Steelcase Inc.

Genevieve Wing

Karl Jahn Mead

Gregg Robert Draudt

David J Battey

Robert J Luchetti

David A Shipman

Robert E Jeffers

Karl Heinz Mueller

Allen C Hager

James D Houda

Steven F Goodman

Scott H Russell

Michael E Tingley

Roy W Fink

Harold Halvorson, Jr

Michael D Elsholz

Gary S Juhlin

Anne C Ackerly

Anthony A Stachowiak

Steven C Gortsema

Michael A Jourden

David P Churchill

Peter C Greenberg

James H Davies

Peter J Schauer

An in-fill panel arrangement is designed for post and beam furniture systems of the type having overhead beams supported on vertical posts. Each of the beams has a lowermost face with a horizontal slot extending therealong, and each of the posts includes outwardly extending flanges having an end face with a slot extending vertically therealong. Beam-to-post connectors are attached to the opposite ends of the beams, and are detachably retained in the slots in the posts to mount the beams on the posts. Rigid in-fill panels are shaped to be positioned directly below the beams and above the floor to partition the space into individual work areas. Panel mounting brackets are detachably retained in the slots in the posts and the beams, and are connected with the in-fill panels. The slots in the posts and the beams are substantially identical in size and shape to define an integrated universal mounting arrangement wherein the posts and the beams can be interconnected in alternative configurations, and the in-fill panels can be mounted at a variety of different locations. The in-fill panels may have an arcuate shape, and can be positioned in an alternating facing relationship to create a serpentine shape.

In-fill arrangement for post and beam furniture systems

A wall structure for dividing building space includes several different freestanding base panels such as an internally open partition panel, a sound-deadening partition panel, a glass-supporting partition panel, and a doorway-supporting partition panel, and further includes an overhead system comprising a structural expressway construction, a transom subframe, covers for the subframe, and a glass module attachable to the subframe. The structural expressway construction has a torque box bracket for moving support from an inboard location spaced from the vertical side edge of the base panels to the vertical side edge. The transom subframe mounts atop the different base panels, and telescopingly extends into mating engagement with a ceiling channel. The opening between the ceiling channel, the top of the structural expressway construction, and the transom subframes can be selectively covered with either covers or a window subassembly that releasably engages structure on the ceiling channel, the structural expressway construction and the subframes.

Overhead structures for wall system

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Belding, MI, United States of America

Genevieve Wing