Patent ID: 8230658

Claim:
A post assembly for erecting partitioning walls and receiving product hangers, said assembly comprising a pair of juxtaposed post sections, said juxtaposed post sections having facing sides with a gap therebetween, said facing sides each having a pair of parallel longitudinal grooves, said longitudinal grooves of the facing sides of the post sections being aligned with one another, each opposed pair of longitudinal grooves forming a respective recess, and a pair of longitudinal support rack members, one of said longitudinal support rack members being contained in each said recess, each said longitudinal support rack member having slots therein for receiving removable hanger elements which may be inserted through the gap between said post sections into said slots, each of the post sections having wings defining respective “U” shaped recesses into which recesses edges of panels or panes can be inserted to form a partitioning wall, the grooves for receiving the longitudinal support rack member being located behind the recesses defined in the wings, wherein each of the post sections has at least one longitudinal channel on the facing sides thereof, between said longitudinal grooves, and a connecting element inserted into and bridging said channels, to interconnect said post sections and each said connecting element is configured as a tubular element having a cross section sufficiently large to keep the facing sides of the post sections spaced apart.