Patent ID: 9538868
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A47F

Claim:
1. A food shield, comprising: a shield panel support structure comprising at least one post, said post having an inverted U shape; a side panel having a first face surface and an opposite face surface, a top edge and a bottom edge, said side panel joined to the at least one post of the shield panel support structure in a substantially vertical orientation with at least a first collar clamp, a second collar clamp and a third collar clamp, with each collar clamp defining a slot with slot faces that engage the first face surface and opposite face surface of the side panel near an edge thereof with sufficient clamping force to maintain the side panel in fixed position, and with curved inner surfaces that engage around more than one-half of the circumference of the post, wherein the first collar clamp is disposed at the bottom edge of the side panel and engages one vertically disposed portion of the post, the second collar clamp is disposed at the bottom edge of the side panel and engages another vertically disposed portion of the post, and the third collar clamp is disposed at the top edge of the side panel and engages a horizontally disposed portion of the post.