Wall panel system including a retractable floor anchor and method
AssigneeC.R. Laurence Co., Inc.
InventorGary Sprague
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Abstract
A wall panel system including a retractable floor anchor for converting a wall panel assembly between a sliding configuration and a pivoting configuration. The wall panel system includes a sliding wall panel assembly and a pivoting wall panel assembly that may be configured to slide or pivot. A retractable floor anchor configured to be included in the pivoting wall panel assembly includes retractable spindle that is coupled to a base member by a linear actuator. The spindle is rotatably coupled to a door closer included in the retractable floor anchor.
Claims14
A retractable floor anchor system, comprising:
- a panel;
- lower rail mounted on a lower portion of the panel;
- a base member including a first shoulder and a second shoulder;
- a door closer assembly;
- a spindle that is rotatably coupled to the door closer assembly;
- and
- a linear actuator that moveably couples the base member to the spindle, the linear actuator including an input camming link rotatable from a first position in which the input camming link is on a first side of a vertical line passing through a pivot connection between the base member and the input camming link to a second position in which the input camming link is on a second opposite side of the vertical line;
- a translation member fixedly coupled to the door closer assembly;
- wherein the linear actuator is adapted to translate the spindle relative to the base member along a vertical axis between a retracted position and an extended position;
- wherein the spindle is spaced further from the base member in the extended position than in the retracted position;
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- wherein the first shoulder is oriented and positioned so that it limits rotation of the input camming link in a first direction when the input camming link is in the first position, and the second shoulder is oriented and positioned so that it limits rotation of the input camming link in a second direction when the input camming link is in the second position.
A retractable floor anchor for a wall panel system, comprising:
- a panel;
- a lower rail mounted on a lower portion of the panel;
- a base member;
- a door closer assembly;
- a spindle that is rotatably coupled to the door closer assembly;
- and
- a linear actuator that moveably couples the base member to the door closer assembly;
- wherein the linear actuator includes a rotatable input camming link that is pivotally coupled to the base member and translatably coupled to the door closer assembly, the input camming link being rotatable from a first position in which the input camming link is on a first side of a vertical pivot axis defined by a pivot connection between the base member and the input camming link to a second position in which the input camming link is on a second opposite side of the vertical axis,
- wherein the rotatable input camming link is adapted to rotate between a first position and a second position,
- wherein the door closer assembly is in a retracted position when the input camming link is in the first position and the door closer assembly is in an extended position when the input camming link is in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.