Patent ID: 6170200
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: E04B,E04F,E04H,E05Y,E06B,G09F

Abstract:
A knock down furniture system particularly adapted to support temporary group activities in open plans, and the like, comprising:an overhead framework comprising a plurality of substantially like frame segments detachably interconnected in an end-to-end fashion to form a rigid structure configured to be positioned above an open floor surface of an associated building room;a plurality of overhead columns disposed in a generally vertical orientation, each said column having an upper portion thereof detachably connected with said overhead framework, and a lower portion thereof shaped to abut the floor surface of the building room, and thereby support said overhead framework thereon in a freestanding fashion within the building room at a predetermined overhead elevation;a plurality of individual panels, at least one of which is constructed to permit easy, manual, bodily translation of the same by an adult user, and includes a connector detachably connecting the same with said overhead framework in a manner in which said panel hangs downwardly from said overhead framework in a generally vertical orientation, and is readily and easily manually removable therefrom by the user; anda hanger supported on said overhead framework, and cooperating with said connector of said one panel for detachably suspending said one panel at various locations along said overhead framework.