Patent ID: 8181405

Claim:
A partition mounting system for mounting a partition including a lower edge and a first side generally parallel to and spaced apart from a second opposite side adjacent the lower edge, the system comprising; a shoe with an upward opening slot defined by a pair of spaced apart opposing side walls and a lower wall, the slot sized to receive the lower edge of the partition with each side of the partition adjacent one of the side walls of the shoe and the lower edge of the partition adjacent the lower wall of the shoe; a clamp assembly positioned between the second side of the partition and its adjacent side wall of the shoe, the clamp assembly comprising: a lower block; a center block, positioned above the lower block; an upper block positioned above a center block, and a screw extending generally vertically through the upper and center blocks and threadably engaged by the lower block; the center block having a convex outer wall, the upper block having a lower surface engaging the outer wall of the center block and the lower block having an upper surface engaging the outer wall of the center block; and wherein rotation of the screw in a first direction draws the upper and lower blocks toward each other and the engagement between the upper block and the center block and the lower block and the center block operate to force an inner wall of the center block against the side of the partition, and to force an engagement surface of the upper block and an engagement surface of the lower block against the side wall of the shoe.