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Partition construction including removable cover panels

  • US 5,802,789 A
  • Filed: 12/17/1996
  • Issued: 09/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A partition panel comprising:

  • a partition frame having a planar face with clip-receiving apertures and bracket-receiving apertures, the planar face having a back surface;

    a pair of cover panels configured to cover the partition frame, the cover panels including side edges that define a gap therebetween and provide access to the bracket-receiving apertures when the cover panels are attached to the partition frame;

    clips releasably engaging the clip-receiving apertures and retaining the cover panels on the partition frame in a coplanar arrangement, the clips each including an antidislodgement tooth interlockingly engaging the back surface when the clips are engaged with the clip-receiving apertures, and further including a release tab that is depressible to move the tooth to a disengaged position wherein the clips are released from the clip-receiving apertures; and

    a flexible strip attached to one of the cover panels and covering the gap when the cover panels are attached to the partition frame in a coplanar and adjacent position thereon.

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