Patent ID: 7503150
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: E04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly for connecting first and second members and permitting relative movement between the first and second members, the connecting assembly comprising: a. an elongated track adapted to connect to the first member and having a web and opposed edge portions that form a pair of slide channels; b. a connecting member adapted to connect to the second member and connected to the track for back and forth movement therein; c. the connecting member including opposed end portions and a base that fits in the channels and is movable within the channels along the track, and wherein the channels retain the connecting member to the track; d. the base of the connecting member including a channel that extends across one end portion of the connecting member wherein the channel includes open opposed ends and an open side; e. a substantially U-shaped reinforcing member disposed in the channel of the base and extending substantially between the open ends of the channel of the base; f. the connecting member including an extension that extends from the base and wherein the extension is adapted to connect to the second member; g. wherein when the connector assembly is connected between the first and second members, the connecting member is permitted to move back and forth in the track in response to relative movement between the first and second members; and h. wherein the base includes opposed end portions and wherein at least one end portion of the base is cut at an angle such that the base can be rotated into a position where both end portions of the base project into the channels, and wherein the angle cut of the base permits the base to be rotated into the channels, but does not permit the base to be continuously rotated 360° in one direction through the opposed channels.