Patent ID: 7921615

Claim:
An improved panel for use with a bracket and which, in use, forms a wall surface as part of an assembly for partitioning or dividing a space, defines a horizontal groove and is adapted to releasably, securely, receive, via the horizontal groove, said bracket, wherein the improvement comprises: a metal sheet having a front and a rear face, the front face defining said wall surface in use and said sheet defining a horizontal slot in use; and a metal bolster secured to the rear face of said metal sheet to define, in combination with the metal sheet, said horizontal groove, wherein the bolster defines: upper and lower planar portions abutting the sheet on opposite upper and lower sides of the slot; upper and lower curved portions presenting, towards one another, spaced-apart convex surfaces, the upper curved portion extending from the upper planar portion and the lower curved portion extending from the lower planar portion; and a channel portion defining a concave surface extending from the upper curved portion to the lower curved portion; wherein the upper and lower planar portions and the channel portion are formed by bending or folding from a single piece of sheet metal.