Patent ID: 7398966

Claim:
A connection assembly, comprising: a pair of bar clamps, wherein each bar clamp comprises a movable jaw having a clamping surface and an elongated bar having a connecting end with a hole receiving a connection pin and an end with a fixed jaw; and a connection member movable between an open position and a closed position, the connection member having a first end with a first pin receiving hole and a second end with a second pin receiving hole, each end of the connector member capable of receiving the bar of a respective one of the bar clamps, wherein the movable jaw of each clamp is repositioned such that the clamping surfaces face each other and is movable along the respective bar toward the end with the fixed jaw to allow the hole in each bar to align with a respective one of the pin receiving holes in each end of the connection member and to allow a respective one of the connection pins to be inserted into the hole in the bar and the pin receiving hole such that the bars of the bar clamps are collinearly aligned such that an object is capable of being clamped between the clamping surfaces of the movable jaws.