Accessories for a workspace

• US 20040250480A1
• Filed: 03/24/2004
• Published: 12/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Herman Miller Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Herman Miller Incorporated
• Inventors: Matthai, John
• Application Number:
  US10/807,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20040250480A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/36.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/027 Cantilever shelves
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/067 Horizontal rails as suspension means in a cantilever arrangement suspension fittings for cabinets to be hung on walls A47B95/008
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 1/02 of table type
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/04 Racks
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/7425 Details of connection of panels E04B2/7427 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/7418 Accessories supported on the free upper edge, e.g. auxiliary panels, noise abatement devices
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/7483 Details of furniture, e.g. tables or shelves, associated with the partitions
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/7487 Partitions with slotted profiles
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/00 Other details of constructional parts for finishing work on buildings ladders, e.g. climbing irons, E06C9/04

Abstract

Accessories are provided that may be used in a workspace to make the workspace more useful and convenient. A monorail attached to a top surface of a workspace panel is provided. A privacy screen, a light reflecting screen, a linear light, a flexible light and storage units may be attached to the monorail. A panel tile with apertures through a surface of the tile is also provided. A display tray, a document holder, a storage tray, a pencil holder, a disk holder, a bundle clip, a document gripper and a file organizer may be attached to the panel tile using connecting hooks inserted into the apertures. A fabric frame tile with a semi-transparent screen is also provided that diffuses light into the workspace and that may support tacks. A wire management cleat is also provided that may be attached to an underside of a worksurface for storing excess lengths of wire.

Claims

1. A workspace panel tile comprising a semi-transparent screen allowing light diffusion through said screen and blocking visual sight through said screen, and attaching mechanisms disposed on a rear side of the tile and attachable to a workspace panel frame, wherein the tile is attachable and detachable from the workspace panel.

2. The workspace panel tile according to claim 1, further comprising vertical stiles and horizontal cross members, said vertical stiles and horizontal cross members being attached together at corners thereof, wherein said vertical stiles and horizontal cross members comprise longitudinal slots facing inward, edges of said screen being disposed in said slots thereby securing said screen.

3. The workspace panel tile according to claim 2, wherein said vertical stiles and horizontal cross members are a plastic material, said vertical stiles comprising protrusions disposed at ends thereof and said horizontal cross members comprising longitudinal cavities disposed at ends thereof, wherein said protrusions slide into said longitudinal cavities thereby attaching said vertical stiles and horizontal cross members together.

4. The workspace panel tile according to claim 2, wherein said attaching mechanisms comprise a hook and a snap.

5. The workspace panel tile according to claim 2, further comprising a fabric material disposed over said screen.

6. The workspace panel tile according to claim 2, wherein said screen is an extruded plastic material comprising two opposing outer walls and interconnecting walls connected to said outer walls.

7. The workspace panel tile according to claim 6, wherein said extruded plastic material is a polycarbonate material about 0.25 inch thick between said outer walls, said outer walls and said interconnecting walls being about 0.025 inch thick.

8. The workspace panel tile according to claim 2, wherein said screen is an extruded plastic material comprising two opposing outer walls and interconnecting walls connected to said outer walls;

and further comprising a fabric material disposed over said screen.

9. The workspace panel tile according to claim 8, wherein said vertical stiles and horizontal cross members are a plastic material, said vertical stiles comprising protrusions disposed at ends thereof and said horizontal cross members comprising longitudinal cavities disposed at ends thereof, wherein said protrusions slide into said longitudinal cavities thereby attaching said vertical stiles and horizontal cross members together;

wherein said attaching mechanisms comprise a hook and a snap; and

wherein said extruded plastic material is a polycarbonate material about 0.25 inch thick between said outer walls, said outer walls and said interconnecting walls being about 0.025 inch thick.