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An adjustment apparatus for a sneeze guard includes a support post having a mounting bar with two parallel ridges along the rear side. First and second support frames are slidably interconnected and secured to the ridges on the mounting bar in parallel relation, the outer side of first support frame

An adjustment apparatus for a sneeze guard includes a support post having a mounting bar with two parallel ridges along the rear side. First and second support frames are slidably interconnected and secured to the ridges on the mounting bar in parallel relation, the outer side of first support frame facing the outer side of the second support frame. The first support plate is pivotally connected and adjustably secured in a plurality of rotational positions to the inner side of the first support frame. The first support plate includes a holder on the inner side attached to one end of a transparent pane of a sneeze guard. The second support plate is pivotally connected and adjustably secured in a plurality of rotational positions to the inner side of the second support frame. The second support plate includes a holder on the inner side attached to one end of an opposing transparent pane of a sneeze guard. The adjustment apparatus allows each of the transparent panes in a series of interconnected sneeze guard panes to be adjusted vertically and rotationally, independently of any other pane in the series.

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1. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard, comprising: a. a support post having a front side and a rear side, including a mounting bar on an upper portion of said rear side of said post, said mounting bar having a front side, a rear side, a proximal end, and a distal end, the axes of

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An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard, comprising: a. a support post having a front side and a rear side, including a mounting bar on an upper portion of said rear side of said post, said mounting bar having a front side, a rear side, a proximal end, and a distal end, the axes of said support post and said mounting bar being in parallel relation;b. a support frame having a front side, a rear side, an inner side, and an outer side, said support frame further having interconnection means for attaching said support frame to said rear side of said mounting bar at a selected elevation above a counter;c. a support plate having an inner side and an outer side, said outer side being pivotally connected to said inner side of said support frame, said support plate further having means for adjustably securing said support plate to said support frame in a plurality of selected rotational positions about an axis of rotation;d. at least one holder attached to said inner side of said support plate, said holder being secured to one end of a transparent pane of a sneeze guard, wherein said pane is adjustably supported at a selected elevation above the counter and in a selected rotational position about said axis of rotation. 2. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 1 in which said interconnection means for attaching said support frame to said rear side of said mounting bar at a selected elevation above a counter comprises at least one ridge extending along the surface of said rear side of said mounting bar from said proximal end to said distal end, and at least one groove extending along said front side of said support frame, said ridge and said groove being in parallel relation, sized and configured to fit together slidably. 3. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 2 in which said ridge on said mounting bar and said groove in said support frame are sized and configured to form a slidable dovetail interconnection in which said ridge forms the dovetail and said groove forms the pin. 4. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 1 in which said interconnection means for attaching said support frame to said rear side of said mounting bar at a selected elevation above a counter comprises at least one groove extending along said rear side of said mounting bar from said proximal end to said distal end, and at least one ridge extending along the surface of said front side of said support frame, said groove and said ridge being in parallel relation, sized and configured to fit together slidably. 5. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 4 in which said groove in said mounting bar and said ridge on said support frame are sized and configured to form a slidable dovetail interconnection in which said groove forms the pin and said ridge forms the dovetail. 6. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 1 in which at least one stop is provided on said mounting bar. 7. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 6 in which said stop comprises a stop block attached to said mounting bar by at least one fastener. 8. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 1 in which said means for attaching said support frame to said mounting bar comprises at least one screw. 9. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 1 in which said support plate further includes at least one arcuate slot. 10. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 9 in which said means for adjustably securing said support plate to said support frame in a plurality of selected rotational positions about an axis of rotation comprises at least one fastener extending through said arcuate slot into said support frame. 11. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 1 in which said holder is a clip. 12. