Modular-accessible-units and method of making same
OwnerJohn G. Browninventor
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Abstract
A floor, ceiling, wall and partition system comprising an array of modular units disposed over a conductor-accommodating supporting layer disposed over a base surface. There are two sets of modular units, both sets being of similar shape and interchangeable with each other, the first set having a plurality of corners and the second set having one or more corners removed to accommodate accessible nodes. The supporting layer supporting modular floor, ceiling, wall and partition units allows the free passage of conductors between adjoining and opposing horizontal and vertical elements, allowing devices located in the horizontal and vertical elements to freely communicate with each other.
Claims135
A conductor-accommodating supporting layer for use in a floor, ceiling, wall or partition system, comprising a supporting layer disposed over a base surface and an array of modular units disposed over said supporting layer, characterized in that said supporting layer comprises a plurality of spaced discrete support elements arranged in a first patterned layout;
- said modular units including a first set of identical units having a plurality of corners and supported on said spaced discrete support elements in a second patterned layout, such that every corner in said second patterned layout is free of said spaced discrete support elements;
- said second patterned layout further including a second set of units which are similar in shape to said first set of units and fully interchangeable with said first set of units;
- each of said units in said second set of units having at least one corner removed and interspersed in said second patterned layout, thereby forming accessible nodes in said second patterned layout;
- said nodes being movable by interchanging units from said first and second sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.