Patent ID: 7958679

Claim:
In an office environment in which a manufacturer or assembler positions a plurality of modular walls together to partition one or more spaces, a flexible joint means for stably joining modular walls at a plurality of arbitrary angles, comprising: at least a first wall module and an opposed second wall module; a connector interface attached to an edge of first wall module and an opposing connector interface attached to the opposed second wall module; and at least a first and second flexible connector, wherein each of the first and second flexible connectors reversibly attach to both of the opposed connector interfaces, wherein each flexible connector comprises: a first wall and an opposing second wall; a first gripping element; a first flange connected to the first gripping element and hingedly connected to the first wall, wherein depression of the first flange causes the first gripping element to pivot away from the first wall to facilitate connecting the flexible connector to, and disconnecting the flexible connector from, the connector interface attached to the first wall module; a second gripping element; and a second flange connected to the second gripping element and hingedly connected to the second wall, wherein depression of the second flange causes the second gripping element to pivot away from the second wall to facilitate connecting the flexible connector to, and disconnecting the flexible connector from, the connector interface attached to the second wall module; wherein the first wall module and the opposed second wall module are movable with respect to each other about the first and second flexible connectors.