Patent ID: 8826615

Claim:
A protective wall assembly releasably connectable to a floor, the wall assembly comprising panel means forming wall surfaces, and panel holding means comprising two opposed inverted U-section rails, each provided with an inner leg, the two inner legs spaced from each other and extending in parallel and defining a closed end, and a web extending centrally axially from the closed end, wherein the two inner legs retain said panel means and are fixed thereto, wherein inverted U-shaped holding pocket means are defined by upper free ends of the inner legs of each U-section rails and the holding pocket means are disposed such that first and second parallel holding plates extending parallel thereto are insertable, respectively, into opposed ones of said holding pocket means, said holding plates each extending from a stabilizing web having a support plate portion connectable to the floor, a holding pocket groove being provided on an end of said web of said U-section rail, and a locking body slideably mounted on the support plate and having a protrusion extending therefrom and insertable into the holding pocket groove disposed in said web and fixed on said locking body and extending outwardly from said locking body, said locking body being slideably moveable on the support plate; wherein said locking body is provided with a projection extending in a direction of the holding pocket groove in said web, and an end contour of said locking body is complementary to an inside contour of said holding pocket groove and is adapted to make engaging contact therewith; wherein free ends of said holding pocket groove engage with a surface of said locking body to support vertical loadings; and wherein an opening extends through said locking body and parallel to the floor, a threaded rod is disposed in the opening and extends parallel with the floor, and said threaded rod passes through a nut disposed at an end of said rod remote from said locking body, the nut being supported in a positionally oriented manner.