Patent ID: 7644550

Claim:
An articulating raised access floor panel of the type for interchangeable fit on a pedestal support systems having pedestal support heads and pedestal support legs fixed to a base floor at varying predetermined positions, comprising: (a) a floor panel having an upper surface, a lower plenum surface, and four side walls, two each of the sidewalls defining a corner portion of the floor panel; (b) at least one stud having a stud end and a nut end, the stud end connected to the lower plenum surface adjacent to each of the corner portions in order for the nut end to project downwardly; (c) a lower stringer support frame including at least four lateral beam members, each of the beam members connected to the lower plenum surface in a position substantially adjacent to a lateral edge of each of the side walls; (d) an open support frame corner portion positioned at an intersection of each of the beam members; and (e) a clamp frame member having an upper wall and at least two side walls, the upper wall including at least one diagonal clear slot, the slot configured to receive the nut end, in order to slidably connect an upper surface of the clamp frame upper wall to the lower plenum surface in order to guide the clamp frame along a diagonal vector in relation to the beam members so that clamp frame sidewalls align to bias against a pedestal support head.