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Utility distribution system for open office plans and the like

  • US 5,675,949 A
  • Filed: 08/01/1994
  • Issued: 10/14/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A utility distribution system for open office plans and the like, comprising:

  • a prefabricated floor construction adapted to be abuttingly supported on a building floor, and including a hollow interior portion thereof defining at least one raceway to route utilities therethrough, and a floor surface shaped to support at least one workstation thereon;

    at least two utility posts for distributing utilities from said floor construction to the;

    workstation, and each including a foot shaped to be mounted on said floor construction to rigidly support said utility posts in a generally upstanding orientation;

    said utility posts each include a utility channel which communicates with the raceway in said floor construction for dispensing utilities to the workstation;

    at least one utility beam extending generally horizontally between and supported by utility posts;

    said utility beam having at least one raceway extending longitudinally therealong;

    with opposite end portions thereof communicating with the utility channels in said utility posts to route utilities therebetween; and

    at least two top post-extending transition elements telescopically received by said utility posts mounting said utility beams to upper ends of said utility posts.

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