Room interior partition with lighting fixture

Details Room interior partition with lighting fixture Room interior partition with lighting fixture

2000-04-14

2001-12-04

Friedman, Carl D. (Department: 3635)

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Multiroom or level

Partition secured to and crossed by preconstructed barrier

C052S023000, C052S036100, C052S028000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06324798

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a room interior partition with a single lighting fixture which can illuminate each of room sections divided by the partition.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A partition has been used to divide a relatively large interior space into plural sections. The prior art partition usually comprises a desired combination of upstanding panels of desired height. The panel may extend from the floor to the ceiling for completely partitioning the original room interior. It may also have a full-body length or breast length from the floor. The panel may include an open frame with a hinged door. Adjacent two panels may be connected one another by suitable couplings to form an extensive wall panel of a required width. Each panel may be fixed to the floor directly or indirectly with supporting legs.
The original interior space has, of course, one or more of lighting fixtures on the ceiling or wall. When it is divided by the partitions into plural room sections, however, these lighting fixtures would not be capable of illuminating all of the divided room sections, even if the partitions do not have a full length from the floor to the ceiling. This requires that additional lighting fixtures are used to separately illuminate the divided room sections.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the present invention to overcome the drawbacks and disadvantages of the conventional partitioning technique, and more particularly to provide a novel partition device dividing an original interior room into plural room sections which may be illuminated by a common lighting fixture attached to the partition.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, therefore, there is provided a room interior partition comprising one or more of wall panels, connected to one another, said wall panels being upstanding from a floor toward a ceiling of an original room interior over a predetermined height, each of said wall panels including an opening along a common vertical axis; and a single lighting fixture mounted within a space defined by cooperation of said openings of said wall panels for illuminating, at the same time, all of room sections divided by said wall panels.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a room interior partition comprising at least one main wall panel with an opening along a predetermined vertical axis thereof, said main wall panel being upstanding from a floor toward a ceiling of an original room interior over a predetermined height; one or more of movable panels having one vertical edge pivottaly connected to the predetermined vertical axis of said main wall panel, each of said movable panels having a cutout along the connected vertical edge that cooperates with another cutout of an opposed movable panel to form an opening equivalent to said opening of said main panel; and a single lighting fixture mounted within a space defined by cooperation of said opening of said main wall panel and said cutouts of said movable panel for illuminating, at the same time, all of room sections divided by said main wall panel and movable panels.
In a preferable embodiment, each of said movable panels have width substantially a half of said main panel.
In another preferable embodiment, each of said movable panels is foldable onto one of opposite surfaces of said main panel.
In still another preferable embodiment, there are two main wall panels that intersect one another at right angles to divide the original room interior into four sections, between which at least one of said movable panels are respectively positioned.


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