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.
Claims19
1-41. (canceled)
A support beam comprising:
- a web panel having first and second opposed surfaces;
- a first flange attached to the web panel proximate a first edge of the web panel;
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- a second flange attached to the web panel proximate to the second edge of the web panel, wherein the first and second flanges are formed from a metal material;
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- wherein the first and second flanges are each attached to the first and second opposed surfaces, said attachment of the first and second flanges to the first and second opposed surfaces of the web panel being achieved by crimping the first and second flanges to the support panel using tool to punch, clinch or crimp the first and second flanges to the first and second opposed surfaces of the web panel by driving the tool into an exterior surface of each of the first and second flanges so as to cause plastic deformation of the surfaces of both the first and second flanges and the web panel.
A support beam comprising:
- a web panel having first and second opposed surfaces;
- a first flange attached to the web panel proximate a first edge of the web panel;
- and
- a second flange attached to the web panel proximate to the second edge of the web panel, wherein the first and second flanges are formed from a metal material;
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- wherein the first and second flanges are each attached to the first and second opposed surfaces, said attachment of the first and second flanges to the first and second opposed surfaces of the web panel being achieved by crimping the first and second flanges to the support panel so as to form a plurality of recesses, each of the plurality of recesses having a closed shape and wherein the metal of the first or second flange is deformed into the web material around substantially the entire perimeter of the closed shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.