Adaptable panel mounting system
OwnerFred Hobeyninventor
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Abstract
A panel mounting system for mounting a linear panel structure on a surface, having a plurality of posts, each having a base plate with mounting surfaces for surface attachment and a vertical extension having a lateral support beam perpendicular to a panel-receiving cross beam; first and second opposing semi-circular channels within first and second ends of the panel-receiving cross beam, wherein each channel forms a channel angle of 45 to 135 degrees relative to the lateral support beam; a hollow, circular cylindrical insert insertable into each channel; and a panel mountable between each pair of adjacent posts, each end of the panel insertable into a corresponding insert.
Claims9
A panel mounting system for mounting a linear panel structure on a surface, the system comprising:
- a plurality of posts, each post having a base plate with one or more mounting surfaces for surface attachment and a vertical extension, the vertical extension having a generally T-shaped transverse cross-section comprising a lateral support beam and a panel-receiving cross beam,
- the lateral support beam being a solid stiffening member with a uniform thickness along the height and extending perpendicularly from the center of the panel receiving cross-beam;
- the opposite ends of the cross-beam comprise a pair of opposing semi-circular channels, wherein each channel forms a channel angle of between 45 degrees and 135 degrees relative to the lateral support beam and each panel is rotatable about a vertical axis at each end through a panel angle of greater than 20 degrees to either side of the channel angle of the corresponding channels;
- a hollow, circular cylindrical insert insertable into each channel;
- a panel mountable between each pair of adjacent posts, each end of the panel insertable into a corresponding insert;
- and a semi-circular wedge insertable at the top end of each semi-circular channel for securing the panel in a desired panel angle position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.