Patent ID: 8348280

Claim:
A seal apparatus, comprising: at least first and second adjacent seal segments, each including an elongate body with ends defined at opposing elongate body ends, to be arranged such that an end of the first seal segment joins with a complementary end of the second seal segment, the end of the first seal segment including a first male component protruding from a plane of a first seal surface to define a first female mating section about the first male component, the end of the second seal segment including a second male component protruding from a plane of a second seal surface to define a second female mating section about the second male component, the first and second male components being receivable in the second and first female mating sections, respectively, to form first and second male component overlaps in at least two dimensions and each comprising a three-prong part in complementarily inverted configurations, the first male component three-prong part comprising a first center prong and first side prongs separated by a width narrower than a first center prong width and disposed in contact with a first center prong surface, and the second male component three-prong part comprising a second center prong receivable between the first side prongs for contact with the first center prong surface and second side prongs separated by a width greater than a second center prong width to define a space to receive the first center prong for contact with respective surfaces of the second side prongs.