Patent ID: 8745951

Claim:
A flange component for securing together two panels wherein a plurality of the flange components are used in conjunction with a plurality of fasteners, each fastener being secured to a respective flange component and one of the panels to secure a first panel to a second panel, the flange component comprising: a first section including an intermediate section disposed between and integrally connected to a first tab and a second tab, wherein the first section has a first length dimension and is capable of being affixed to the first panel, and wherein the first section includes a free edge extending from a first free end of the first tab to a second free end of the second tab, wherein a surface of the free edge along the first tab, the second tab and the intermediate section is coplanar with a plane extending orthogonal to a surface of the first section; a second section integrally connected with the intermediate section of the first section and having a second length dimension that is less than the first length dimension and the second section having an aperture for receiving a fastener to secure the second panel to the second section and relative to the first panel; wherein the first tab, intermediate section and second section are co-planar and the first tab has a thickness dimension, and the second tab is offset relative to the intermediate section a dimension that is substantially equal to the thickness of the first tab; and wherein the first tab and the second tab are spaced apart by the second length dimension.