Patent ID: 6684929
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
An office panel partition, comprising:a panel frame having at least two generally vertical uprights and a horizontal structural member rigidly interconnecting said vertical uprights, said panel frame having a first side and a second opposite side, said panel frame defining on said first side thereof at least four apertures; a cover member having a major planar surface defining an exterior surface of said partition, said cover member including at least four projections extending therefrom wherein each of said four projections has a common projecting configuration; and said at least four projections are removably insertable into said at least four apertures, insertion of said projections in said apertures removably securing said cover member to said frame; wherein said apertures are arranged in at least two vertically spaced horizontal rows and at least two horizontally spaced vertical columns; said apertures in a first one of said columns having horizontal dimensions which differ from horizontal dimensions of said apertures located in the other of said columns; each of said projections having said common projecting configuration having a range of lateral positions when inserted into a respective one of said apertures, said range of lateral positions provided by said apertures in said first one of said columns being less than said range of lateral positions provided by said apertures in the other of said columns; said apertures located in a first one of said rows having vertical dimensions which differ from vertical dimensions of said aperture located in the other of said rows; and each of said projections having said common projecting configuration having a range of vertical positions when inserted into a respective one of said apertures, said range of vertical positions provided by said apertures in said first one of said rows being less than said range of vertical positions provided by said apertures in the other of said rows.