Floor track system for office furniture and the like
US5152698A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47B2021/066
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A floor track system is provided to route utilities to workstations in open office plans, and the like. The floor track system includes a plurality of individual floor track segments, each of which has a hollow interior in which the utilities are housed and isolated. Each floor track segment also includes feet which independently support the track segment on the floor in a generally upright orientation, and an exterior shape which physically mates with the furniture units in the workstation, without supporting the same. Opposite ends of the floor track segments are detachably interconnected in a predetermined configuration to form a continuous, self-contained and self-supported utility raceway that is physically separate from the furniture units, yet dimensionally cooperates and blends in with them. Utility taps can be located throughout the floor track system to provide utilities to each of the workstations as required.
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