Modular office furniture partition

Details Modular office furniture partition Modular office furniture partition

1996-05-29

1998-09-29

Coggins, Wynn Wood

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Multiroom or level

Partition secured to and crossed by preconstructed barrier

160 35, 522201, 522207, E04B 548

Patent

active

058131787

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an upright partition for use in a modular office furniture system, the partition comprising: a frame comprising: two vertical posts each having outward opposing faces defining spaced apart parallel forward and rearward planes; a plurality of horizontal beams, at least one beam in each said plane, each beam having an inward face and an outward face, the inward face of each beam being connected to one said outward face of an associated post in an overlapping moment resisting connection; and a plurality of cladding panels each connected to one said beam; whereby an internal cavity is defined inward of the outward faces of said beams, and a raceway is defined outward of said outward post faces and inward of the outward faces of said beams. The invention also relates to systems for joining two or more partitions, a system for providing decorative end coverings over the end of a partition and over the converging ends of a plurality of converging partitions, and a system for hanging cladding panels on a partition.

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