Patent ID: 8601651

Claim:
A clamping system suitable for installation to a sheet material for use in supporting at least part of the sheet material against bending, the clamping system comprising: first and second spaced apart and separate elongate supports engageable with the sheet material for supporting at least part of the sheet material against bending, the first elongate support configured to move relative to the second elongate support to thereby adjust a spacing between the first and second elongate supports for use in positioning the first and second elongate supports along a length of the sheet material; fasteners located along the first and second elongate supports for releasably coupling the first and second elongate supports to the sheet material along the length of the sheet material; threaded fixtures connected to the second elongate support, wherein the threaded fixtures are disposed between at least part of the first elongate support and at least part of the second elongate support, and wherein the fasteners include threaded fasteners for mating reception within the threaded fixtures for releasably coupling the first and second elongate supports to the sheet material; wherein the first elongate support is generally S-shaped; and wherein the second elongate support includes openings located along a length of the second elongate support for receiving the fasteners, the fasteners extending through said openings when releasably coupling the first and second elongate supports to the sheet material, and the threaded fixtures connected to the second elongate support at said openings.