Patent ID: 7877959

Claim:
A panel connector for joining at least two panels together, comprising: an inner end located at an edge of a flange of a panel enabling said connector to extend outwardly from said edge of said panel; an outer end located opposite of said inner end of said connector; a radial inner face and a radial outer face; an inner portion and an outer portion, said inner and outer portion of said connector defining an opening therebetween; wherein said connector having a curved profile defining a partially enclosed space therein, said partially enclosed space being configured and dimensioned to longitudinally receive another connector of corresponding form; and wherein at least a portion of said radial inner face of a first connector of a first panel is able to engage with at least a portion of said radial outer face of a second connector of a second panel, and wherein at least a portion of said radial inner face of said second connector is able to engage with at least a portion of said radial outer face of said first connector, thereby preventing disengagement of said first and second connectors throughout a plane transverse to said edge whilst permitting relative longitudinal displacement of a pair of interengaged connectors; wherein said second connector extending from an edge of said second panel in the same rotational direction of said first connector, said second connector being of corresponding form of similar shape to said first connector; wherein a central axis of said partially enclosed space of said connector is parallel to the plane of said flange, and located between the planes defined by said flanges of said first and second connectors.