Patent ID: 8176695

Claim:
An upright space-dividing wall panel comprising: a rigid internal frame which includes upright vertical frame rails and horizontally elongate horizontal frame rails extending between and joined to said vertical frame rails to define an open frame interior, the internal frame having a horizontal frame length defined by the distance between the vertical frame rails; a plurality of side covers attached to opposite vertical faces of said frame, said side covers being positionable sidewardly adjacent to each other wherein adjacent edges of said adjacent covers define a joint therebetween, said side covers having connectors which engage said vertical frame rails in a vertical mounting plane; said frame further defining an open raceway area within said frame interior which allows for the storage and passage of cabling within said frame interior, said vertical frame rails including a narrowed leg portion projecting vertically which has a thickness defined between opposite leg side faces that is narrower than the thickness of the vertical frame rails so as to define side passages which open sidewardly from said frame to permit cables to pass into the raceway, said leg portion including a connector clip removably mounted to a leg side face so as to project outwardly therefrom, said connector clip having a horizontal clip length that is substantially smaller than said horizontal frame length and including a connector part which is spaced outwardly from the leg side face and lies in said vertical mounting plane to permit mounting of one of said covers thereto.