Patent · US Expired

Modular office furniture partition

US5406760A · kind A · utility

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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 15, 1993
Grant dateApr 18, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 15, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B7/18
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

This invention relates to an upright partition for use in a modular office furniture system, the partition comprising: a frame comprising: two vertical posts each having outward opposing faces defining spaced apart parallel forward and rearward planes; a plurality of horizontal beams, at least one beam in each said plane, each beam having an inward face and an outward face, the inward face of each beam being connected to one said outward face of an associated post in an overlapping moment resisting connection; and a plurality of cladding panels each connected to one said beam; whereby an internal cavity is defined inward of the outward faces of said beams, and a raceway is defined outward of said outward post faces and inward of the outward faces of said beams.

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