Partition system
AssigneeInterstate Industries, Inc.
InventorsThomas R. Hegg, Kenneth E. Reinhard
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Abstract
A partition system comprising a fixed standard and upstanding acoustical panels, with brackets affixed to the standard for securement of the panels thereto and for support of shelves and desk tops adjacent the panels. Connecting hardware securing panels to the brackets and standard is hidden from view. Panel faces are covered with fabric sheets, and panel frames are formed with outwardly directed channels accommodating splines wedging perimetric edge portions of the fabric sheets therewithin.
Claims9
In a partition system comprising
- an elongated standard including a central hub and a plurality of wall means extending radially outwardly of said hub, said wall means defining a plurality of parallel longitudinally extending keyways generally coextensive with the standard, each said keyways including an elongated hollowed out inner chamber and an elongated passageway narrower than said inner chamber and communicating therewith, said passageway opening radially outwardly of the standard,
- an upstanding panel, and
- securement means for releasably securing said panel to the standard;
- the improvement wherein said securement means comprises
- a bracket including a pair of elongated spaced parallel rails adapted for cooperative slidable longitudinal insertion within a corresponding pair of said inner chambers of the keyways in the standard, said bracket further including a yoke joining said rails, said yoke being formed with a transverse through opening;
- pin means and means detachably affixing said pin means to the standard, said pin means being adapted to project through the opening in said yoke;
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- clip means affixed to an end face of said panel, said clip means being adapted to engage siad pin means releasably, thereby to secure the panel to the standard.
The improvement as set forth in clain 2, wherein said pin means comprises a screw fastener having threads between said flange and an inwardly directed end thereof, and wherein said attachment means on said lug comprises an outwardly opening transverse bore having screw threads adapted to mate releasably with the threads on said screw fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.