Corner assembly for a frame

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EP 0 942 141 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	23.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/34

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	15.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/37

(21)	Application number: 99301813.4

(22)	Date of filing: 10.03.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E06B 3/96, E06B 9/52

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

11.03.1998 EP 98200762

(71)	Applicant: HUNTER DOUGLAS INDUSTRIES B.V.
	3071 EL Rotterdam (NL)

(72)	Inventor:
	Welfonder, Konrad 27574 Bremerhaven (DE)

(74)	Representative: Smith, Samuel Leonard
	J.A. Kemp & Co., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn London WC1R 5LX London WC1R 5LX (GB)

(54)	Corner assembly for a frame

(57) A nodal assembly (11) for connecting at least two adjacent frame members (3,5) of a perimeter frame (1), the nodal assembly comprising a central portion (50) having parallel first (52) and second (54) sides and an opening (56A) in the second side, a first leg extending from the central portion in a first direction parallel to the first side and having a cavity within it in communication with the opening, a second leg extending from the central portion in a second direction different from the first direction but also parallel to the first side, and a retainer (21) slidably received in the cavity and movable between a retracted position substantially within the central portion and the first leg and an extended position in which the retainer extends substantially outwardly of the opening in the second side of the central portion and away from the second side.

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