Patent ID: 7716891

Claim:
An apparatus for securing a first panel and a second panel to a structure, each panel having a main portion, a lip, and a hole in the lip, the apparatus comprising: a clip, comprising: a clip base having a first area and a second area, a generally “T”-shaped track extending from the first area, a generally “L”-shaped stop having a first base extending from the second area and an arm extending from the distal end of the first base, the arm generally extending parallel to the clip base and away from the first area, and the clip base having a hole between the “T”-shaped track and the “L”-shaped stop and adapted to accommodate a fastener to secure the clip to the structure; and first and second extrusions, each extrusion comprising: a generally “U”-shaped base having a first arm and a second arm, the second arm having an end and a base, the “U”-shaped base adapted to receive the “L”-shaped stop of the clip, a first leg extending from the first arm of the “U”-shaped base and having a hole therein to accommodate a fastener to secure the extrusion to a panel, the first extrusion to be secured to the first panel and the second extrusion to be secured to the second panel, first and second generally “L”-shaped extensions extending from the second arm of the “U”-shaped base, the first extension extending from the end of the second arm, the second extension extending from the base of the second arm, the first extension, the second extension and the second arm forming a generally “T”-shaped opening adapted to receive the “T”-shaped track; and wherein the “U”-shaped base of the first extrusion receives the “L”-shaped stop and the “T”-shaped opening of the second extrusion receives the “T”-shaped track.