Patent ID: 7694464

Claim:
A support system adapted for a single person to lift and support a panel of drywall into a temporary position for subsequent fastening of the panel to a ceiling joist comprising: a wall having a top at a height of a ceiling joist and a front surface; said ceiling joist extending outward from the wall and having a lower surface; the panel having a thickness; a first elongated support apparatus having a first surface that is continuous and planar and a second surface in orthogonal orientation to the first surface that is planar in part and has at least one opening for mounting directly against the front surface of the wall or to at least one ceiling joist and a step at a distal edge furthest from the first surface; an elongated sliding component of essentially rectangular cross section; a second elongated support member having an upper surface and a lower surface in parallel relation; and a guide member coupled to said second elongated support member for slidably holding the elongated sliding component below said lower surface of said second elongated support member.