Patent ID: 7461484

Claim:
In a partition system for dividing open office space into individual workstations, the improvement of a partition panel, comprising: a panel frame including a plurality of outwardly opening mounting apertures; a removable component including a plurality of outwardly extending spring clips frictionally engaging said mounting apertures in said panel frame to detachably retain said component on said panel frame; and a separate, removable locking clip nesting within and engaging one of said spring clips on said removable component, and including a barb which engages said panel frame in a locked position and positively prevents removal of said one spring clip from said panel frame, and positively interconnects said removable component and said panel frame in said locked position; said locking clip having a flexible portion configured for flexing which includes a release leg that is actuated to flex said locking clip to shift said barb out of engagement with said panel frame and into an unlocked position wherein said removable component can be removed from said panel frame.