Patent ID: 8167152

Claim:
A panel mounting system to which a plurality of panels are mounted, the panel mounting system comprising: plurality of elongate support members each including an elongated mounting channel; one or more panel mounting brackets adapted to be secured to an elongate support member at the elongated mounting channel thereof, each panel mounting bracket comprising, an essentially flat back plate having a mounting protrusion extending outwardly from the back plate, the mounting protrusion being adapted to slide in a longitudinal manner into the elongated mounting channel to secure the mounting plate to an elongate support member; and one or more receiving portions joined to the back plate, each receiving portion comprising a channel between two side members, the channel being adapted to receive and secure an edge of a panel therein, and each receiving portion being joined to the back plate at an acute angle relative to the mounting protrusion so that a panel secured therein will extend from the elongate support member at said acute angle; a first mounting plate adapted to be secured to a first end of one or more of the elongate support members; and a second mounting plate adapted to be secured to an opposing second end of one or more of the elongate supports.