Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Including component designed to receive a disparate article... – Task-area type repositionable component
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-13
2001-08-14
Stephan, Beth A. (Department: 3635)
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Including component designed to receive a disparate article...
Task-area type repositionable component
C052S036500, C052S220800, C052S235000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06272795
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a shelf-holding wall for mobile office furniture which can furthermore include tables, filing trolleys, cupboards and equipment boxes. The shelf-holding wall can be used in permanent company offices, at tradefairs, in conferences or in the home.
PRIOR ART
EP-A-0 477 961 discloses office furniture which can be combined according to the principle of modular construction, can be arranged in a variable manner, has diverse pieces of furniture and also includes partitions. Varied, individually adapted solutions can be constructed using the individual system components. However, the partitions which are shown only have the function of dividing the room in order to form defined working areas. Moreover, the partitions are connected to one another so that a certain outlay is necessary in order to dismantle the furniture and put it together again in a modified form. In particular in the case of situations changing ad hoc, the currently known partitions are to too small an extent capable of being adapted spontaneously. Although, with very simple partitions, it is possible to take suddenly arising conditions into consideration, partitions of this type offer only very limited options for configuring an optimum workstation because of their primitiveness.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
In view of the above described deficiencies of existing partitions for mobile office furniture systems for repeatedly changing requirements and in view of the changing way in which work is organized in office procedures and for household requirements, the invention is based on the following problem.
A shelf-holding wall for mobile office furniture which can be changed ad hoc and which can include the system components of tables, filing trolleys, cupboards and equipment boxes is to be provided. The shelf-holding wall should be able to be combined with the said system components in a space-saving manner and for optimum configuration of a workstation for business use at a permanent location, for exhibitions or conventions and also for household use. In particular, the shelf-holding wall which is to be provided is intended to be multifunctional.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The shelf-holding wall can be fitted individually with shelves and can also be provided as a double wall with opposite workstations. The supply lines and connections for the power supply and the telecommunications technology are laid behind the shelf-holding wall or between a double wall. For soundproofing, which is particularly desirable at tradefairs or in open-plan offices, the shelf-holding wall can be constructed with a sound-absorbing material.
A plurality of shelves are mounted one above another in a shelf-holding wall, the lowermost shelf being used for the arrangement of a visual display unit. Arm-shaped shelf supports are either latched into plug-in sockets, which are situated in the front panel of the shelf-holding wall, or the shelf supports are fastened through the front panel to a base frame. It is advantageous to use a front panel having a grid of holes, it being possible to insert into the grid rapidly releasable clamping levers which support accessories, such as bookends, pen trays or baskets. The provision of cables for supplying power to electrical equipment takes place by means of bushings inserted into the front panel or through a cable duct which can be opened and covered. To cover the cable duct there are provided two covering panels which are coupled to levers and can be pivoted toward each other or away from each other.
One of the tables is moved up against the shelf-holding wall and its table top is partially pushed under the shelf provided with the visual display unit. When leaving this workstation it is possible to move one of the trolley types under the table and up to the shelf-holding wall. This enables a plurality of system components to be arranged in a space-saving manner and a spontaneous workstation to be individually set up, with the working implements being at an ergonomically advantageous reaching or visual distance.
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Glessner Brian E.
Selitto Behr & Kim
Stephan Beth A.
Vitra Patente AG
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