Patent ID: 11965381
Assignee: PLASTEX SA
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. An upright, comprising:
two sidewalls between which a profiled element for a shading system can be inserted;
an end wall between the two sidewalls;
an opening situated opposite the end wall;
wherein one of the two sidewalls is removable and the other of the two sidewalls is non-removable; and
an elastic spring arranged between the removable sidewall and the non-removable sidewall in order to retain the removable sidewall between the end wall and the non-removable sidewall, wherein the elastic spring is extendible and compressible along an axis parallel to the end wall, the elastic spring is mounted on a flange of the removable sidewall, a major axis of the flange extending parallel to the end wall;
wherein the elastic spring comprises a flexible tongue configured to be compressed in order to perform operations for releasing and engaging the removable sidewall from or with the end wall and extended in order to fix the removable sidewall to the end wall; and
wherein the elastic spring is mounted on the flange of the removable sidewall by a guide channel, formed as one piece with the elastic spring, the flexible tongue having one end located on the channel and an opposite end spaced therefrom and making contact with the non-removable sidewall.