Patent ID: 8561666
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: A47C,A47G,E04B,E06B

Abstract:
1. An article of flexible furniture for placement within a room to provide a structure capable of supporting a vertical load applied thereto and for dividing said room into a plurality of discrete zones, said article including a freestanding wall having a core formed from a plurality of laminar panels of a flaccid material and each panel having a pair of oppositely directed major faces, delimited by a pair of longitudinal edges and by a pair of lateral edges, adjacent faces of said panels being inter-connected along a longitudinal axis to provide a self-supporting cellular structure upon movement of abutting faces away from each other, opposite ends of said core terminating in a pair of end panels whereby said end panels may be moved apart to expand said cellular structure and extend the length of said core, said lateral edges of each of said panels defining oppositely directed load bearing faces of said core to receive said vertical load, and a passage extending in a direction between said end panels, said passage being defined by a plurality of closed apertures formed in respective ones of said major faces and aligned so that said passage intersects said cellular structure, and a supporting structure extending through said passage, said supporting structure having a rigidity sufficient to enhance the stability of said core in a direction transverse to said passage.