Chalkboard mounting apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING CHALKBOARDS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A FIRST AND A SECOND ELONGATED STANDARD, EACH STANDARD HAVING ELONGATED FLANGES AND WEB PORTIONS TO FORM AT LEAST ONE CHANNEL AND A SLOT OPENING INTO EACH CHANNEL, MEANS ATTACHED TO EACH STANDARD FOR MOUNTING THE STANDARDS TO EXTEND IN A GENERALLY VERTICAL DIRECTION WITH THE SLOTS FACING ONE ANOTHER, A PAIR OF GENERALLY RIGHT ANGLE HANGER SUPPORTS EACH HAVING A FIRST LEG AND A SECOND LEG, MEANS FOR EACH STANDARD SLIDABLY EXTENDED THROUGH E SLOT AND INTO THE CHANNEL OF THE RESPECTIVE STANDARD FOR RELEASABLY CLAMPING THE FIRST LEG OF ONE HANGER SUPPORT TO EACH STANDARD WITH THE SECOND LEGS EXTENDING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AND AT GENERALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO THE STANDARD, A FIRST AND A SECOND SPRING CLIP EACH HAVING AN UPPER END PORTION, MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE SPRING CLIP UPPER PORTIONS TO OPPOSITE UPPER CORNER POSITIONS OF A CHALKOARD WITH THE REMAINING SPRING CLIP PORTIONS BEING IN DEPENDING RELATION THERETO, SAID SPRING CLIPS RESPECTIVELY BEING EXTENDABLE OVER THE ADJACENT HANGER SUPPORTP SECOND LEG AND ADAPTED TO ACT IN CONJUCTION WITH A CHALKBOARD WHEN ATTACHED THERETO FOR SUPPORTINGLY RETAINING A CHALKBOARD ON THE HANGER SUPPORTS, RESILIENT RETAINER MEANS FOR EACH LOWER CORNER PORTION OF A CHALKBOARD AND MOUNTABLE THEREON FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING A LOWER CORNER PORTION OF THE CHALKBOARD IN ABOUTTING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ADJACENT STANDARD, EACH RETAINER MEANS INCLUDING A WEB PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM A CHALKBOARD WHEN MOUNTED THEREON AND A REVERSELY BENT PORTION JOINED TO THE OUTER END OF THE WEB PORTION AND EXTENDABLE INTO THE ADJACENT STANDARD SLOT TO BEAR AGAINST A FLANGE FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING A CHALKBOARD LOWER CORNER PORTION ADJACENT THE RESPECTIVE STANDARD.