Patent ID: 6865853
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A base assembly for a wall panel assembly, the base assembly comprising: two vertical members, each of said vertical members having a base; a horizontal member connected to the bases of said vertical members, said horizontal member having an opening at each of opposing end portions; first and second vertically directed supports, each support having opposing sides, a front and a ledge, each of said supports being mounted under said horizontal member and through a corresponding opening of said horizontal member wherein said ledges support said horizontal member and said vertical members, each of said first and said second vertically directed supports includes extending tabs on each of said sides; first and second leveling studs mounted in said first and said second supports; a horizontal disposed base rail connected to said front of said first and said second supports and being vertically spaced from said horizontal member for defining a volume for electrical equipment; and first and second U-shaped base plates, each base plate having a side wall with top and bottom edges and first and second ends, and top and bottom flanges extending from said top and bottom edges of said side wall, each of said bottom flanges having openings wherein said openings in said bottom flanges of said base plates receive tabs of said supports and said top flanges of said base plates are engaged after said base plates pivot upwardly whereby said volume is enclosed.