Patent ID: 8444342

Claim:
A connector assembly, comprising a first profile member and a second profile member each having an undercut; a fastening screw ( 17 , 18 ); an anchoring screw ( 19 ); a connector comprising a connector body ( 13 , 65 , 75 ) having a first opening ( 21 , 63 , 31 ′) for the anchoring screw ( 19 ) and a second opening ( 23 , 23 ′, 59 A, 59 B) having an internal thread ( 41 ) for the fastening screw ( 17 , 18 ); the anchoring screw ( 19 ) extending through the first opening ( 21 , 63 , 31 ′) into engagement with the first profile member; the fastening screw ( 17 , 18 ) having a stem ( 27 ) bearing an external thread ( 25 ) engaged with the internal thread ( 41 ) of the second opening ( 23 ), and having a screw head ( 31 ) and an integrally formed flange ( 28 , 29 ) which extends radially outward from the screw head, the flange ( 28 , 29 ) engaging the undercut ( 5 ) of the second profile member; whereby rotation of the fastening screw ( 17 , 18 ) relative to the threaded opening ( 41 ) causes the fastening screw ( 17 , 18 ) to act as a lever screw, and the connector ( 11 , 71 ) acts as a tilting connector with a tilting edge ( 51 , 51 ′) on a far side of the first opening ( 21 , 21 ′), and rotation of the fastening screw ( 17 , 18 ) results in the connector body being pushed on the side opposite the tilting edge into the interior of the groove while the tilting edge bears against that surface of the undercut which faces the interior of the groove.