Patent ID: 9487948
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: E04B,E04H,E05D,E05F,E05Y,E06B

Claim Text:
1. A partition system comprising: a plurality of spaced apart posts; a plurality of spaced apart partitions which are substantially parallel to one another, each partition attached to a respective one of the posts; a plurality of doors, positioned side by side in a common plane, each door having top, a bottom, a front surface, a back surface, a first side having a first side surface, and a second side having a second side surface, the second side being opposite the first side; wherein the first side surface and the front surface meet at selected obtuse angle, the first side surface and the back surface meet at a selected acute angle, the second side surface and the front surface meet at the selected acute angle and the second side surface and the back surface meet at the selected obtuse angle; a set of hinges, each set comprised of an upper hinge and a lower hinge, one set of hinges attached to each of the plurality of doors and to a selected one of the plurality of partitions or a selected one of the plurality of spaced apart posts thereby mounting the door; wherein each door is mounted so that there is a space between each pair of adjacent doors and any sight line through each space between adjacent doors when the front surfaces of those doors are parallel to the common plane will intersect at least one of the spaced apart posts and the spaced apart partitions; and wherein the hinges each have a hinge plate attached to one of the doors and a mounting plate attached to one of the posts or the partitions and the hinges are configured to provide a turning axis adjacent the hinge plate and about which the door turns when being opened and closed, the turning axis being spaced from the first side of the door or from the second side of the door by a distance greater than five inches.