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US 5,875,597 AGranted
Height-adjustable space-dividing screen
AssigneeHaworth, Inc.
InventorsBryan Gingrich, David Fik, Keith Foco
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Abstract
A space-dividing screen assembly comprising a pair of height-adjustable support posts and a flexible fabric screen having the opposite ends thereof connected to the support posts. The support posts include vertically movable outer tubes to which the opposite ends of the screen are connected. Vertical movement of the outer tubes permits adjustment of the height of the screen. The outer tube is rotatable so as to allow winding up of the flexible fabric onto the outer surface of the outer tube. Also, additional screens can be suspended from the support posts while the opposite free ends of the screens are supported by additional support posts to provide a readily adjustable privacy screen arrangement.
Claims19
A divider screen assembly comprising:
- first and second elongate upright support posts disposed in spaced apart relation, each of said support posts comprising an inner tube adapted for load-bearing engagement with a floor and a hollow outer tube which is slidably received onto an upper end of said inner tube, said inner tube having a base disposed in freestanding relation with the floor which permits movement of said first and second support posts relative to each other, said outer tube being vertically movable relative to said inner tube, each of said support posts including locking means for fixing the vertical position of said outer tube relative to said inner tube to vary the height of the divider screen assembly, said outer tube of at least one of said support posts being rotatable relative to said inner tube about a generally vertical axis;
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- a flexible sheet-like screen which is vertically enlarged and extends longitudinally between said first and second support posts, said screen including opposite first and second ends which are connected to said outer tubes of said first and second support posts respectively so as to rotate therewith, said screen being formed of a flexible material such that said screen reversibly wraps about said one support post by rotation of said outer tube thereof and the longitudinal length of said screen between said first and second support posts is adjusted.
A divider screen assembly comprising:
- a plurality of support posts which are spaced apart one from the other and each includes a base and an upright elongate upper post projecting upwardly therefrom, each of said upper posts including vertically spaced apart upper and lower rings which extend about the outer periphery of said upper post and project outwardly therefrom, each of said upper and lower rings including a plurality of apertures which open vertically therethrough and are angularly spaced apart about said outer periphery of said upper post, each of said apertures of said upper ring corresponding to one of said apertures of said lower ring to define vertically spaced pairs of said apertures which define angularly spaced apart mounting locations, said plurality of support posts comprising first and second support posts;
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- a flexible sheet-like fabric screen which extends longitudinally between said first and second support posts and is vertically enlarged, said fabric screen including first and second mounting means at opposite first and second ends thereof, each of said first and second mounting means including an upwardly extending projection and a downwardly extending projection which project into a corresponding one of said pairs of said apertures for mounting the respective end of said screen to one of said mounting locations;
- each of said upper posts being rotatable relative to said respective base about a substantially vertical rotation axis, said upper post being manually rotatable and said screen being sufficiently flexible so that at least a portion of said screen is wrapped about the outer periphery of said respective upper post to adjust the longitudinal distance between said first and second support posts.
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A divider screen assembly comprising:
- a plurality of vertically elongate upright support posts which are spaced apart one from the other, each of said support posts including a base which is freestanding on a floor to permit movement relative to another of said support posts and an upright elongate upper post projecting upwardly therefrom, said upper post of at least one of said support posts being rotatable relative to said base about a substantially vertical rotation axis, said plurality of support posts comprising at least first and second support posts;
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- a flexible fabric screen which extends longitudinally between said first and second support posts and is vertically enlarged, said fabric screen including first and second mounting means at opposite first and second ends thereof for mounting the respective ends of said screen to said first and second support posts respectively, said opposite first and second ends of said screen being vertically supported by said first and second support posts with an intermediate screen section between said first and second ends being suspended therebetween, said screen being formed of a fabric which has flexibility at least in a longitudinal direction to permit reversible winding up of said fabric on one of said upper posts during rotation thereof wherein said first and second support posts are movable relative to each other during said winding and which has stiffness at least in a vertical direction to substantially prevent sagging of said intermediate screen section.
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