Patent ID: 9309668
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A47C,A47G,E04B,E06B

Claim Text:
1. A freestanding extensible wall for partitioning an area of a room, said wall having a base, a top, oppositely directed surfaces extending between said base and said top, said base, top and surfaces defining a core, said core formed from a plurality of laminar panels of a material and each panel having a pair of oppositely directed major faces extending from said base to said top, said panels being inter-connected to provide a cellular structure having a void extending from said base to said top upon movement of abutting faces away from each other, said base having a width of at least 10 centimeters and placed on a floor, a pair of supports at opposite ends of said core extending from said base to said top and connected to respective ones of said faces, said supports being self-supporting to provide rigidity to said core and cooperate with said core to maintain the vertical extent of said wall, whereby said supports may be moved apart to expand said cellular structure to extend the length of said core and to form at least a substantially straight freestanding wall configuration, whilst maintaining its vertical extent, and at least one magnetic fastener on each of said supports to permit connection to an adjacent support of another similar article.