Office panel with top lay-in passageway
First Claim
1. In combination a plurality of office panels which cooperate to form a partition for subdividing an area, said panels being of at least a first type panel and a second type panel, each first type panel having a frame and cooperating with stacking means for stacking either a first type or a second type panel in line with and atop the first type panel, said second type panels being stacked above said first type panels and held in stacked relationship by said stacking means;
- said stacking means providing a structural connection between each first type panel or each second type panel stacked above and in line with a first type panel immediately therebelow;
said second type panels cooperating to define a top open conduit for said partition interior to said second type panels;
each second type panel comprising opposed sides frames interconnected by a bottom frame and open on the top thereby defining a portion of said top open conduit which is open at an upper edge between said side frames and open at opposite ends of the second type panel;
said second type panels which are positioned in an end to end horizontal type relationship collectively defining at least a horizontal segment of said top open conduit at an upper surface of said partition;
said combination further including releasable top cover members which close said top open conduit.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to improvements in office panelling systems and the distribution of wires therethrough. A specialty lay-in wire is stackable above other panels and has an open channel for receiving wires, cables and the like without threading through the panels.
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1. In combination a plurality of office panels which cooperate to form a partition for subdividing an area, said panels being of at least a first type panel and a second type panel, each first type panel having a frame and cooperating with stacking means for stacking either a first type or a second type panel in line with and atop the first type panel, said second type panels being stacked above said first type panels and held in stacked relationship by said stacking means;
- said stacking means providing a structural connection between each first type panel or each second type panel stacked above and in line with a first type panel immediately therebelow;
said second type panels cooperating to define a top open conduit for said partition interior to said second type panels;
each second type panel comprising opposed sides frames interconnected by a bottom frame and open on the top thereby defining a portion of said top open conduit which is open at an upper edge between said side frames and open at opposite ends of the second type panel;
said second type panels which are positioned in an end to end horizontal type relationship collectively defining at least a horizontal segment of said top open conduit at an upper surface of said partition;
said combination further including releasable top cover members which close said top open conduit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- said stacking means providing a structural connection between each first type panel or each second type panel stacked above and in line with a first type panel immediately therebelow;
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