Overhead structures for wall system
US6158179A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
- Anne C. Ackerly
- David J. Battey
- David P. Churchill
- James H. Davies
- Gregg R. Draudt
- Michael D. Elsholz
- Roy W. Fink
- Steven F. Goodman
- Steven C. Gortsema
- Peter C. Greenberg
- Allen C. Hager
- Harold Halvorson, Jr.
- James D. Houda
- Robert E. Jeffers
- Gary S. Juhlin
- Robert J. Luchetti
- Karl J. Mead
- Scott H. Russell
- Peter J. Schauer
- David A. Shipman
- Anthony A. Stachowiak
- Michael E. Tingley
- Genevieve Wing
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04B2002/7488
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A wall structure for dividing building space includes several different freestanding base panels such as an internally open partition panel, a sound-deadening partition panel, a glass-supporting partition panel, and a doorway-supporting partition panel, and further includes an overhead system comprising a structural expressway construction, a transom subframe, covers for the subframe, and a glass module attachable to the subframe. The structural expressway construction has a torque box bracket for moving support from an inboard location spaced from the vertical side edge of the base panels to the vertical side edge. The transom subframe mounts atop the different base panels, and telescopingly extends into mating engagement with a ceiling channel. The opening between the ceiling channel, the top of the structural expressway construction, and the transom subframes can be selectively covered with either covers or a window subassembly that releasably engages structure on the ceiling channel, the structural expressway construction and the subframes.
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