Structural joint for a cargo container

• US 3,261,493 A
• Filed: 04/18/1963
• Issued: 07/19/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Smith, Donald G.
• Original Assignee: Smith, Donald G.
• Inventors: Smith, Donald G.
• Application Number:
  US04/273,985
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• US Class Current: 217/65
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 9/12 collapsible, e.g. with all parts detachable
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 9/24 separate from container walls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 9/34 Joints; Local reinforcements
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 9/38 Metal bands or strips

Claims

1. A STRUCTURAL JOINT FOR CONNECTING PANELS IN ANGULAR RELATION COMPRISING IN COMBINATION:

A PAIR OF ADJACENT EDGINGS HAVING CONFRONTING EDGE MITERED MATING SURFACES;

A FIRST GROOVE FORMED IN EACH OF SAID EDGES, SAID FIRST GROOVE LOCATED IN AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THE LENGTH OF SAID MITERED SURFACE;

A RESILIENT SEAL MOUNTED IN THE FIRST GROOVE OF EACH PANEL AND EXTENDING THE DISTANCE OF SAID FIRST GROOVE, A PORTION OF SAID SEAL EXTENDING OUT OF SAID FIRST GROOVE AND ABOVE THE MITERED SURFACE;

THE CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPES AND AREA RELATIONSHIPS OF SAID FIRST GROOVE AND SAID SEAL ARE INTERRELATED FOR RETENTION OF SAID SEAL IN SAID FIRST GROOVE AGAINST FREE REMOVAL;