Patent ID: 8549816

Claim:
In combination with a removable clamp having opposed clamping arms, a panel installation support apparatus comprising: an L-shaped body having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, said vertical portion of said L-shaped body having a front surface and a back surface, said horizontal portion having a bottom surface, an alignment ledge extending from said front surface of said vertical portion, a panel support ledge extending from said alignment ledge, and two or more support members extending from said panel support ledge to a free edge of said horizontal portion, a supporting arm extending laterally and rearwardly from said vertical portion of said L-shaped body, said supporting arm including a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, said vertical portion of said supporting arm having a front surface and a back surface and one or more clamping channels separating said two or more support members and adapted to receive an arm of said removable clamp, wherein said panel installation support apparatus is configured to be temporarily secured to a ceiling joist or wall stud through engagement with said alignment ledge by said removable clamp with one arm of said opposed clamping arms compressed against one side of the ceiling joist or wall stud, and the other arm of said opposed clamping arms compressed against said back of said vertical portion of said L-shaped body on an opposite side of the ceiling joist or wall stud.