Patent ID: 6134852
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A47B,E04B,E04F,E06B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A partition system for subdividing building space, comprising:a freestanding partition panel including a partition frame having front and rear faces and a removable cover panel covering a substantial area on the front face, the partition frame having horizontal and vertical frame members rigidly connected together, the vertical frame members having first outer surfaces defining a narrow first dimension and the horizontal frame members having outer portions extending outward from the first outer surfaces to define a wider second dimension, the outer portions having an off-module connector structure thereon adapted to support a furniture unit in any one of a plurality of off-module positions located between vertical side edges of the freestanding partition panel, the off-module connector structure being accessible from the front face when the cover panel is attached to and supported on the outer portion, and the first outer surfaces of the vertical frame members and the outer portions of the horizontal frame members defining at least one laterally open uninterrupted horizontal wireway that is covered by the cover panel when the cover panel is attached; anda second partition panel including an end abutting the first-mentioned partition panel, the second partition panel including a second partition frame with horizontal frame members defining a second horizontal wireway that extends to the abutting end, and including wiring extending from the first-mentioned horizontal wireway through the abutting end to the second horizontal wireway for communicating utilities to the second partition panel.