Partition system

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

• a skeleton-like frame, having:
• first and second vertical uprights positioned adjacent opposite side edges of said frame with each including outwardly oriented opposite outer faces;
• a foot extending downwardly from a bottom portion of the frame to abuttingly support said partition panel freestanding on a floor surface;
• first and second pairs of horizontal stringers attached to the opposite outer faces of said vertical uprights in a vertically spaced apart relationship to rigidly interconnect said vertical uprights and define therebetween first and second horizontal raceway cavities which open to opposite side faces of said frame, and a vertical raceway cavity disposed in between said first and second horizontal raceway cavities;
• at least one of said stringers having an outer planar face with a row of horizontally spaced and aligned slots therein including several intermediately located slots that are located close together for defining discrete attachment points for adjustably supporting furniture therealong;
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• first and second cover panels detachably mounted on opposite sides of said frame to selectively enclose said cavities yet permit access to said slots.

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

• a skeleton-like frame, having:
• first and second vertical uprights positioned adjacent opposite side edges of said frame with each including outwardly oriented opposite outer faces;
• a foot extending downwardly from a bottom portion of said frame to abuttingly support said partition panel freestanding on a floor surface;
• first and second pairs of horizontal stringers attached to said vertical uprights in a vertically spaced apart relationship to rigidly interconnect said vertical uprights and define therebetween first and second horizontal raceway cavities which open to opposite side faces of said frame, and which extend continuously between the opposite side edges thereof with open ends, such that when like partition panels are interconnected in a side-by-side relationship, the open ends of adjacent raceway cavities are aligned and communicate, said stringers each including horizontally-extending, cantilevered end sections having connector-receiving structure with apertures therein positioned proximate but spaced from ends of the stringers, and further including at least one horizontal row of slots extending onto the cantilevered end sections;
• furniture components having connectors configured to engage selected ones of the slots for support;
• panel-to-panel connectors including clips having one end adapted to engage the connector-receiving apertures and another end adapted to engage a corresponding connector-receiving structure on an adjacent frame to interconnect the adjacent frame to said skeleton-like frame in an in-line arrangement;
• first and second cover panels shaped to cover at least those portions of the side faces of said frames disposed between said first and second pairs of horizontal stringers;
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• fasteners detachably mounting said cover panels on the outer faces of said stringers to provide ready access to the raceway cavities and permit lay-in wiring therealong.

A partition panel system comprising:

• a base frame and a stacker frame configured for rigid interconnection in a stacked arrangement, said base and stacker frames each having:
• first and second vertical uprights positioned adjacent opposite side edges of each said frame with each including outwardly oriented opposite outer faces;
• first and second pairs of horizontal stringers attached to the opposite outer faces of said vertical uprights in a vertically spaced apart relationship to rigidly interconnect said vertical uprights and define therebetween first and second horizontal raceway cavities which open to opposite side faces of each said frame, and which extend continuously between the opposite side edges thereof with open ends, such that when like partition panels are interconnected in a side-by-side relationship, the open ends of adjacent raceway cavities are aligned and communicate, the first and second outer faces each including at least one horizontal row of slots extending across the panel to define discrete attachment points;
• said base frame including upper frame structure defining a continuous upper horizontal edge, and said stacker frame including lower frame structure including downwardly extending stacking connectors for engaging the base frame to connect the stacker frame to the base frame in the stacked arrangement;
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• first and second cover panels shaped to cover at least those portions of the side faces of each of said frames disposed between said first and second pairs of horizontal stringers of each said frame;
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• furniture components having connectors configured to engage selected ones of the slots for support.

A partition panel system comprising:

• a welded matrix-type base frame including a first layer of elongated structural members that extend horizontally between vertical side edges of the base frame in a first direction and including at least one second layer of elongated structural members that extend vertically between horizontal side edges of the base frame perpendicular to the first direction, at least one of the first and second structural members in the base frame including a face defining a horizontal row of slots defining discrete attachment points;
• a welded matrix-type stacker frame including a third layer of elongated structural members that extend horizontally between vertical side edges of the stacker frame in the first direction and at least one fourth layer of elongated structural members that extend vertically between horizontal side edges of the stacker frame perpendicular to the first direction;
• downwardly extending stacking connectors attached to the stacker frame at a location intermediate the vertical side edges of the stacker frame, the stacking connectors engaging the base frame for rigidly interconnecting the matrix-type stacker frame to the matrix-type base frame to form an interconnected assembly permitting flexible routing of utilities throughout the interconnected assembly between the first, second, third, and fourth layers;
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• a plurality of removable cover panels shaped to cover portions of said base frame and said stacker frame, the removable cover panels including cover connectors for engaging selected ones of the structural members of the base frame and the stacker frame, the cover panels further being shaped to allow access to the slots;
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• furniture components configured to engage selected ones of the slots for support.

