US1733589A - Building unit and securing means therefor - Google Patents

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Oct. 29, 1929. w; H. mm 1.133.589

IBUILDING UNIT AND SECURING MEANS THEREFOR Filed April 24, 1926 fiver- 1:11.

Patented Oct, 29,1929 e o f 1,733,589

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALTER H. rLoon, or- CHICAGOVLIIVVJLINOIS i i BUILDING UNIT AND SECURING mnaivs'rnnnmon Application filed April 24, 1926; Serial No; 104,431 p I more'particularly to securing clips therefor, In theidrawings: I o I although certain features thereof may be used Figure 1 is a plan view ofa securing mem- This invention relates tobuilding unitsand trated embodiment of the present invention.

with equal advantage for other purposes. her or clip embodying features of the pres It contemplatesmore especially the proent invention. f L T 55 vision of a single clip which may be inter- Figure 2 is a perspective View of aclip' posed between two adjacent members to assimilar to the one shown in Figure 1, where-' semble them in rigid relation, whereby a in itisbentalong' a median line a-a' to prestructure of any design, or contour may be sentacorner securing means ofany desired I constructed and dismantled with ease. I angularity. I 60 In building units, especially those designed F igure3 s a view in elevation showingthe 7 and constructed for recreational purposes, it manner :in which the clip illustrated in F igis desirable to provide standard units of any ure 1, is applied to a unit which is to be suitable form which bear a relation to each aligned with an adjacent unit not shown.

other to facilitate the assemblage thereof so Figure leis a perspective view of astruc- 65 as to produce with ease, a structure of any deture comprising individual units in assemsirable or fanciful design. To arrange and bled relation having securing means inter- N maintain the units in their desiredrelation, posed therebetween to maintain them in the it is essential or at least highly desirable to desired relation. i I

provide simple and effective securing means Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substan- 70 V which will enable a change in position of tially along the line 5 -5 of Figured; E i the units constituting the structure in order Figure 6 is a view in elevation of an indito make possible a change in design or permit vidual'unit constituting a part ofa structure i, an addition thereto without impairing their to be assembledf v sight or usefulness, thereby rendering them The structure selected for illustration com- 7 satisfactory for repeated use and for other prises a pluralityof diminutiveindividual amusement purposes to suit ones individual units 10 having anydesirable configurations f y, thereon, in this instance,-doors or'windows One object of the present invention is to or both, which are related to eachother so as provide an inexpensive and improved device to simulate in their assembled relation,"a so of the character mentioned. structure of any'desired design and contour, Another object is to provide improved seas-for instanc'ethehous'e illustrated Figure x curing means which can be'readily interposed 4 which is, provided with a roof ll of any i between adjacent members to maintain them appropriate form. I

i li d' l ti j lnorder to facilitate the assembly of the A further object is to provide improved 11111133 W 1th E and ,w1thOutmaFT1ng t f means of inexpensive construction to facili- Sufiace y y; y' V y a tate repeated assembling or dismantling of mined many deSn'edPehtmn y f Q related units without impairing their utility .Smtable s rs l she F 1 thls 1nstance,-compr1se a substantiallyflat mem- 90 p or marrmg their surface. b 12 d f, b o

A still further object is to provide related g i .i n i 16 met 5 units of inexpensive construction which can ma sue as Ce u 01 me a paper an t e I like from which is punched or struck a be assembled ease by employmg plurality of opposed tangs 13 and 14,-'prefer- P a,nd,eflectiV s r means l i of ablv providedat spaced intervals alon a 95 I association therewith to produce a dnmnuai n li th f as li (Pm tive structure to simulate an object of any A shown th ta 13 d 14 r b t deslred deslgn OI II I- mal to the planeyof the member as at 15 for a Other ob ects and advantages Will app r distance approximately equal toor slightly from the following description of an illusless than thethi kns fth u it 10 hi h 10o t are received thereby in embracing relation by To facilitate the assembly of angularly re d V lated units, it is only necessary to bend the member 12 along a median line thereof as i for instance along line to present the shown in Figures 1 and 2. It is evident that desired angular relation between the parts thereof. It is to be noted that the portion of the tang normalto its base, in this instance, will necessarily be somewhat longer than the same portion in the form previously described to compensate for the distance 6 any number of series ofopposed tangs, in this instance two, may be employed depending largely upon the nature and size of the structure to be assembled. c r v With the arrangement ofparts above described, 1t 1s obvious that ad acent units can be conveniently assembled and dismantled by merely introducing the clip 12 between the adjacent edges or" the units so that the base thereof will contact with the inner sides thereof with the portion 15 of the tang intermediate the adjacent edges in resilient frictional engagement therewith owing to the portion 16 which contacts with the outer side of the units '10 to maintain them in their desired aligned relation. The clip is preferably removed by sliding it along the joint formed by the adjacent members whence it is removed from the end'thereof.

Various changes may be made in the embodiment of the invention hereinabove spe cifically described, without departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages 01" the invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim: 1 V 1 An attaching plate adapted to connect adjacent members, said plate having a series of struck-up tangs extending transversely thereof in spaced-apart relation. lengthwise of the plate, each tang having at its inner end a portion normal to the plate, said tangs 6X tending in alternately opposite directions and having their said inner end portions upon alternately opposite sides of the longi tudinal median line of the plate and their body portions ofiset laterally in alternating,

relation and the inner end of each tang being positioned closely ad1acent to the lognitudinal median line of the plate so as to connect the adjacent members in edgewise abutting relation. V r V a In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name. 7 WALTER H. FLOOD.

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