Patent ID: 8607844

Claim:
A screening for separating an inner protected area from a more accessible area comprising: first and second spaced apart vertical supports, each of said vertical supports having an upper and a lower support attachment member; and a panel having an inner surface, an outer surface, and first and second parallel sides, wherein the first side of said panel comprises an upper panel attachment member for attachment to said upper support attachment member of said first vertical support to form a first mated pair of upper attachment members, wherein the second side of said panel comprises an upper panel attachment member for attachment to said upper support attachment member of said second vertical support to form a second mated pair of upper attachment members, wherein the first side of said panel further comprises a lower panel attachment member for attachment to said lower support attachment member of said first vertical support to form a first mated pair of lower attachment members, wherein the second side of said panel comprises a lower panel attachment member for attachment to said lower support attachment member of said second vertical support to form a second mated pair of lower attachment members, said first mated pair of upper attachment members and said second mated pair of upper attachment members including at least one pivot pin wherein said panel is pivotable about said at least one of said mated pairs of upper attachment members while said first mated pair of lower attachment members and said second mated pair of lower attachment members remain unattached to each other, at least one of said first mated pair of lower attachment members and said second mated pair of lower attachment members including a latch wherein the at least one mated pair of lower attachment members are latchable together to retain said panel to said vertical supports, said latch including a cam for unlatching said latch wherein said cam is operable from said outer surface of said panel, and said latch further including a lock for selectively locking and unlocking said latch between a locked condition wherein said cam is rendered inoperable, and an unlocked condition wherein said cam is operable, said latch further including a latch pin and a mating attachment member comprising at least one cutout adapted to receive at least a portion of the latch pin when the at least one mated pair of lower attachment members is latched together, said latch pin adapted to prohibit movement of said mating attachment member when the at least a portion of the latch pin is received by the at least one cutout and when said lock is in a locked condition.