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US 4,852,317 AGranted
Demountable panel system
AssigneeSchiavello Bros. (Vic.) Pty. Ltd.
InventorsAntonino Schiavello, Richard A. Ramsdell
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AssigneeSchiavello Bros. (Vic.) Pty. Ltd.
InventorsAntonino Schiavello, Richard A. Ramsdell
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A demountable panel system has panel members formed with peripheral edge surround sections of extruded rigid material. The surround sections included channels to receive panel material and leg portions with opposed grooves to releasably engage with a clip rail section. The clip rail section enables various panel structures, such as corner posts, to be interconnected with the panel members. The clip rail section has a tongue extending generally in the direction perpendicular to the panel member and so shaped as to be resiliently engageable with a tongue of an adjacent clip rail section whereby panel members or other panel structures can be clipped together along their length by relative transverse movement. The clip rail section includes opposed, outwardly extending flanges and perpendicular leg parts which cooperate with the channels of the surround section to form a recess having a narrow mouth. A workstation support bracket is retained behind a nib in the recess and wedges therein to lock the bracket relative to the panel members.
A demountable panel for assembly with other similar panels to form a partition structure or workstation, said panel comprising a clip rail section, a panel member having at least opposed side edges defined by a surround section of a shape to be secured to the panel member, the surround section including leg means extending along the length thereof to releasably engage cooperating parts of the clip rail section, said clip rail section having a tongue extending generally in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the panel member, the tongue having a shape to engage with a similar tongue of the partition structure or workstation by an engaging movement perpendicular to the panel member.
A demountable panel system comprising a plurality of panel members, clip rail sections for interconnecting panel members to each other, post means for connecting panel members to extend at an angle to each other and bracket means for attaching workstation structures to assembled panel members, said panel members comprising peripheral surround sections at least the side sections having channel means to receive sheet panel material, the side surround sections each including mounting means for mounting a clip rail section thereon, tongue means on the clip rail section extending generally transversely to the plane of the panel member, said tongue means being formed to engage with and be held to tongue means of a similar, adjacent clip rail section by relative lateral movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.