Patent ID: 8800779

Claim:
A screening support system for use with a vibrating screen for screening material, the vibrating screen having a screening deck including a plurality of carriers for carrying said screening support system, said screening support system including: (a) a plurality of screening element edge support members for supporting a plurality of screening elements having a plurality of openings formed therein through which a material to be screened passes, said plurality of screening element edge support members including a first screening element edge support member having a first connecting member for removably connecting said first screening element edge support member to one of said plurality of carriers, said first screening element edge support member having a first outwardly extending segment for supporting thereon a first edge of a first screening element, a plurality of recesses are formed in said first outwardly extending segment, each of said plurality of recesses being configured to receive a portion of one of a plurality of screening element section support members such that said first screening element edge support member extends at an angle to each of said plurality of screening element section support members, said first connecting member and said first outwardly extending segment being formed as one piece.