Patent ID: 8350153

Claim:
A locking mechanism to join first and second plate sections, said first and second plate sections having a top surface and a bottom surface, each plate section having a first and second end section, said locking mechanism disposed on said first and second end sections, said locking mechanism comprising: first and second engagement tabs extending outward from said first and second end sections of said first and second plate sections, said first engagement tab including an extended lip portion, said second engagement tab including at least one locking means; at least one finger detent extending outward from at least one of said first and second end sections, said at least one finger detent ridgedly connected at one end to said at least one first and second end sections, said at least one finger detent including a top surface and a bottom surface, said first and second engagement tabs of said first and second plate sections and said at least one finger detent of said at least one of said first and second end sections, being relatively configured and arranged such that, upon relative linear movement of said first and second end sections of said first section with said first and second end sections of said second section into engagement with one another, said extended lip portion of said first engagement tab of said first plate section, engages and locks said locking means of said second engagement tab of said second plate section, and said locking means of said second engagement tab of said first plate section engages and locks said extended lip portion of said first engagement tab of said second plate section, said top surface of said at least one finger detent slideably engages said bottom surface of one of said first and second plate sections.