Patent ID: 6295775
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: E04B,H02G

Abstract:
An upright wall panel system including a plurality of upright panel assemblies which are longitudinally serially connected, each said panel assembly including an upright panel member having a raceway structure fixed to and extending longitudinally along a lower edge of said panel member for accommodating at least one of power and telecommunication cabling systems therein, said raceway structure comprising:an upwardly-opening U-shaped channel member positioned adjacent and extending longitudinally along the lower edge of the panel member and defining therein a longitudinally extending interior channel for accommodating said one power and telecommunication cabling system;said channel member having a bottom wall which is spaced downwardly from and extends parallel with said lower edge, and a pair of substantially parallel side covers which at lower ends join to opposite sides of said bottom wall and which project upwardly and terminate at upper ends which are positioned adjacent opposite sides of said lower edge of said panel member;a pair of upright supports fixed to said panel member in longitudinally spaced relation therealong and cantilevered downwardly from the lower edge thereof so as to project downwardly into said interior channel, each said support defining a sidewardly projecting lower part which extends transversely across substantially the entire width of the interior channel at a location disposed substantially centrally between upper and lower ends of the channel member, said sidewardly projecting lower part dividing said interior channel into longitudinally extending upper and lower channel regions, said support including an upright column which is rigidly joined to said sidewardly projecting lower part and projects vertically upwardly for securement to the panel member, said upright column being spaced inwardly a substantial distance from and centrally between said pair of side covers so as to define open passages on opposite sides of said upright column between said upright column and said side covers, said open passages being a part of said upper channel region, and said lower channel region being unobstructed by said supports.