Tool-free modular display and partition building system
This system is a way to build furniture, display structures, or architectural partitions out of flat panels—think honeycomb-cored boards like those used in trade-show displays—connected by special corner joints. The joints work by sliding a two-legged metal bracket into the hollow channels inside the panels, then tightening a screw that expands a wedge inside the leg, locking it in place with a pressure fit. No glue, minimal tools, and the hidden internal connection means the outside surface looks seamless and continuous. The result is a clean, ribbon-like structure that can be assembled, disassembled, and reconfigured repeatedly.
What you could build
A kit-of-parts display and partition system sold to trade show exhibit houses, retail fixture suppliers, and interior fit-out contractors, who resell or rent it to brands and retailers needing premium, reconfigurable environments.
Who in Virginia should care
Virginia-based exhibit design firms, government contractor office fit-out companies, and GSA-contracted interior furnishings suppliers would be plausible customers or licensees.
Readiness: Prototype likely
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- Jonathan KING, David B. Clark, Robert Dunay, Joseph Wheeler
- Granted
- February 12, 2013
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 8371089
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