Patent ID: 6141926
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A partition panel of generally rectangular outline having a plurality of marginal edges and a plurality of corners, and a perimeter frame assembly comprising a plurality of frame members extending along the marginal edges of the panel, and a plurality of corner connectors each located at a respective one of the corners of the panel and attaching between adjacent ends of said frame members, said frame members including spaced primary flanges, said frame members each further including a double-walled web extending between said primary flanges and providing a lengthwise extending hollow cavity, each corner connector including a pair of tongues each fitting tightly into adjacent ends of the frame members via the associated hollow cavities to secure said frame members together at said corners of the panel, and wherein said primary flanges are each provided with an outwardly directed ledge, said ledges being disposed adjacent the marginal edges of the panel such that said ledges at least partly encompass a rectangular area, and a sheet of rigid material seated in said rectangular area in close juxtaposition to said primary flanges to define a major face of the panel with said ledges extending along the perimeter of the rigid sheet and encompassing the latter.