US 4,229,917 AGranted

Strut support assembly

AssigneeGF Business Equipment, Inc.

InventorsMelvin A. Textoris, Thomas L. Holman

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Abstract

A strut support assembly for a partition system includes a retainer assembly projecting from beneath an upright and provided with a fastener receiving groove intermediate an enlarged medial section of the retainer assembly and the bottom of the upright. A removable strut assembly includes an arcuate attachment surface mating with the configuration of the upright exterior and a plurality of vertically spaced-apart horizontal cut-outs through the arcuate surface for the selective insertion of a U-bolt therethrough to captively engage the fastener receiving groove and rigidly attach the strut assembly relative the upright. The groove is of sufficient vertical extent to accommodate a second U-bolt for securing an additional oppositely disposed strut assembly to the same upright and the retainer assembly medial section includes an upwardly facing circular recess serving to receive and retain attachment structure carried by one or more panels of the partition system.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A strut support assembly for a partition system including, an upright having an exterior periphery terminating in a bottom edge adjacent a hollow interior, a retainer assembly partly disposed within said upright interior and extending below said bottom edge, said retainer assembly having an enlarged medial portion and provided with a fastener receiving groove beneath said upright bottom edge and above said medial section, a strut assembly including a vertical strut support and a radially extending floor strut, said vertical strut support provided with an attachment surface having a configuration mating with that of said upright exterior periphery and said retainer assembly medial section, said strut support having fastener carrying means therein, a fastener member insertable through said fastener carrying means and encircling said retainer assembly within said fastener receiving groove to securely abut said strut assembly attachment surface against said upright periphery above said fastener member and against said retainer assembly medial section below said fastener member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.