Patent ID: 6510663
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: E04B,Y10T

Abstract:
A post and beam furniture system for partitioning open office space, comprising:a plurality of overhead beams, each having opposite ends, and a lowermost face with a single horizontal slot extending centrally therealong; a plurality of vertical posts, each having a lower portion thereof adapted to be abuttingly supported on a floor surface of the open office space, an upper portion thereof adapted to be connected with an associated one of said overhead beams, and at least one outwardly extending flange having an end face with a single vertical slot extending centrally therealong, and wherein each of said slots in said posts, and each of said slots in said beams are substantially identical in size and shape; a plurality of beam-to-post connectors configured to be attached to the opposite ends of said beams, and detachably retained in said slots in said posts for mounting said beams on said posts; and a plurality of mounting brackets adapted to mount rigid in-fill panels on said post and beam furniture system to partition the open office space into individual work areas, and having first connector portions thereof detachably retained in said slots in said posts and said beams, and second connector portions thereof configured for connection with the in-fill panels, whereby said posts and said beams can be detachably interconnected in alternative configurations, and said mounting brackets and associated in-fill panels can be positioned at a variety of different locations throughout said post and beam furniture system.