Patent ID: 8752565
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: E04F,E04H

Abstract:
1. An assembly for forming an enclosed area adjoining an inhabitable structure including a roof structure and a wall surface, the assembly including: a partition including a plurality of panels including a first panel including a first panel lateral edge and a second panel including a second panel lateral edge, the enclosed area bounded laterally by the partition and the wall surface and bounded at a top by the roof structure, at least the first panel and the second panel being detachably connected with one another at the first panel lateral edge and the second panel lateral edge, and the partition being detachably connected to the roof structure, wherein the partition further includes a top rail and a bottom rail such that the plurality of panels can be placed there between, and wherein each of the first panel and the second panel are rectangular and include a top edge configured to be detachably connected to the top rail, and a bottom edge configured to be detachably connected to the bottom rail; and a panel joiner configured to detachably connect the first panel and the second panel at the first panel lateral edge and the second panel lateral edge, the panel joiner including two end members and a corrugated portion there between, the end members configured along opposite ends of the panel joiner, one of the two end members configured to connect to and detach from the first panel lateral edge by the placement in engagement of the one of the two end members with the first panel lateral edge and the detachment from engagement of the one of the two end members with the first panel lateral edge, respectively, in a direction transverse to the first panel lateral edge, the other of the two end members configured to connect to the second panel lateral edge by the placement in engagement of the other of the two end members with the second panel lateral edge and the detachment from engagement of the other of the two end members with the second panel lateral edge, respectively, in a direction transverse to the second panel lateral edge, wherein the first panel lateral edge includes a first set of outward protrusions and one of the two end members further includes a second set of outward protrusions, and wherein one of the first and second sets of outward protrusions includes a recess formed on a surface thereof and the other of the first and second sets of outward protrusions includes a lateral projection on a surface thereof, the recess and projection being complementary to form an interlocking snap-in connection that detachably connects the first panel lateral edge to said one of the two end members; and wherein the top edge of each of the first panel and the second panel includes a set of outward protrusions, and the top rail includes a set of complementary outward protrusions to form an interlocking snap-in connection that detachably connects the top edge of each of the first panel and the second panel to the top rail; and wherein the bottom edge of each of the first panel and the second panel includes a set of outward protrusions, and the bottom rail includes a set of complementary outward protrusions to form an interlocking snap-in connection that detachably connects the bottom edge of each of the first panel and the second panel to the bottom rail.