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Bonded panel having interlocking sides

Granted 19 Feb 2008 · no office action yet

Assignee: Metals USA Building Products, L.P.

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Inventors: Don J. Coulson · Examiner: Doris Clark · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/246,487
filed 18 Apr 2006
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US D562468
granted 19 Feb 2008

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bonded panel having interlocking sides showing a first embodiment of my new design; the broken line showing of a second bonded panel is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

FIG. 2 is front elevational view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of FIG. 1 , the bottom plan view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial view, looking from the top of FIG. 1 , illustrating the cooperation of the sides of adjacent bonded panels while they are being brought together or taken apart;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged partial view, looking in the direction of arrows 7 — 7 in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of the bonded panel of the present invention, having straightened ends on the left side; the right side thereof being identical to that shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged partial elevational view, looking in the direction of arrows 9 — 9 in FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 10 is an enlarged partial perspective view, looking in the direction of arrows 9 — 9 in FIG. 8 .

The bonded panel having interlocking sides is shown as broken in FIGS. 1–4 to indicate indeterminate length and in FIG. 6 to indicate indeterminate width.

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D25/121

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