Patent ID: 6345478
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A method of partitioning an office space, comprising the steps of:providing an interlocking framework unit including at least one vertical framework configured to receive and support at least one partitioning material, at least one skirting framework configured to receive and support at least one partitioning material, at least one covering framework configured to receive and support at least one partitioning material, at least one window framework configured to receive and support at least one of at least one partitioning material and at least one window and at least one door framework configured to receive and support at least one of at least one partitioning material and at least one door; the interlocking framework unit being configured to form at least one internal conduit for plural cables between adjacent partitioning materials from a ceiling level through the at least one skirting framework positioned at a floor level when assembled; and assembling the interlocking framework unit such that the at least one internal conduit is formed between the adjacent partitioning materials from the ceiling level through the at least one skirting framework positioned at a floor level; wherein the at least one vertical framework comprises a U shaped channel formed by two side walls and a bottom wall, has two projecting members projecting perpendicularly from the bottom wall inwardly with respect to the U shaped channel so as to create a plurality of distinct channels within the U shaped channel, has an inverted L shaped member respectively disposed on the two side walls outwardly so as to create an external channel configured to receive a partitioning material, and has means for interlocking with an adjacent one of the at least one vertical, skirting, covering, window and door frameworks.