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Lightweight bridge for office panelling systems

  • US 6,076,317 A
  • Filed: 04/28/1997
  • Issued: 06/20/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An office panelling system comprising a series of connected office panels in combination with bridge arrangements which collectively subdivide an open space into a plurality of workstations, said office panels comprising a structural frame to which releasable rectangular elements are secured with the releasable elements defining an exterior finish to either side of the frame, said frame including intermediate securing channels extending horizontally with each securing channel defining a freely accessible horizontal support adjacent said elements, each bridge arrangement including a partition forming a wall section of a workstation with one end of said partition connected to one of said panel frames at a position intermediate to the length of the respective office panel frame and an opposite end of said partition connected to a floor engaging structural support member which forms a "T" junction with said partition, and wherein said partition is several times lighter than one of said office panels of an equivalent length and height and wherein each partition is rectangular in shape, defines a large gap between a lower edge thereof and the floor and includes a lightweight core bound by an exterior frame with an exterior finish surface material secured to said lightweight core.

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