Furniture system

A furniture based partition system particularly adapted for use in open plans, and the like, comprising:

• an overhead support disposed in a generally horizontal orientation;
• a plurality of overhead support columns disposed in a generally vertical orientation;
• each of said columns having a lower portion thereof adapted to abut a floor surface of an associated building room, and an upper portion thereof connected with said overhead support to rigidly interconnect the same, such that said columns are adapted to be freestanding on the floor surface, and support said overhead support within the building room at a predetermined overhead elevation, with the floor surface beneath said overhead support being generally unobstructed to facilitate user passage thereunder;
• a plurality of individual panels, each being shaped to partition the building room, and having a generally rigid, lightweight construction which permits easy, manual, bodily translation of the same by an adult user;
• each of said panels includes a connector mounted thereon which detachably connects the same with said overhead support in a manner in which each of said panels hangs downwardly from said overhead support in a generally vertical orientation, and is readily and easily removable therefrom by the user;
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• an open sided hanger supported on said overhead support, and detachably engaging the connector of said panels to permit each of said panels to be manually lifted and detachably hung directly on said overhead support at various locations therealong.