Support bracket

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A bracket assembly includes a first bracket having a plurality of spaced apart anchor members extending outward therefrom and a second bracket having a plurality of spaced apart anchor members extending outward therefrom.
The anchor members of the first and second bracket are inserted into a plurality of corresponding spaced apart apertures in a vertical member of a wall panel and are adapted to cooperate with the vertical member to restrain the corresponding bracket from horizontal movement.
Locking means are adapted to move one of said brackets relative to the other such that the anchor members cooperate with the vertical member to secure the bracket assembly thereto.
In a preferred embodiment, the bracket assembly includes an upper and lower bracket which is used with a wall panel vertical member having a plurality of vertically aligned, longitudinal slots therein.
The upper and lower brackets include a vertical plate positioned perpendicularly to the wall panel.
A plurality of vertically aligned, spaced apart anchor members extend horizontally outward from a vertical edge portion of the lower bracket vertical plate for insertion into a plurality of lower slots in the vertical member of the wall panel.
Likewise, a plurality of vertically aligned, spaced apart anchor members extend horizontally outward from a vertical edge portion of the upper bracket vertical plate for insertion into a plurality of upper slots in the vertical member of the wall panel.
Preferably, the upper bracket anchor members comprise a horizontal neck portion and a hook portion extending downwardly therefrom, and the lower bracket anchor members comprise a neck portion and a hook portion extending upwardly therefrom.
The hook portions have an inner edge parallel to and spaced apart from the edge portion of the corresponding bracket plate, and the distance between the hook portion inner edges and the edge portion of the corresponding bracket plate is substantially the same as the thickness of the vertical member of the wall panel to form a recess which slideably receives said vertical member