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

• a skeleton-like frame, having:
• first and second vertical uprights positioned adjacent opposite side edges of said frame with each including outwardly oriented opposite outer faces;
• a foot extending downwardly from a bottom portion of said frame to abuttingly support said partition panel freestanding on a floor surface;
• first and second pairs of horizontal stringers attached to the opposite outer faces of said vertical uprights in a vertically spaced apart relationship to rigidly interconnect said vertical uprights and define therebetween first and second horizontal raceway cavities which open to opposite side faces of said frame, and which extend continuously between the opposite side edges thereof with open ends, such that when like partition panels are interconnected in a side-by-side relationship, the open ends of adjacent raceway cavities are aligned and communicate;
• said vertical uprights being spaced inboard from the vertical side edges, and said stringers including end sections extending beyond the vertical uprights in a cantilevered fashion;
• first and second detachable cover panels shaped to cover at least those portions of the side faces of said frames disposed between said first and second pairs of horizontal stringers, said cover panels being detachably mounted on the outer faces of said stringers to provide ready access to the raceway cavities for permitting lay-in wiring therealong.

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

• a skeleton-like base frame and a skeleton-like stacker frame configured for interconnection in a stacked arrangement, each having:
• an inner layer comprising first and second spaced apart vertical uprights positioned proximate opposite side edges of said frame with each including outwardly oriented opposite outer faces;
• opposing outer layers comprising first and second pairs of horizontal stringers attached to the opposite outer faces of said vertical uprights in a vertically spaced apart relationship to rigidly interconnect said vertical uprights and define therebetween first and second horizontal raceway cavities which open to opposite side faces of said frame, and which extend continuously between the opposite side edges thereof with open ends, such that when like partition panels are interconnected in a side-by-side relationship, the open ends of adjacent raceway cavities are aligned and communicate, at least said first pair of horizontal stringers each including an apertured planar outer face defining a plurality of horizontally spaced and aligned slots including at least three closely-positioned intermediately-located slots that in turn define at least three discrete intermediate attachment points along a length of said first stringers for adjustably supporting a furniture component such as an "off-module" partition;
• said base frame further including a foot extending downwardly from a bottom portion of said frame to abuttingly support said partition panel freestanding on a floor surface;
• said base frame still further including upper frame structure having upwardly open apertures, and said stacker frame including downwardly protruding stacker connectors for mateably engaging the upwardly open apertures to locate the stacker frame on the base frame and for securing the stacker frame to the base frame in a stacked arrangement, the stacker connectors including a downwardly extending engagement member for mateably engaging the upwardly open apertures and also including threaded fasteners for threadably engaging the downwardly extending engagement member;
• said stringers of said base frame each including connector-receiving structure with end-located apertures therein positioned proximate but spaced from ends of the stringers of said base frame;
• panel-to-panel connectors including clips with a hook end adapted to engage the end-located apertures and another end adapted to engage a corresponding connector-receiving structure on an adjacent base frame to interconnect the adjacent base frame to said skeleton-like base frame in an in-line arrangement;
• a plurality of cover panels shaped to cover at least those portions of the side faces of said base and stacker frames disposed between said first and second pairs of horizontal stringers but also shaped to permit access to the slots;
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• fasteners detachably mounting said cover panels on the outer faces of said stringers to provide ready access to the raceway cavities and permit lay-in wiring therealong.

A wall construction for subdividing a building work space, comprising:

• a first partition panel having vertical side edges and further having a frame defining a horizontal row of spaced apart slots, the slots defining several discrete attachment points across the frame member, the first partition panel including cover panels attached to the frame that are shaped to permit access to the slots, the row extending substantially across a width of the first partition panel and the slots being accessible from a front of the first partition panel;
• an off-module connector securely engaging selected ones of the slots at a horizontal location spaced from the vertical side edges in an off-module position, the off-module connector further including a protruding flange which extends forwardly from the first partition panel;
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• a furniture accessory having a marginal edge positioned adjacent the front of the first partition panel, the furniture accessory engaging the protruding flange to secure the furniture accessory to the first partition panel in a selected horizontal position.

A partition panel comprising:

• vertical uprights;
• a first and a second pair of horizontal stringers attached to an outer side of the vertical uprights defining horizontal raceway cavities with at least the first pair of stringers including an apertured planar outer surface defining a row of horizontally spaced and aligned slots for supporting a furniture component;
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• cover panels attached to the first pair of stringers, the cover panels being shaped to cover a side face of the frame and permit horizontal access to the slots.

A partition panel comprising:

• a partition frame having a planar face with a horizontal row of bracket-receiving apertures therein, the partition frame being constructed to support furniture components;
• a cover panel attached to the partition frame, the cover panel including top and bottom side edges that define at least one side of an access space to allow access to the bracket-receiving apertures;
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• a bracket having a connector portion that extends through the at least one access space and into engagement with selected ones of the bracket-receiving apertures, the bracket being configured to support furniture components on the partition frame.