US 11,938,086 B2
Releasable locking system for vertical panels
Ralph Lauterbach, Glen Ellyn, IL (US)
Filed by Ralph Lauterbach, Glen Ellyn, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,035.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,687, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0313549 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A61H 33/00 (2006.01); E04F 13/08 (2006.01); E04H 4/14 (2006.01); E04H 4/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 33/6005 (2013.01) [E04F 13/0803 (2013.01); E04F 13/0826 (2013.01); E04F 13/083 (2013.01); E04H 4/14 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0107 (2013.01); E04H 4/0037 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A releasable locking mechanism for holding a vertical panel in place along a structural framing member comprising:
a first component including an engagement tab, the first component configured to be affixed to a rear surface of the vertical panel; and
a second component configured to be attached to a top surface of the structural framing member, the second component including a tensioned lever arm comprising a rounded upper portion including a locking edge for positioning over the engagement tab and an opposing, lower tail portion, wherein translational movement of the lower tail portion imparts a rotational movement of the locking edge including in the rounded upper portion to control the position of the locking edge with respect to the engagement tab and thereby control the engagement and disengagement of the first component with respect to the second component.