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US 5,125,202 AGranted
Privacy panel for use with open office furniture systems
OwnerTerrance G. Kissingerinventor
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Abstract
A moveable panel is described for providing privacy for a person in a work station or other location behind an arrangement of one or more stationary panels.
Claims25
A panel arrangement comprising:
- a stationary panel having two side faces and an internal cavity, said cavity being open on a lateral edge of said stationary panel;
- a physical barrier spaced from said lateral edge of said stationary panel so as to define an entryway usable by a person;
- and
- a privacy panel movably positioned in said cavity and capable of being withdrawn from said stationary panel so as to close said entryway and retracting into said stationary panel so as to open said entryway, said privacy panel being supported solely by said stationary panel to prevent said privacy panel from tilting in a direction perpendicular to the side faces of said stationary panel as said privacy panel is withdrawn from said stationary panel so as to close said entryway, said privacy panel having no structure positioned above said entryway for further supporting said privacy panel.
1 more element
A privacy panel unit for use in an open cubicle or work station arrangement, comprising:
- a housing for a privacy panel;
- a privacy panel movably positioned within the housing, the privacy panel capable of being withdrawn from the housing through an aperture at an edge of the housing;
- means located inside the housing for supporting the privacy panel within the housing and for supporting and guiding the privacy panel as it is withdrawn from the housing;
- and
- means attached to the privacy panel for movably supporting the privacy panel on a floor as it is withdrawn from the housing, the means for movably supporting the privacy panel not being designed to operate in conjunction with any separate structure mounted on or in the floor;
- the privacy panel having no other means of support or guidance as it is withdrawn from the housing.
3 more elements
A privacy panel unit for use in an open cubicle or work station arrangement, comprising:
- a housing for a privacy panel;
- a privacy panel movably positioned within the housing, the privacy panel capable of being withdrawn from the housing through an aperture at an edge of the housing;
- and
- means located inside the housing for supporting the privacy panel within the housing and for supporting and guiding the privacy panel as it is withdrawn from the housing;
- the privacy panel having no other means of support as it is withdrawn from the housing.
2 more elements
The privacy panel unit of claim 21 wherein said means for preventing comprises a cord attached between the trailing edge of said privacy panel and said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.