Patent ID: 6283456
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A section rod arrangement for use with a partition arrangement, the section rod arrangement comprising:a section rod for securing at least one flat element and having at least one first longitudinal groove for receiving the at least one flat element, the at least one first longitudinal groove being provided on a longitudinal side of the section rod and including a U-shaped receptacle, the U-shaped receptacle having a width which is smaller, at least in a particular portion of the U-shaped receptacle, than a thickness of the at least one flat element on an edge area of the U-shaped receptacle facing the section rod, the width being smaller than the thickness to secure the at least one flat element in the section rod by clamping the at least one flat element into the U-shaped receptacle, the U-shaped receptacle including two boundary walls, at least one of the two boundary walls having at least partial elevations, the at least partial elevations functioning as barbs to the flat element in response to the flat element being pulled out of the U-shaped receptacle, and only one of the two boundary walls being movable with respect to another one of the two boundary walls for receiving the at least one flat element;wherein the another one of the two boundary walls is not movable as is the one of the two boundary walls that is movable.