Patent ID: 7455535

Claim:
An overhead rail system for supporting and/or energizing a plurality of utilitarian elements which cooperate so as to form a commercial interior primarily depending downwardly from a plane of said rail system, said rail system comprising: at least one primary track having an elongated configuration; electrical energizing means located within said primary track, for providing electrical power signals along said elongated configuration; communication means located within said primary track, for receiving and transmitting communication signals along said elongated configuration; said utilitarian elements comprise a set of vertically disposed partitions; partition connecting means positioned along said track for removably and vertically supporting said partitions along said elongated configuration; said utilitarian elements further comprise a set of electrically energized devices; electrical connection means positioned along said track for interconnecting said electrically energized devices to said electrical energizing means; and said partition connecting means and said electrical connection means are coupled to said track, and to said vertically disposed partitions and electrically energized devices, respectively, so as to facilitate reconfiguration and relocation of said utilitarian elements as required by users of said commercial interior; said electrical energizing means and said communication means are integral with said primary track and physically and electrically isolated from one another.