Patent ID: 6128873
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A47B,E04B,E04F,E06B,F24F,H02G

Abstract:
An integrated prefabricated furniture system for fitting-out a building space of the type having a generally open plan interior defined by fixed walls, comprising:a wall-covering frame constructed to be positioned against and to selectively cover portions of the fixed walls;a portable partition system for spatially dividing the open plan interior of the building space into a plurality of work areas, the portable partition system including freestanding partition frames with at least one of the freestanding partition frames having an end abutted against the wall-covering frame; anda plurality of cover panels removably attached to the wall-covering frame and to the freestanding partition frame for completely covering the wall-covering frame and the freestanding partition frames except for a relatively horizontal gap between the cover panels, the cover panels including upper and lower cover panels that have vertically adjacent horizontal side edges, wherein the freestanding partition frames include at least one horizontal row of slots accessible through the gap for attaching furniture units selectively to the row of slots, and wherein at least some of the cover panels on the wall-covering frame and on the freestanding partition frame have an identical size and shape, so that the identical cover panels can be selectively interchanged between the wall-covering frame and the freestanding partition frames.