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard, comprising: a. a support post, having a front side and a rear side, including a mounting bar on the upper portion of said rear side of said post, said mounting bar having a front side, a rear side, a proximal end, and a distal end, the axes of said support post and said mounting bar being in parallel relation;b. a first support frame having a front side, a rear side, an inner side, and an outer side, and a second support frame having a front side, a rear side, an inner side, and an outer side;c. interconnection means for attaching said first support frame and said second support frame to said rear side of said mounting bar at a selected elevation above a counter; in parallel relation with said outer side of said first support frame facing said outer side of said second support frame;d. a first support plate having an inner side and an outer side, said inner side having at least one holder attached to one end of a transparent pane of a sneeze guard, said outer side pivotally connected to said inner side of said first support frame, said first support plate further having means for adjustably securing said first support plate to said first support frame in a selected plurality of rotational positions about an axis of rotation; ande. a second support plate having an inner side and an outer side, said inner side having at least one holder attached to one end of an opposing transparent pane of a sneeze guard, said outer side pivotally connected to said inner side of said second support frame, said second support plate further having means for adjustably securing said second support plate to said second support frame in a selected plurality of rotational positions about an axis of rotation. 13. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 12 in which said interconnection means for attaching said first and second support frames to said rear side of said mounting bar comprises two ridges extending along the surface of said rear side of said mounting bar in parallel relation from said proximal end to said distal end, and a groove extending along said front sides of each of said first and second support frames, said ridges and said grooves being in parallel relation, each groove sized and configured to fit together slidably with one of said ridges. 14. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 13 in which at least one of said ridges on said mounting bar and at least one of said grooves are sized and configured to form a slidable dovetail interconnection in which said ridge forms the dovetail and said groove forms the pin. 15. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 12 in which at least one stop is provided on said mounting bar. 16. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 12 in which said interconnection means for attaching at least one of said support frames to said mounting bar comprises at least one screw. 17. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 12 in which each of said first and second support plates further includes at least one arcuate slot. 18. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 17 in which said means for adjustably securing said first support plate to said first support frame in a plurality of selected rotational positions about an axis of rotation comprises at least one fastener extending through said arcuate slot into said first support frame. 19. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 17 in which said means for adjustably securing said second support plate to said second support frame in a plurality of selected rotational positions about an axis of rotation comprises at least one fastener extending through said arcuate slot into said second support frame. 20. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 12 in which at least one of said holders is a clip. 21. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard, comprising: a. a mounting bar having a front side, a rear side, a proximal end, and a distal end, further having a first and second ridge extending along the surface of said rear side of said mounting bar in parallel relation from said proximal end to said distal end;b. a first support frame having a front side, a rear side, an inner side, and an outer side, and further having a groove extending along said front side of said first support frame, said groove being in parallel relation, and sized and configured to interconnect slidably with said first ridge on said mounting bar, said first support frame adjustably secured to said first ridge;c. a second support frame having a front side, a rear side, an inner side, and an outer side, said outer side facing said outer side of said first support frame, said second support frame further having a groove extending along said front side of said second support frame, said groove being in parallel relation, and sized and configured interconnect together slidably with said second ridge on said mounting bar, said second support frame adjustably secured to said second ridge;d. a first support plate including at least one arcuate slot, having an inner side and an outer side, said inner side having at least one holder attached to one end of a transparent pane of a sneeze guard, said outer side pivotally connected and adjustably secured in a plurality of selected rotational positions about an axis of rotation to said inner side of said first support frame by at least one fastener extending through said arcuate slot into said first support frame; ande. a second support plate including at least one arcuate slot, having an inner side and an outer side, said inner side having at least one holder attached to one end of an opposing transparent pane of a sneeze guard, said outer side pivotally connected and adjustably secured in a plurality of selected rotational positions about an axis of rotation to said inner side of said second support frame by at least one fastener extending through said arcuate slot into said second support frame. 22. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 21 in which said mounting bar is attached to a support post or a transparent pane frame of a sneeze guard. 23. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 21 in which said mounting bar is integrated with a support post or transparent pane frame of a sneeze guard. 24. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 21 in which at least one stop is provided on said mounting bar. 25. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 21 in which said first support plate includes two opposing arcuate slots, said outer side of said first support plate pivotally connected and adjustably secured in a plurality of selected rotational positions about an axis of rotation to said inner side of said first support frame by two fasteners, one extending through each said arcuate slot into said first support frame. 26. An apparatus for adjustably supporting a sneeze guard as in claim 25 in which at least one of said fasteners comprises a thumb screw.