Abstract: A moisture resistant light tube assembly for use in forming a moisture resistant LED light tube. The light tube assembly includes a rear component with an elongated heat sink having a flat strip upon which an LED circuit board (or boards) may be placed under pressure legs formed of a polymer for maintaining the circuit board in thermal contact with the heat sink. A polymer lens provides a dome over the rear component. The light tube assembly is formed by co-extrusion of a polymer shell around the heat sink, co-extrusion of the polymer pressure legs to the polymer shell and co-extrusion of the dome to the rear component from one or more polymers selected for their ability to be bonded together by co-extrusion.

Abstract: A nail fin is adapted to be used with a fenestration frame assembly adapted to be fastened in a building support structure. The nail fin includes a substantially bendable metallic flange member having an anchor portion adapted to be retained in the frame assembly and pivotally connected to an attachment portion adapted to be fastened to the support structure along a hinge defined by a series of spaced apart openings formed through the flange member. The metallic flange member is formed with a coextruded first strip covering the openings and defining barbed elements around the anchor portion. The metallic flange member is formed with a second coextruded strip defining a solid attachment template adapted to be fastened to the support structure and forming a seal adapted to be engaged against the support structure.

Abstract: A nail fin is adapted to be used with a fenestration frame assembly adapted to be fastened in a building support structure. The nail fin includes a substantially bendable metallic flange member having an anchor portion adapted to be retained in the frame assembly and pivotally connected to an attachment portion adapted to be fastened to the support structure along a hinge defined by a series of spaced apart openings formed through the flange member. The metallic flange member is formed with a coextruded first strip covering the openings and defining barbed elements around the anchor portion. The metallic flange member is formed with a second coextruded strip defining a solid attachment template adapted to be fastened to the support structure and forming a seal adapted to be engaged against the support structure.

Abstract: A connection system for securing a wall panel shell to a frame member. The frame member includes a groove and the shell includes a mounting member received within the groove. The shell includes a skin member secured to one or more structural members. Each mounting member is carried by a structural member, and is part of a connector that is separate from and engaged with the structural member. The connector includes a base having spaced apart engagement areas, which are received within spaced apart recesses in the structural member. The structural member defines a flat surface which facilitates application of pressure to bond the structural member and the skin member together using an adhesive. Thereafter, the connector is engaged with the structural member via a snap-on engagement arrangement, to enable the wall panel shell to be mounted to the frame member.

Abstract: A connection system for securing a wall panel shell to a frame member of a frame-type wall system includes a groove in the frame member and a mounting member associated with the wall panel shell, which is adapted to be received within the frame member groove. The wall panel shell is constructed of a skin member which is secured to one or more stiffeners or structural members, and each mounting member is carried by one of the stiffeners or structural members. The mounting member forms a part of a connector member, which is separate from and engaged with the structural member. The connector member includes a base having a pair of spaced apart engagement areas. The structural member includes a pair of spaced apart recesses which are adapted to receive the spaced apart engagement areas of the base. The recesses and the engagement areas are configured with a snap-on engagement arrangement for providing quick, easy and accurate mounting of the connector member to the structural member.

Abstract: A co-extruded welting for fixing a seat cover to a vehicle seat frame, the welting comprising an elongated, single-piece strip including a web having opposite ends and a pair of edges extending between the opposite ends, and the strip also including a sheath extending along one of the edges between the opposite ends, the wed and the sheath being made of a first plastic material, and a core surrounded by the sheath and made of a second plastic material which is different from the first plastic material.

Abstract: A rain gutter assembly including an elongated rain gutter including an end and a channel extending longitudinally of the rain gutter, and a connecting member engaged with the end of the rain gutter and including a bayonet portion received in the channel. The rain gutter arranged with a grommet along a rear wall thereof and a mounting fastener engaged within the grommet so as to attach the rain gutter to a building wall. The rain gutter assembly including a downspout having a grommet secured to a rear wall thereof for supporting the downspout to the building wall.. With a mounting fastener slidingly engaging the grommet so as to attach the downspout to the building wall.

Abstract: A method of making a panel, the panel comprising a substantially rigid layer, and a flexible layer fixed to the rigid layer, the rigid layer having therethrough an endless cut dividing the rigid layer into a main portion and a cut-out portion, the flexible layer connecting the cut-out portion to the main portion and thereby holding the cut-out portion in place relative to the main portion.

Abstract: A rain gutter assembly including an elongated trough-like rain gutter having a rear wall, a trough and a leaf guard integrally connected by a pair of living hinges, grommets adapted to house a fastener for supporting the rain gutter, and a connector for sealingly connecting a pair of closely-spaced, aligned rain gutters.

Abstract: A panel comprising a substantially rigid layer, and a flexible layaer fixed to the rigid layer, the rigid layer having therethrough an endless cut dividing the rigid layer into a main portion and a cut-out portion, the flexible layer connecting the cut-out portion to the main portion and thereby holding the cut-out portion in place relative to the main portion.

Abstract: An office space dividing partition having an electrical raceway. The raceway includes an extruded plastic spine having a vertical web; a top portion which includes an extruded mounting slot; a bottom portion which includes first and second extruded grooves and a noise seal; and, an intermediate portion which defines four passageways for communication and power wiring. First and second extruded plastic side panels are telescoped into engagement with the first and second extruded grooves of the spine. An extruded panel-to-raceway connector connects the spine to the bottom edge of an office space dividing panel. Raceway stabilizers extend outwardly from the spine to engage support posts which support the panels. Raceway shrouds, which conceal the posts adjacent to the ends of the raceways, are positionally keyed to the spine for accurate mating with the side panels of the raceway.