Patent ID: 7614197

Claim:
A disengageable connector for interconnecting panels, the connector comprising; a longitudinally extending connector body having a substantially similar profile along its entire length, the connector body including a base and a projection extending from the base; the base includes a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface being composed of an underside consisting essentially of a first footing member extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the base, a second footing member extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the base and a third footing member extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the base; and a first protrusion extending vertically from the base adjacent a first edge of the base and a second protrusion extending vertically from the base adjacent a second edge, opposite the first edge, of the base, the first protrusion and the second protrusion are spaced apart from the projection and are located on either side of the projection; wherein the first footing member and the second footing members are respectively positioned beneath the first protrusion and the second protrusion, and the third footing member is positioned beneath the projection, the first footing member, the second footing member and the third footing member being spaced by a first recess extending fully between the first footing member and the third footing member and a second recess extending fully between the second footing member and the third footing member, and the first footing member, the second footing member and the third footing member are shaped and dimensioned to compress into an underlying foam pad to a predetermined limited extent such that the connector sits upon the underlying foam pad with the top surface of the base lying in substantially the same plane as the upper surface of the underlying foam pad.