Office panelling system

In an office panelling system having a plurality of free standing panels horizontally connected to adjacent panels by hinge strips a portion of which are slidably received in said adjacent panels, at least some of said panels having a steel generally rectilinear framework which is divided horizontally in the height thereof by a horizontal member dividing said panel into separate and distinct upper and lower horizontally extending compartments, said horizontal member receiving at least one electrical receptacle which extends through said horizontal member into said lower compartment for connection to a power supply and is exposed within said upper compartment to receive electrical plugs of office equipment within said upper compartment and interior to said panel, said upper and lower compartments each having separate decorative panels removably secured to said framework to close the sides thereof, said upper compartment being separately accessible by removing said separate upper compartment decorative panel to access said electrical receptacle for receipt of electrical plugs of office equipment in said receptacle and to store excess electrical cord of such office equipment within said upper compartment, and means for accommodating such cord to extend between said upper compartment and the panel exterior.