Enclosure assembly apparatus and method for forming same
AssigneeKnoll, Inc.
InventorsJames Harrison McKenzie, James Eldon, David McClanahan
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Abstract
An enclosure assembly apparatus can include a plurality of elements that can be arranged to facilitate positioning of an enclosure in a work space such as a room or floor of an office building or other building. Embodiments can be configured to facilitate relatively quick and level positioning of such an enclosure. Embodiments of the enclosure assembled via use of at least one embodiment of the enclosure assembly apparatus can be define a room, a meeting space, a privacy booth, a meeting cubicle, or other type of enclosure or work space within the room or floor of a building.
Claims19
An enclosure assembly apparatus comprising:
- a rail for attachment to a floor;
- a rail connector comprising a first part and a second part, the first part being separable from the second part,
- the rail having a channel for facilitating attachment of the rail connector to the rail, the channel sized and configured so that the first part and the second part are positionable in the channel when separated such that the first part is positionable adjacent to the second part in the channel to form an assembled body of the rail connector;
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- wherein the first part has a foot, the second part has a foot, and the rail has sidewalls that extend from opposite sides of a bottom of the rail to define the channel, each sidewall defining a side slot that is in communication with the channel, each side slot sized to receive the foot of the first part or the foot of the second part.
A method for assembling an enclosure, comprising:
- positioning a rail on a floor;
- fastening the rail to the floor;
- positioning a first part of a rail connector in a channel of the rail so that a foot of the first part extends into a first side slot defined by a first sidewall of the rail;
- positioning a second part of a rail connector in a channel of the rail so that a foot of the second part extends into a second side slot defined by a second sidewall of the rail that is opposite the first sidewall of the rail;
- positioning a base element fastener adjacent to the first part and/or the second part during the positioning of the first part and the positioning of the second part so that when the first part and the second part are positioned in the channel the rail connector is placed into an assembled state that has a top hole through which the base element fastener extends.
An enclosure assembly apparatus comprising:
- a rail for attachment to a floor;
- a rail connector comprising a first part having a first foot and a second part having a second foot, the first part being separable from the second part,
- the rail having a channel for facilitating attachment of the rail connector to the rail, the channel sized and configured so that the first part and the second part are positionable in the channel when separated such that the first part is positionable adjacent to the second part in the channel to form an assembled body of the rail connector;
- the rail having first and second sidewalls that extend from opposite sides of a bottom of the rail to define the channel, the first sidewall and the second sidewall each defining a side slot that is in communication with the channel, the side slot of the first sidewall sized to receive the first foot of the first part and the side slot of the second sidewall sized and configured to receive the foot of the second part;
- the first part and the second part defining a top hole when the assembled body of the rail connector is formed, a base element fastener being extendable vertically through the top hole;
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- a rail connector fastener extending horizontally between the first part and the second part for maintaining the assembly body of the rail connector in an assembled state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.