Interlocking structural unit
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1. A STRUCTURAL METAL UNIT FOR DETACHABLY INTERLOCKING WITH OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL STRUCTURAL UNITS TO FORM A DECK OR FLOOR OF VARIABLE AREA, EACH OF SAID UNITS COMPRISING:
- AN ELONGATED RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE HAVING A SPACED APART UPPER DECK SURFACE AND A LOWER BASE SURFACE;
MALE AND FEMALE CONNECTORS SECURED ACROSS OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SAID STRUCTURE, EACH OF SAID END CONNECTORS HAVING AN IRREGULAR FRONT WALL SURFACE WHICH INCLUDES A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED RECESS OPEN AT ONE SIDE AND LOCATED ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF THE END CONNECTORS, THE FRONT WALL OF SAID MALE END CONNECTOR HAVING A FIRST DEPENDING FLANGE LOCATED ABOVE AND FORWARD OF ITS SAID RECESS AND A SECOND DEPENDING FLANGE LOCATED BELOW AND REARWARD OF SAID FIRST FLANGE, THE FRONT WALL OF SAID FEMALE CONNECTOR HAVING A FIRST OVERWIDE GROOVE OPEN UPWARDLY AND LOCATED ABOVE AND SOMEWHAT REARWARD OF ITS SAID RECESS FOR RECEIVING SAID FIRST FLANGE OF A MALE END CONNECTOR OF AN ADJOINING UNIT AND HAVING A SECOND OVERWIDE GROOVE OPEN UPWARDLY AND LOCATED BELOW AND FORWARD OF ITS RECESS FOR RECEIVING SAID SECOND FLANGE OF SAID MALE END CONNECTOR OF THE ADJOINING UNIT, THE OPEN-SIDED RECESSES OF SAID MALE AND FEMALE END CONNECTORS WHEN ADJOINING UNITS ARE INTERLOCKED FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED SLOT FOR RECEIVING A LOCKING BAR.
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1. A STRUCTURAL METAL UNIT FOR DETACHABLY INTERLOCKING WITH OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL STRUCTURAL UNITS TO FORM A DECK OR FLOOR OF VARIABLE AREA, EACH OF SAID UNITS COMPRISING:
- AN ELONGATED RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE HAVING A SPACED APART UPPER DECK SURFACE AND A LOWER BASE SURFACE;
MALE AND FEMALE CONNECTORS SECURED ACROSS OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SAID STRUCTURE, EACH OF SAID END CONNECTORS HAVING AN IRREGULAR FRONT WALL SURFACE WHICH INCLUDES A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED RECESS OPEN AT ONE SIDE AND LOCATED ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF THE END CONNECTORS, THE FRONT WALL OF SAID MALE END CONNECTOR HAVING A FIRST DEPENDING FLANGE LOCATED ABOVE AND FORWARD OF ITS SAID RECESS AND A SECOND DEPENDING FLANGE LOCATED BELOW AND REARWARD OF SAID FIRST FLANGE, THE FRONT WALL OF SAID FEMALE CONNECTOR HAVING A FIRST OVERWIDE GROOVE OPEN UPWARDLY AND LOCATED ABOVE AND SOMEWHAT REARWARD OF ITS SAID RECESS FOR RECEIVING SAID FIRST FLANGE OF A MALE END CONNECTOR OF AN ADJOINING UNIT AND HAVING A SECOND OVERWIDE GROOVE OPEN UPWARDLY AND LOCATED BELOW AND FORWARD OF ITS RECESS FOR RECEIVING SAID SECOND FLANGE OF SAID MALE END CONNECTOR OF THE ADJOINING UNIT, THE OPEN-SIDED RECESSES OF SAID MALE AND FEMALE END CONNECTORS WHEN ADJOINING UNITS ARE INTERLOCKED FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED SLOT FOR RECEIVING A LOCKING BAR.
- AN ELONGATED RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE HAVING A SPACED APART UPPER DECK SURFACE AND A LOWER BASE SURFACE;
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Current AssigneeJohn Doering, Julian B. Finkel
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Original AssigneeJohn Doering, Julian B. Finkel
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InventorsDoering, John, Finkel, Julian B.
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Application NumberUS04/167,350Time in Patent Office1,145 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current52/579CPC Class CodesE01C 9/083 made of metal, e.g. plates,...
