Patent ID: 6807776
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: A47B,E04B

Abstract:
A furniture system for dividing open office space and the like into individual workstations, comprising:at least one accessory having an anchor portion thereof adapted to detachably mount said accessory on said furniture system, and an accessory portion thereof configured to equip an associated one of said workstations; a prefabricated partition panel furniture arrangement including a plurality of individual panels detachably interconnected in a generally side-by-side relationship, and arranged to define at least a portion of one of said workstations; at least one of said panels having a trim member including an outwardly opening attachment slot extending along a substantial portion of the length thereof, with a predetermined configuration to receive the anchor portion of said accessory therein for selectively mounting said accessory at one of a variety of positions along said trim member; a prefabricated post-and-beam furniture arrangement including a plurality of posts supported on a floor surface of the open office space in a generally vertical orientation and a plurality of beams supported on said posts in a generally horizontal orientation, and arranged on said posts to define at least a portion of one of said workstations; at least one of said beams including an outwardly opening attachment slot extending along a substantial portion of the length thereof, with a predetermined configuration to receive the anchor portion of said accessory therein for selectively mounting said accessory at one of a variety of positions along said one beam; and wherein said predetermined configuration of said attachment slot on said trim member is substantially identical with said predetermined configuration of said attachment slot on said one beam, such that said anchor portion of said accessory can be received within both to detachably mount said accessory either on said trim member or said one beam.