Patent ID: 7249624

Claim:
In a post and beam furniture system of the type having a plurality of horizontally-extending beams each having a longitudinally-extending channel, and a plurality of vertical posts each adapted to be abuttingly supported on a floor surface of an open office space and connected with an associated one of the beams, and having a longitudinally-extending channel, the improvement of a panel assembly comprising: a flexible sheet member having a first end and a second end; a first bracket assembly connected to the first end of the sheet member and received within the channel of one of the beams; and a second bracket assembly including an elastically-deformable cord extending laterally across the second end of the flexible sheet and connected thereto, the cord including a first end and a second end received within the channels of an associated pair of the posts; and wherein the first bracket assembly and second bracket assembly engage the channels of the one beam and pair of posts, respectively, and cooperate to resiliently retain the sheet member in a substantially planar condition.