472
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: E04B,E04C,E04H

Abstract:
1. An insulated panel arrangement, comprising: an insulated panel having a pair of opposed left and right panel ends and a pair of opposed top and bottom panel ends, said insulated panel including parallel, spaced-apart inner and outer planar skins defining an interior space between said inner and outer planar skins, and an insulated core extending between said inner and outer planar skins and generally filling said interior space; wherein each of said planar skins has a pair of opposed top and bottom edges and a pair of opposed left and right edges, with at least one pair of opposed edges on each of said planar skins being bent toward the other of said planar skins to define two pairs of first and second opposed end faces located at respective first and second opposed panel ends; a hook assembly at the first of said respective opposed panel ends; and a pin assembly at the second of said respective opposed panel ends, directly opposite the hook assembly so that, when two of said insulated panels are placed end to end, with the first respective opposed panel end of one panel abutting the second respective opposed panel end of the other panel, the hook assembly on the one panel engages the pin assembly on the other panel to hold the two panels together; wherein at least one of the inner and outer planar skins on the first end face includes an extension which lies in the plane of the respective one planar skin and extends beyond the respective first end face, and the same one of the inner and outer planar skins on the second end face defines a shoulder and a recess indented inwardly from the plane of said one planar skin so that the extension on the first end face of one panel can be received in the recess on the second end face of an identical adjacent panel so that, when the adjacent panels are brought together and locked together by the respective hook assemblies and pin assemblies, the extension on one panel has an edge that lies adjacent to the shoulder on the adjacent panel such that a weld can be made along the edge and shoulder to weld the two adjacent panels together, with the respective planar skin being flat and continuous along both of the two adjacent panels.