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US 12,281,484 · App. 17/673,056 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Partition or barrier system

Inventor: Dove Clancy (San Diego, CA)
E04G21/243E04B2/74
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Patent No.
US 12,281,484
App. No.
17/673,056
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a T-block attachment with a magnetized bolt for (first) securing a plastic sheet or curtain to the mount and (second) securing the mount to a metallic grid of a paneled sealing. In a first embodiment, the T-block features a stem and two arms wherein the stem includes a pole receptacle and each arm includes both a clip receptacle and a bolt receptacle.

Claims (6)

1. A method of establishing a partition comprising the steps of:

coupling a standard broom pole or other extendable pole with a threaded tip to a stem of a T-block partition mount;

securing a plastic sheet or curtain to the T-block partition mount via puncturing the plastic sheet or curtain with a bolt of a magnet bolt and then coupling the bolt to a bolt receptacle of the T-block partition mount such that the plastic sheet or curtain is sandwiched between an arm of the T-block partition mount and a magnet of the magnetic bolt;

securing the T-block partition mount to a metallic structure of a ceiling such that the pole is extended downward from the ceiling while the plastic sheet or curtain is secured adjacent to the ceiling via the magnet of the magnetic bolt; and,

uncoupling the standard broom pole or other extendable pole with the threaded tip from the stem of the T-block partition mount while the plastic sheet or curtain remains secured adjacent to the ceiling via the magnets of the mount.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of securing a wire to the T-block partition mount via a clip that was secured to a clip receptacle.

Continuity (1)
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