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Claim 1

IN A STORE COUNTER, THE COMBINATION OF: A FLAT RECTANGULAR COUNTER TOP; A SHEET METAL GUARD RAIL ADAPTER APPLIED TO AN EDGE PORTION OF SAID COUNTER TOP, SAID ADAPTER INCLUDING A BASE ANGLE HAVING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL FLANGES FITTING TOP HORIZONTAL AND FRONT VERTICAL FACES RESPECTIVELY OF SAID EDGE PORTION, AND A VERTICAL WALL BENT UPWARDLY FROM THE REAR EDGE OF SAID HORIZONTAL FLANGE TO PROVIDE THE BACK WALL OF GUARD RAIL; MEANS FOR SECURING SAID ANGLE FLANGES TO SAID COUNTER TOP EDGE PORTION; AN EXTRUDED HARD PLASTIC SHELL COVERING SAID ADAPTER FROM ABOVE AND FROM THE FRONT AND PROVIDING A TOP WALL AND FRONT WALL FOR SAID GUARD RAIL; MEANS ON SAID ADAPTER AND SHELL WHICH INTERLOCK, WHEN SAID SHELL IS SHIFTD LONGITUDINALLY RELATIVE TO SAID ADAPTER TO UNITE SAID SHELL AND ADAPTER WITHOUT REQUIRING FASTENER MEANS FOR THIS PURPOSE AND TO PROVIDE A GUARD RAIL IN SAID EDGE PORTION OF SAID COUNTER, SAID GUARD RAIL HAVING A HORIZONTALLY OUTWARDLY PROTRUDING BEAD ON ITS SHELL ADJACENT ITS LOWER EDGE, AND COMPRISING TWO LIKE SECTIONS DISPOSED IN END-TO-END ALIGNED SPACED RELATION ALONG THE STRAIGHT EDGE PORTION OF SAID COUNTER TOP; AND A STRAIGHT SPLICE MOLDED OF HARD BUT SPRINGY PLASTIC TO SLIDINGLY FIT DOWNWARDLY OVER THE SPACED END PORTIONS OF SAID ALIGNED GUARD RAIL SECTIONS TO COVER SAID END PORTIONS AND GIVE CONTINUITY TO SAID GUARD RAIL SECTIONS, SAID STRAIGHT SPLICE INCLUDING A FLAT, THIN INNER PLATE OVERLAPPING AND FITTING INNER FACES OF SAID GUARD RAIL SECTION END PORTIONS,A THIN OUTER PLATE OVERLAPPING AND FITTING OUTER FACES OF SAID GUARD RAIL END PORTIONS SEPTUM MEANS DISPOSED VERTICALLY IN THE SPACE SEPARATING SAID GUARD RAIL SECTIONS AND EXTENDING BETWEEN AND UNITING MIDDLE PORTIONS OF SAID PLATES, AND FLEXIBLE LIP MEANS ON THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID OUTER PLATE WHICH YIELDABLY FITS OVER SAID LOWER BEAD WITH A SNAP ACTION WHEN MOVED DOWNWARDLY VERTICALLY THEREOVER, TO RETAIN SAID SPLICE IN PLACE.