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Partition system    
United States Patent5740650   
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Inventor(s)Seiber; Charles A. (Palo Alto, CA); Shaw; Benjamin G. (London, GB2); Lada; Christopher O. (Palo Alto, CA); Hobson; Phillip M. (Los Altos, CA); Poppe; Robert P. (Grand Rapids, MI); Shipman; David A. (Grand Rapids, MI); Luchetti; Robert J. (Cambridge, MA); Draudt; Gregg R. (Watertown, MA); Eldon, III; James B. (Barto, PA); McClanahan; David D. (Harleysville, PA)
AbstractA freestanding portable partition panel and related system are provided for open office spaces and the like. Each panel includes a skeleton-like frame having two vertical uprights positioned adjacent opposite side edges thereof. A foot extends downwardly from the bottom of the frame to abuttingly support the panel freestanding on a floor surface. Two pairs of horizontal stringers are attached to the outer faces of the uprights in a vertically spaced apart relationship to rigidly interconnect the same, and define therebetween two horizontal raceway cavities which open to the opposite side faces of the frame, and extend continuously between the opposite side edges thereof. Hence, when like panels are interconnected side-by-side, the open ends of adjacent raceway cavities are aligned and communicate. Cover panels enclose at least those portions of the frame side faces disposed between the stringers, and are detachably mounted thereon to provide ready access to the raceway cavities and permit lay-in wiring therealong. The upper ends of the vertical uprights have upwardly extending arms which define yoke shaped receptacles for receiving drop-in wiring. Special connectors are provided for constructing walls by interconnecting adjacent panels in in-line, off-module, and stacked arrangements.
   














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Inventor     Seiber; Charles A. (Palo Alto, CA); Shaw; Benjamin G. (London, GB2); Lada; Christopher O. (Palo Alto, CA); Hobson; Phillip M. (Los Altos, CA); Poppe; Robert P. (Grand Rapids, MI); Shipman; David A. (Grand Rapids, MI); Luchetti; Robert J. (Cambridge, MA); Draudt; Gregg R. (Watertown, MA); Eldon, III; James B. (Barto, PA); McClanahan; David D. (Harleysville, PA)
Owner/Assignee     Steelcase Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI)
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Publication Date     April 21, 1998
Application Number     08/578,089
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Filing Date     December 26, 1995
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Examiner     Safavi; Michael
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Attorney/Law Firm     Price, Heneveld, Cooper, DeWitt & Litton
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Parent Case     CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a continuation-in-part of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/367,802, filed Dec. 30, 1994, entitled PORTABLE PARTITION SYSTEM, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. The present application further is related to commonly assigned, copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/579,614, filed on even date herewith, entitled PARTITION SYSTEM, and still further is related to commonly assigned, copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/367,804 filed Dec. 30, 1994, entitled INTEGRATED PREFABRICATED FURNITURE SYSTEM FOR FITTING-OUT OPEN PLAN BUILDING SPACE, which applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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