Reconfigurable room partitioning system
AssigneeAffordable Building Systems
InventorsTodd Anglin, Carroll Moore, Erez Steinberg
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Abstract
A reconfigurable office partition system that includes movable rigid panels each comprised of a core panel mounted within a perimeter frame. Said core panel comprised of a matrix of compressed straw or other cellulose-based natural fiber lined by paper or paperboard suitable for accepting a variety of surface treatments, and also suitable for accepting nails, screws or other means for hanging or otherwise attaching articles thereon. Frames comprised of vertical and horizontal rails specially adapted to engage said core panels and further adapted to releasably and slidably attach to a series of specialty connectors.
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An assembly for positioning and arranging one or more rigid compressed straw panels to divide or partition interior building space, said panels being comprised of compressed straw or other cellulose-based fibers arranged in a matrix and having a substantially rectangular shape with a front and rear face, said faces situated in substantially parallel planes and further having a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge and a left edge with four corners formed at the junctures between said edges, said system comprising:
- a rigid perimeter frame disposable about the edges of said panel, said frame especially adapted to receive and securely hold a compressed straw panel, said perimeter frame being substantially flush with said front and rear face of said straw panel and having a leg reception means disposed substantially near each corner;
- first and second base legs, said base legs each having a top and bottom end said top end suitable for slidable attachment to a said perimeter frame such that interference with and penetration into said straw panel is prohibited;
- a floor member, said floor member having a generally elongated shape and having a first and second end, said floor member suitable for attachment to said bottom end of said base legs;
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- a plurality of panel connector means, said panel connector means each having at least one end suitable for slidable attachment to said perimeter frame, and each further having a joining hole suitable for joining with other connector means.
A system for positioning and arranging one or more rigid compressed straw panels to divide or partition interior building space, said panels being comprised of compressed straw or other cellulose-based fibers arranged in a matrix and having a substantially rectangular shape with a front and rear face, said faces situated in substantially parallel planes and further having a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge and a left edge with four corners formed at the junctures between said edges, said system comprising:
- a plurality of panel assemblies, each panel assembly including a straw panel and a rigid perimeter frame disposable about the edges of said panel, said frame especially adapted to receive and securely hold a compressed straw panel, sized to be substantially flush with said front and rear face of said compressed straw panel, and having a leg reception means disposed substantially near each corner;
- a plurality of base legs, each base leg having a top and bottom end, said top end slidably attached to a said leg reception means of said perimeter frame;
- a plurality of floor members, each floor member having a generally elongated shape and having a first and second end, each said floor member suitable for attachment to said bottom ends of a pair of said base legs;
- a plurality of single panel connector means, said single panel connector means each having one end suitable for slidable attachment to said perimeter frame, and each further having a joining hole suitable for joining with other connector means, said single connector means further suitable for perpendicularly attaching at least two panel assemblies together in non-parallel relative arrangement;
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- a plurality of double panel connector means, said double panel connector means each having two opposed ends, each opposed end suitable for slidable attachment to said perimeter frame, each double connector means further having a joining hole suitable for joining with other connector means, said joining hole located substantially equidistant between said opposed ends, double panel connector means suitable for attaching two panel assemblies together in a substantially planar arrangement.
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