Patent ID: 7946883
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: H01R,H02G

Abstract:
1. An electrified wall panel in a modular furniture environment, comprising: a plurality of multi-port electrical distribution blocks diversely located throughout the panel, certain ones of the multi-port electrical distribution blocks fixed to wall panel frame members and other ones of the multi-port electrical distribution blocks being free of the wall panel, said wall panel frame members including a horizontally extending baseline frame member and a horizontally extending beltline frame member, at least one of said plurality of multi-port electrical distribution blocks fixed to said horizontally extending baseline frame member, at least one of said plurality of multi-port electrical distribution blocks fixed to said horizontally extending beltline frame member; a plurality of jumper cables, each having connectors at opposite cable ends adapted to mate with any one of the multi-port electrical distribution block ports, the cables electrically interconnecting the distribution blocks to form one complete circuit; and a plurality of electrical receptacles, each having an electrical connector near one end electrically coupled to a port of a corresponding multi-port electrical distribution block.