Power receptacle and nested line conditioner arrangement

In an office partition system of the type having electrical power therein, the improvement of a power receptacle and nested line conditioner arrangement comprising:

• a power receptacle having a front face, a rear face, upper and lower walls and opposite ends;
• said front face of said receptacle having at least one outlet therein;
• said rear face of said receptacle having a first coupling means for selectively coupling said outlet to a source of line voltage associated with said office partition system, and a second coupling means disposed between the ends of said receptacle;
• a line conditioner having means for conditioning power supplied from the source of line voltage, and means on said line conditioner for mechanically and electrically coupling said line conditioner with the second coupling means of said receptacle to position said line conditioner between the ends of said receptacle, and condition power to said outlet;
• said line conditioner including a housing encasing said power conditioning means, and having a substantially C-shaped side elevational configuration comprising a web and opposite flanges defining a channel therebetween;
• said housing flanges being spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the distance between the upper and lower walls of said receptacle to closely receive said receptacle in the channel of said line conditioner, such that said line conditioner nests about the rear face, and upper and lower walls of said receptacle, wholly within the ends thereof, for improved space efficiency.

A line conditioner for power receptacles of the type used in office partition systems, and the like, said line conditioner comprising:

• means for conditioning power supplied from a source of line voltage;
• means for mechanically and electrically coupling said line conditioner with an associated power receptacle to position said line conditioner between opposite ends of the power receptacle, and
• a housing encasing said power conditioning means, and having a substantially C-shaped side elevational configuration, comprising a web and opposite flanges defining a channel therebetween;
• said housing flanges being space apart a distance slightly greater than the height of the power receptacle to closely receive the power receptacle in the channel of said line conditioner, such that said line conditioner nests about rear, upper, and lower walls of the receptacle, wholly within the ends thereof, for increased