Portable wall assembly

Claim 1

A portable wall assembly including, at least a pair of panel elements each having a vertical side edge, an upright post disposed adjacent the side edges of said panel elements for connecting same, a channel member along said panel element side edge, said channel member having a base wall overlying said side edge, a pair of side walls projecting from said base wall and defining a cavity therebetween, a pair of vertically spaced apart mounting clips adjacent the upper and lower limits of the panel and projecting from each said side edge, said mounting clips including, a rear wall fixedly attached to said channel member base wall, a bottom wall normal to said rear wall and extending outwardly therefrom, a front wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, an offset portion normal to said front wall and a tongue at the free end of said offset portion, and extending downwardly therefrom, said offset portion located outside the confines of said channel member cavity, said post including vertically spaced mounting means at the top and bottom thereof and providing recesses disposed radially interiorly of the post periphery, said clip offset portions overlying said recesses and said tongues positioned therein, and removable clamping means insertable into the uppermost one of said post vertically spaced mounting means to rigidly engage and retain the respective said clip offset portion disposed therein.