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US 10,159,342 B2Granted
Work and discussion space
AssigneeSteelcase Inc.
InventorsBryony Gaschy, Jessie Storey
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Abstract
A work and discussion space includes two installation blocks that are positioned opposite one another. Each installation block accommodates two people and includes a vertical partitioning structure, two seats positioned against the vertical structure and separated by at least one module for storing professional and/or personal accessories, and a work surface each associated with a seat. The work surfaces are movable between a position that is distant from, and a position that is close to, the corresponding seat.
Claims30
A work and discussion space comprising:
- a pair of installation blocks positioned facing each other, each installation block configured to accommodate two people and comprising:
- a free standing vertical partition structure, wherein said vertical partition structure is U-shaped, wherein said vertical partition structure comprises a floor engaging portion adapted to be supported by a floor, wherein said U-shaped vertical partition structure comprises a central, linear panel set between two angular, L-shaped panels;
- two seats positioned against said vertical partition structure and separated by at least one storage module, wherein each of said seats comprises a floor engaging base adapted to be supported by the floor, wherein each of said seats is positioned in a corner defined by said angular, L-shaped panels, said corners each having a bisector extending diagonally inwardly into an interior space defined between said pair of installation blocks, and said seats each having a seating surface defined by a centerline aligned with one of said bisectors, and wherein said seats and said vertical partition structure are separately supported by the floor by said floor engaging bases and said floor engaging portion respectively;
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- two work surfaces associated respectively with said two seats and movable between a position that is distant from and a position close to said seat.
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A work and discussion space comprising:
- a pair of freestanding U-shaped vertical partition structures having a back wall and a pair of opposite side walls, wherein each of said vertical partition structures comprises a floor engaging portion adapted to be supported by a floor, wherein said U-shaped vertical partition structures are positioned facing each other so as to define an interior space there between, and wherein proximate pairs of said side walls of said facing U-shaped vertical partition structures define a pair of free passages between said U-shaped vertical partition structures into said interior space on opposite sides of said interior space;
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- a pair of seats positioned against each of said U-shaped vertical partition structures and facing inwardly toward a middle of said interior space, wherein each of said seats comprises a floor engaging base adapted to be supported by the floor, wherein said seats are positioned in respective corners of said U-shaped vertical partition structures, said corners each having a bisector extending diagonally inwardly into said interior space, and said seats each having a seating surface defined by a centerline aligned with one of said bisectors, and wherein said seats and said vertical partition structures are separately supported by the floor by said floor engaging bases and said floor engaging portions respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.