Modular partition system
AssigneeUltraframe (UK) Limited
InventorAndrew Thomson
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Abstract
A modular partition system comprises a plurality of panels and at least one connecting strip. Each of the plurality of panels comprises two support members extending generally perpendicularly to a plane of the modular partition system and a central panel extending between said two support panels. The plurality of panels are arranged such that the central panels of each of the plurality of panels are generally mutually parallel and one support member of each of the plurality of panels is adjacent to a support member of an adjacent panel. The at least one connecting strip cooperates with a support member from each of two of the plurality of adjacent panels so as to connect said two of the plurality of adjacent panels.
Claims17
A panel for a partition, the panel comprising:
- a central panel extending in a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension, the first dimension of the central panel being smaller than the second dimension and the third dimension of the central panel, the second dimension and the third dimension of the central panel defining a plane of the central panel, the central panel having a first face and a second face spaced apart from the first face, and the first face and the second face being generally parallel to the plane of the central panel;
- two support panels disposed on opposed sides of the central panel, each of the two support panels extending in a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension, the first dimension of each of the two support panels being smaller than the second dimension and the third dimension of each of the two support panels, the second dimension and the third dimension of each of the two support panels defining a plane of the respective one of the two support panels, the plane of each of the two support panels extending generally perpendicularly to the plane of the central panel, each of the two support panels having an external surface and an internal surface that provide two opposed surfaces of the support panel, and wherein protruding portions of the each of the two support panels extend perpendicularly to the plane of the central panel beyond both of the first face and the second face of the central panel;
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- a plurality of flanges, each flange included in the plurality of flanges being provided around a corresponding one of the protruding portions of the two support panels, and each flange comprising a flange member which is formed from a metal material having:
- a first portion adjacent to, generally parallel to, and mechanically attached to, the external surface of the support panel that is distal from the central panel;
- and a second portion having a portion which extends generally parallel to the plane of the central panel;
- wherein together the first and second portions of each flange member defines a channel or groove for receipt of the protruding portion of the support panel to which the flange is mechanically attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.