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Modular furniture raceway component

US5994644A · kind A · utility

67Cited by
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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 1998
Grant dateNov 30, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 20, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G3/0431
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An integrated raceway component for use in a modular furniture system which includes a pair of longitudinally extending channel members disposed in spaced parallel relationship to one another, each channel member having wall portions defining an open cavity for storing one or more wires therein and having extending end portions that form a longitudinally extending slot for receiving such wires. The end portions are formed to receive and support a mounting fastener within the cavity and resilient brushes are mounted in the end portions to extend across the slot. A connecting wall portion connects the channel members with a space therebetween, and a wire raceway members is received between the channel members. The wire raceway is slidably inserted between said channel members and retained thereat, and the wire raceway includes a cover plate having electrical outlets therein.

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