Patent ID: 7726901

Claim:
A detachable connecting structure for a panel lift, comprising: an upright leg support post adapted to be adjacent a floor surface, said upright leg support post comprising a base plate having an upright forward extending V-shaped flange extending longitudinally upwardly from a front edge of the base plate and a rounded knob extending upwardly from a rear side of the base plate and spaced from the flange; said V-shaped flange of the leg support post comprising a pair of upright panels converging horizontally to the front edge of the base plate and tapering toward one another in an upward longitudinal direction to form an upper pointed end, and having a pair of flanges extending from a front face of each upright panel of the V-shaped flange for attaching to a floor support; and an upright tubular post frame to support a panel lift device, said upright tubular post frame comprising tubular walls forming a tubular post having a longitudinal opening at a lower end of the tubular post and having a pair of adjacent front tubular walls defining a V-shaped lower front edge of the tubular post converging to the front and detachably matingly received by the leg support post in the space between the rounded knob and the V-shaped flange of the leg support post; said tubular post frame comprising a downwardly opening V-shaped flange attachment fixedly extending from said pair of adjacent front tubular walls and spaced forward of the V-shaped lower front edge of the tubular post and converging to the front and in spaced parallel relation to the adjacent front tubular walls of the tubular post frame forming a slotted opening for the upper pointed end of the V-shaped flange of the leg support post to be detachably received therebetween to detachably mount the upright leg support post to the tubular post frame when the lower front edge of the tubular post is received in the space between the rounded knob and the V-shaped flange of the leg support post.