Patent ID: 6735908
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A47B,E04B

Abstract:
A modular office furniture system comprising:an upright partition having a first side and a second side, the partition comprising a supporting framework formed of vertically spaced horizontal beams and horizontally spaced vertical posts defining at least one rectangular internal opening therebetween through the framework from one side of the framework to the other side, the partition having cladding on both sides of the framework to cover portions of the framework on each side of the partition, a storage element mounted to the framework within the rectangular opening extending to each side beyond the cladding on that side, the storage element having a horizontal top wall, a horizontal bottom wall spaced vertically from the top wall, a vertical first end wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall at a first end of the storage element and a vertical second end wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall at a second end of the storage element parallel to the first end wall, a vertical dividing wall intermediate the first end wall and the second end wall parallel to the first end wall, a vertical first side wall at the second side of the partition spanning from the first end wall to the dividing wall between the top wall and the bottom wall, a vertical second side wall at the first side of the partition spanning from the second end wall to the dividing wall between the top wall and the bottom wall, a first storage compartment enclosed on five sides by the top wall, bottom wall, first end wall, dividing wall and first side wall and having a first access opening open on the first side of the partition spanning from the first end wall to the dividing wall between the top wall and the bottom wall, a second storage compartment enclosed on five sides by the top wall, bottom wall, second end wall, dividing wall and second side wall and having a second access opening open on the second side of the partition spanning from the second end wall to the dividing wall between the top wall and the bottom wall, a first door member on the first side of the partition slidably mounted for linear sliding between a closed position in which the first door member closes the first access opening and an open position in which the first door member overlies the second side wall and does not cover the first access opening to the first storage compartment, a second door member on the second side of the partition slidably mounted for linear sliding between a closed position in which the second door member closes the second access opening and an open position in which the second door member overlies the first side wall and does not cover the second access opening to the second storage compartment.