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Abstract

A shoe for a toilet compartment stile comprising a single piece of metal having two sides and three ends folded into a rectangular shape with two of the ends overlapping each other and defining a stile space, with the shoe being flexible for moving the overlapping ends apart sufficiently to pass a stile therethrough and position the shoe around the stile, the sides having first and second inwardly turned pairs of flanges with the inner edges of the first pair of flanges spaced apart a first distance and with the inner edges of the second pair of flanges spaced apart a second different distance, and with the overlapping ends having aligned openings for receiving a fastener for joining the overlapping ends together. A clip for joining the overlapping ends of the shoe and comprising a single piece of metal having a U-bend with inner and outer arms with a tab carried on and projecting at an angle to the inner arm, with the clip arms having flanges for engaging the overlapping end aligned openings for retaining the clip on the ends without the fastener.

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