Post and beam furniture system

In a post and beam furniture system of the type having a plurality of overhead beams, and a plurality of vertical posts each having a lower portion thereof adapted to be abuttingly supported on a floor surface of an open office space, an upper portion thereof adapted to be connected with an associated one of the beams, and a longitudinally-extending channel, the improvement of a positioning clip comprising:

• a body section having a first end and a second end, the body section received within the channel of one of the posts;
• an engagement portion located at the first end of the body section and engaging the one post;
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• a support portion located at the second end of the body section, received within the channel of the one post, and supporting a partition connector thereon prior to assembly of an associated one of the beams with the one post.

In a post and beam furniture system of the type having a plurality of overhead beams, and a plurality of vertical posts each having a lower portion thereof adapted to be abuttingly supported on a floor surface of an open office space, an upper portion thereof adapted to be connected with an associated one of the beams, and a longitudinally-extending T-shaped channel, the improvement of a connector comprising:

• a substantially rectangular body portion having a first end and second end;
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• a pair of outwardly-extending flanges located at the first end of the body portion, each flange having a distal end, an outer surface located away from the body portion, and an inner surface juxtaposed across the flange from the outer surface, each flange also having a shoulder extending outwardly from the inner surface;
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• wherein the body portion and flanges cooperate to define a substantial T-shape and are received within the channel of one of the posts, the shoulder of each flange received within a corresponding groove within the channel of the one post, and wherein the second end of the body portion is connected to an associated one of the beams.

In a post and beam furniture system of the type having a plurality of overhead beams, and a plurality of vertical posts each having a lower portion thereof adapted to be abuttingly supported on a floor surface of an open office space, an upper portion thereof adapted to be connected with an associated one of the beams, and a longitudinally-extending T-shaped channel, the improvement of a connector comprising:

• a pair of end walls;
• a pair of side walls, wherein the end walls and the side walls cooperate to define a substantially parallelogram-shaped body received within the channel of one of the posts, and wherein the body is rotatable within the channel of the one post until the end walls of the body abut a pair of interior walls within the channel of the one post;
• a first surface;
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• a second surface juxtaposed from the first surface and having a raised center portion, the center portion defined by a pair of engagement walls that extend outwardly from the second surface and substantially parallel to the end walls, wherein the engagement walls abut a neck portion of the channel of the one post when the end walls abut the interior walls of the channel of the one post, and wherein the center portion of the second surface is connected to an associated one of the beams, thereby connecting the one beam with the one post.

In a post and beam furniture system of the type having a plurality of horizontally-extending beams each having a longitudinally-extending channel, and a plurality of vertical posts each adapted to be abuttingly supported on a floor surface of an open office space and connected with an associated one of the beams, and having a longitudinally-extending channel, the improvement of a panel assembly comprising:

• a flexible sheet member having a first end and a second end;
• a first bracket assembly connected to the first end of the sheet member and received within the channel of one of the beams;
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• a second bracket assembly including an elastically-deformable cord extending laterally across the second end of the flexible sheet and connected thereto, the cord including a first end and a second end received within the channels of an associated pair of the posts;
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• wherein the first bracket assembly and second bracket assembly engage the channels of the one beam and pair of posts, respectively, and cooperate to resiliently retain the sheet member in a substantially planar condition.

In a post and beam furniture system of the type having a plurality of overhead beams, and a plurality of vertical posts each having a lower portion thereof adapted to be abuttingly supported on a floor surface of an open office space, an upper portion thereof adapted to be connected with an associated one of the beams, a first longitudinally-extending channel, and a second longitudinally-extending channel, the improvement of an external wire manager comprising:

• a first bracket engaged with the first channel of one of the posts;
• a second bracket engaged with the second channel of the one post, and interlocking with the first bracket, thereby biasing the first and second brackets into frictional engagement with the one post;
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• a utility tube defining a longitudinally-extending interior, and connected with the first and second brackets, thereby supporting the utility tube from the one post.