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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2003
Robert J. Welch, Dallas, PA (US);
James D. Hill, Tolland, CT (US);
Jeffrey C. Olson, Dallas, PA (US);
Robert R. Steele, Sweet Valley, PA (US);
Cheryl Kniffin, Mountaintop, PA (US);
Katherine Mcgillivray, Marshall, MN (US);
Robert J. Welch, Dallas, PA (US);
James D. Hill, Tolland, CT (US);
Jeffrey C. Olson, Dallas, PA (US);
Robert R. Steele, Sweet Valley, PA (US);
Cheryl Kniffin, Mountaintop, PA (US);
Katherine McGillivray, Marshall, MN (US);
Metro Industries Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A support system includes a support post and support means for adjustably supporting a member to the support post. The support means includes a locking mechanism movable between a first position for press-fitting the support means, directly or indirectly, against the support post and a second position for releasing the press-fitting. The locking mechanism has a surface that abuts the support post, or a wedge member associated with the support post, when in the first position thereby to effect the press-fitting and that is released from the support post when moved to the second position to release the press-fitting.