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Utilization of event drapery for visual aids, and similar purposes is facilitated by insertion of an intermediate support bar between vertically disposed and relatively spaced posts supported at their bottoms by base plates and secured at their tops by an upper support bar. A clamp, positionable and

Utilization of event drapery for visual aids, and similar purposes is facilitated by insertion of an intermediate support bar between vertically disposed and relatively spaced posts supported at their bottoms by base plates and secured at their tops by an upper support bar. A clamp, positionable and securable, at any one of a relatively infinite number of positions along each post, functions to secure support bar receivers in place which, in turn, receive respective ends of the intermediate support bar to facilitate disposition of the visual aid and further event drapery. A base plate supports a pair of vertical posts and facilitates positioning two sets of drapes back to back.

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1. A receiver and retainer assembly, to facilitate positioning a cross-member on a support of predetermined height, length and width and which within the predetermined height, length and width configures a three dimensional, 3-D space, the cross-member being of selected length and width and carrying

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A receiver and retainer assembly, to facilitate positioning a cross-member on a support of predetermined height, length and width and which within the predetermined height, length and width configures a three dimensional, 3-D space, the cross-member being of selected length and width and carrying at each of its respective ends an attacher of plate material of predetermined thickness and with each such attacher having a slot of selected size extending inwardly from an edge of the attacher a selected amount so that each such attacher appears to be hook-like in configuration; the receiver and retainer assembly comprising: a. at least one clamping member configured to be positioned on the support, at a selected position intermediate ends of the support and without having to be applied thereto over an end of the support, to facilitate securing the cross-member to the support;b. at least one retainer physically attached to and extending directly from said clamping member for receiving and retaining one of the ends of the cross-member; andc. said retainer including at least one slot open at its top and which is sized and configured to receive and position the attacher from one of the ends of the cross-member so that said slot receives the attacher and the slot of the attacher is received by the retainer and so that the attacher can only be separated from the retainer by movement substantially in the direction opposite to the direction the attacher was moved when the attacher was inserted into the retainer, there being substantially no other relative movement between the retainer and the attacher;d. said retainer facilitating positioning the cross-member on the support and within the 3-D space configured by the support. 2. The receiver and retainer assembly of claim 1 wherein the support is to be disposed in a substantially vertical or upright position and the cross-member is to be disposed in a substantially horizontal disposition. 3. The receiver and retainer assembly of claim 2 wherein the support is to be connected in spaced relationship with another support across at least their tops and are each mounted at its respective lower end on a base plate and wherein the cross-member is to be disposed intermediate the respective tops and base plates. 4. The receiver and retainer assembly of claim 3 wherein there is one of the retainers and one of the clamping members secured to each other for each end of the cross-member to position and secure the cross-member between and to the respective supports. 5. A receiver and retainer mounting arrangement for positioning a cross-member intermediate the ends of a pair of spaced uprights connected in spaced relationship proximate their respective upper ends by a cross-support and positioned in spaced relationship proximate their lower ends each by a base plate, such that the pair of spaced uprights and the cross-support define between them a three dimensional 3-D space, the cross-member being sized to be disposed between the respective uprights and carrying at each of its respective ends an attacher of plate material of predetermined thickness and with each such attacher having an attacher slot of selected size extending inwardly from an edge of the attacher a selected amount so that each such attacher appears to be hook-like in configuration, the receiver and retainer mounting arrangement including: a. a first receiver and retainer assembly for positioning a first end of the cross-member proximate a first one of the uprights and a second receiver and retainer assembly for positioning a second end of the cross-member proximate a second one of the uprights;b. each said receiver and retainer assembly being physically and directly attached to a clamping member and including a retainer; andc. each said retainer including at least one slot open at its top and which is sized and configured to receive and be hooked together with one of the attachers carried by the cross-member to position the cross-member intermediate the respective upper ends and the lower ends of the respective uprights even while such are so connected and positioned so that the slot of the retainer receives the attacher and the slot of the attacher is received by the retainer and so that the attacher can only be separated from the retainer by movement substantially in the direction opposite to the direction the attacher was moved when the attacher was inserted into the retainer, there being substantially no other relative movement between the retainer and the attacher;d. each said receiver and retainer assembly facilitating positioning the cross-member between the pair of spaced uprights and within the 3-D space configured by the uprights and the cross-support. 