Partition panel

A freestanding, portable partition panel for open office plans, and the like, comprising:

• a panel frame with at least one face thereof having a first connector disposed at a base portion of said panel frame, and a second connector disposed at an upper portion of said panel frame;
• at least one cover panel shaped to cover the one face of said panel frame, and being substantially rigid to facilitate supporting said cover panel on said panel frame;
• said cover panel having top and bottom portions, a horizontal centerline, and a front plan configuration that is generally symmetrical with said horizontal centerline;
• a pair of third connectors, each shaped to releasably engage the first connector of said panel frame, and being positioned adjacent the top and bottom portions respectively of said cover panel in a symmetrical relationship with respect to the horizontal centerline of said cover panel;
• a fourth connector, shaped to releasably engage the second connector of said panel frame, and positioned adjacent the top portion of said cover panel;
• means for removably attaching said fourth connector to said cover panel, whereby said cover panel can be readily removed from said panel frame and reattached thereto in an inverted orientation to conceal mars and the like by simply removing said fourth connector from the top portion of said cover panel, and connecting the same to the bottom portion of said cover panel.

A freestanding, portable partition panel for open office plans, and the like, comprising:

• a panel frame having top and bottom frame segments and opposed side frame segments fixedly interconnected to create a rigid frame structure with opposite faces, and an interior;
• said panel frame including a utility raceway positioned adjacent one of said top and bottom frame segments, and extending along an exterior side thereof;
• at least one removable cover panel shaped to cover one of the faces of said panel frame;
• means for detachably mounting said cover panel flush against the one face of said panel frame;
• at least one generally vertically oriented channel disposed in said one of said top and bottom frame segments at that side thereof associated with the one face of said panel frame;
• said channel being configured to permit routing utilities in said utility raceway through said channel and into the interior of said panel frame without interfering with the flush attachment of said cover panel to said panel frame.

A freestanding, portable partition panel for open office plans, and the like, comprising:

• a panel frame having opposed side frame segments, and opposite faces;
• at least one removable cover panel shaped to cover one of the faces of said panel frame, and being substantially rigid to facilitate supporting said cover panel on said panel frame;
• said cover panel including opposed, inwardly oriented side flanges disposed adjacent interior sides of the side frame segments of said panel frame when said cover panel is mounted on said panel frame;
• means for detachably connecting said cover panel with said panel frame, including at least one spring clip positioned on one of the side flanges of said cover panel, with an outwardly protruding first barb which abuttingly engages the interior side of an adjacent side frame segment to interconnect said spring clip and said panel frame;
• said spring clip further including inwardly protruding second and third barbs which abuttingly engage an adjacent side of said one side flange to interconnect said spring clip and said cover panel;
• said second and third spring clip barbs being spaced apart longitudinally on said spring clip, whereby movement of the cover panel away from said panel frame to remove said cover panel causes said spring clip to pivot about one of said second and third barbs, and thereby assist in releasing the engagement of said first barb with said panel frame, without pulling said spring clip off of said cover panel.