Patent ID: 7540244

Claim:
A bracket lock comprising: (a) a body including a top, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of downwardly-depending legs, each of the downwardly-depending legs being at least partially defined by one of the sidewalls; (b) an upper restraining portion attached the top of the body, the upper restraining portion extending rearwardly from the top of the body; (c) each of the downwardly depending legs terminating at a respective lower sliding portion that extends in directions parallel to the upper restraining portion and laterally outward from the sidewall at least partially defining the associated downwardly-depending leg, the lower sliding portions also extending laterally outward from the upper restraining portion, each of the lower sliding portions comprising an upper finger and a lower cantilever tab, said upper finger and said lower finger cantilever tab defining a rearwardly-open slot therebetween; and (d) each of the lower cantilever tabs including an elongate recessed surface along a lower edge thereof and oriented in a direction perpendicular to the rearwardly-open slot.