Patent ID: 6619008
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A corner connector arrangement for joining adjacent upright end edges of first and second angularly-related upright space-dividing wall panels, comprising:first and second bracket structures fixed to an upright end edge of said first and second wall panels respectively, each said bracket structure including upper and lower flanges which project horizontally outwardly from the upright end edge of the respective wall panel; a vertically elongate connector post positioned between said upright end edges of said first and second wall panels so that said upper flanges overlie an upper end of said post and said lower flanges underlie a lower end of said post, said post and said flanges being structurally connected together; said connector post including at least three peripheral edge walls which extend along the length of the post and are angularly spaced apart to define access spaces therebetween which provide access to the interior of the post; and first and second vertically-elongate closure strips mounted on said upright end edge of each said wall panel and extending lengthwise therealong adjacent opposite sides thereof, each said closure strip having a resiliently-deflectable cantilevered flange which projects circumferentially partially around said post and is resiliently urged radially inwardly so as to be engageable with a peripheral edge wall of said post, said resiliently-deflectable cantilevered flanges as associated with said first and second closure strips projecting away from one another in circumferentially opposite directions relative to said post.