6. The receiver and retainer mounting arrangement of claim 5 wherein the uprights are hollow pipe-like members of predetermined cross-sectional configuration, and said clamping members are configured with a similar cross sectional configuration as the uprights and to substantially surround an upright and be clamped in place thereabout. 7. The receiver and retainer mounting arrangement of claim 6 wherein said predetermined cross-sectional configuration is circular. 8. The receiver and retainer mounting arrangement of claim 5 wherein the uprights are to be disposed in substantially vertical or upright positions and the cross-member is to be disposed in a substantially horizontal disposition. 9. A receiver and retainer assembly to facilitate positioning a cross-member, having plate-like and hook-like attachers at its respective ends, between a pair of spaced supports intermediate the ends of the respective spaced supports, the pair of spaced supports being of a predetermined thickness and defining there-between a three dimentional 3-D space of the same thickness as that of the pair of spaced supports, comprising: a. retainer means for receiving and retaining the cross-member; andb. clamping means secured physically with and directly to said retainer means and configured to position and secure said retainer means intermediate the ends of the spaced supports;c. said retainer means including a retainer for each of the respective ends of the cross-member with each said retainer including at least one slot open at its top and which is sized and configured to receive and be hooked together with one of the attachers carried by the cross-member to position the cross-member intermediate respective upper ends and lower ends of the uprights even while such are so connected and positioned so that the slot of the retainer receives the one of the attachers and wherein the attacher can only be separated from the retainer by movement substantially in the direction opposite to the direction the attacher was moved when the attacher was inserted into the retainer, there being substantially no other relative movement between the retainer and the attacher;d. said receiver and retainer assembly facilitating positioning the cross-member between the pair of spaced supports and within the 3-D space defined by the supports. 10. A receiver and retainer mounting arrangement for positioning a cross-member intermediate the ends of a pair of spaced uprights connected in spaced relationship proximate their respective upper ends by a cross-support and positioned in spaced relationship proximate their lower ends each by a base plate so that the pair of spaced uprights and the cross-support configure between themselves a three dimensional, 3-D space, the cross-member being sized to be disposed between the respective uprights and carrying at each of its ends a plate-like, hook-like attacher, the receiver and retainer mounting arrangement comprising: a. first receiver and retainer means for positioning a first end of the cross-member proximate a first one of the uprights and second receiver and retainer means for positioning a second end of the cross-member proximate a second one of the uprights;b. each said receiver and retainer means including a retainer for receiving one of the hook-like attachers of the cross-member and each said first receiver and retainer means and said second receiver and retainer means including a clamping member physically and directly secured to a respective one of said retainer means and being sized and configured to secure its respective receiver and retainer means intermediate the respective upper ends and lower ends of the respective uprights even while such are so connected and positioned;c. each said retainer including at least one slot open at its top and which is sized and configured to receive and be hooked together with one of the attachers carried by the cross-member to position the cross-member intermediate the respective upper ends and the and lower ends of the respective uprights even while such are so connected and positioned so that the slot of the retainer receives the attacher and wherein the attacher can only be separated from the retainer by movement substantially in the direction opposite to the direction the attacher was moved when the attacher was inserted into the retainer, there being substantially no other relative movement between the retainer and the attacher;d. each said receiver and retainer means facilitating positioning the cross-member between the pair of spaced uprights and within the 3-D space configured by the uprights and the cross-support. 11. The receiver and retainer mounting arrangement of claim 10 wherein the uprights are hollow pipe-like members of predetermined cross-sectional configuration, and said clamping members are configured with a similar cross sectional configuration as the uprights and to substantially surround an upright and be clamped in place thereabout. 12. The receiver and retainer mounting arrangement of claim 11 wherein said predetermined cross-sectional configuration is circular.