Patent Number: 040385531
Section: claims

1. A radiation shielding apparatus comprising a pair of U-shaped tracks, a first element having a U-shaped cross-section and a pair of inwardly turned flanges fixedly secured to the free longitudinal edges thereof, a second element having a U-shaped cross-section and a pair of arms extending the length of the legs of said U-shaped cross-section, said pair of arms fixedly secured to said legs adjacent one end of said second element, means to removably fasten said pair of arms to portions of said first element adjacent one end thereof, means to clampingly secure lead sheeting between said first element and said second element, means to confine said one end of said first element and said one end of said second element within one of said pair of U-shaped tracks, means to confine the other end of said first element and the other end of said second element within the other of said pair of U-shaped tracks. 2. The radiation shielding apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising means to dispose an exterior surface of said second element in a plane, said plane defined by an exterior surface of each of said pair of U-shaped tracks. 3. The radiation shielding apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a wooden stud disposed along the length and confined within said U-shaped cross-section and said pair of inwardly turned flanges of said first element. 4. The radiation shielding apparatus as claimed in claim 2 further comprising a wallboard fixedly secured to said second element at a surface thereof being disposed at said plane. 5. The radiation shielding apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said second element comprises a non-metallic resin impregnated fibrous material. 6. The radiation shielding apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said fastening means comprises at least one hole in one of said pair of arms, a bolt, a threaded opening disposed adjacent one of said pair of inwardly turned flanges at said one end of said first element, said bolt being disposed passing through said one hole and threadingly engaging said threaded opening.