Patent ID: 6112485
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
An interior upright space-dividing wall system comprising:first and second portable upright panel assemblies each having an upright end edge defined at least in part by a vertically elongate frame member, and a pair of oppositely facing and generally planar vertically enlarged side surfaces which extend transversely relative to the respective said frame member;a vertically elongate support member interposed between the respective frame members of said first and second panel assemblies, said support member having a foot portion adjacent lower end thereof adapted for supportive engagement with a floor and a pair of generally parallel and sidewardly spaced vertically elongate side walls, each said side wall having an upper and a lower opening therein disposed in vertically spaced relation with one another, and said lower end of said support member including a pair of outwardly projecting connectors for supporting a lower end of one of said first and second panel assemblies; anda pair of panel connectors, one of said panel connectors being supported on said elongate frame member of said first panel assembly and the other said panel connector being supported on said elongate frame member of said second panel assembly, each said panel connector having an upper and a lower jaw member which are movable relative to one another, said upper and lower jaw members of said one panel connector being respectively engaged within said upper and lower openings of one of said side walls to fixedly attach said first panel assembly to said support member, and said upper and lower jaw members of said other panel connector being respectively engaged within said upper and lower openings of the other said side wall to fixedly attach said second panel assembly to said support member such that said vertically enlarged side surfaces of said second panel assembly are disposed in generally coplanar aligned relation with the respective said vertically enlarged side surfaces of said first panel assembly.