Steelcase Inc.

Douglas G Lyon

Charles Anthony Seiber

Thomas B Eich

Jonathan Jay King

Steven C Gortsema

David P Churchill

Frank A Friedman

Douglas B MacDonald

Frank Freidman

A partition system includes having a &lsqb;covered&rsqb; face and a horizontal frame member. A C-shaped structured channel is attached to the horizontal frame member outboard of the &lsqb;covered&rsqb; face. The channel extends horizontally and includes top and bottom parallel flanges that attach to the horizontal frame member and that define a horizontal wireway adjacent to the horizontal frame member. Apertures are formed in the top and bottom flanges for routing utilities into the wireway from above or below. Wiring routed through the apertures can be protected by sleeves. A shelf or worksurface is supported in cantilevers on the channel. A flexible is attached over the channel. Vertical blade supports for shelves can also be supported on the partition with vertically spaced rear brackets attached to the partition.

Work station adapted for routing utilities

An expandable/contractible furniture component is configured for attachment to a partition system to provide an adjustable structure adapted to adjust with the partition system as the partition system is adjusted to provide different office sizes. The furniture component includes a corner shelf attached to the partition system, and in-line shelves also attached to the partition system. The in-line shelves are telescopingly adjustable into the corner shelf so that the plan dimensions of the shelves are adjustable concurrently with the partition systems to provide storage surfaces and shelves that extend and completely fill at least one dimension of the office. An in-line telescoping straight shelf construction and a two-way telescoping corner shelf construction are also disclosed.

Expandable and contractible work station

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Wayland, MI, United States of America

Douglas G Lyon