Haworth, Inc.

Wayne B Miedema

Robert C Weener

Robert A Fox

Clarkson S Thorp

Deborah Trichler

Richard Klamfoth

Cheryl Crozier

Paul A Glashouwer

Stephen B Greenman

Michael T McCarthy

Mark A Brunsink

Richard Klamforth

Timothy J Syfert

A space-dividing wall panel system having a plurality of upright wall panels serially connected one with the other by an intermediate upright support post. The height of each wall panel is adjusted by modular panel extension assemblies which are mounted on base panels supported by lower support posts and include extension posts connected to the lower support posts so as to be arranged coaxial therewith. Spaced apart pairs of the extension posts are connectable to a cross rail at upper ends thereof which defines a downwardly extending generally U-shaped extension frame. A serially adjacent pair of extension frames shares a common extension post which is connected to both of the cross rails thereof, where the base panel and the extension panel assembly disposed thereon respectively define base and beltline raceways for workstation cabling. Additional extension posts can be inserted into the upper ends of extension posts already positioned so as to vertically extend the height of the wall panel. Removable covers are provided so as to overlie the outward faces of the base panel and the extension panels which panel covers are spaced outwardly from the outer faces of the base panel and extension frame so as to define passages therebetween. The passages permit horizontal cabling along the base raceway and the beltline raceway between adjacent wall panels while further permitting vertical routing of cabling between the base and beltline raceways within each panel.

Wall panel system

Upright space-dividing screen

Upright space dividing screen

An upright electrical power and telecommunication distribution having a plurality of upright posts disposed in horizontally spaced relationship, and horizontally-elongate rails extending between and rigidly joined to each adjacent pair of posts. The lower rail defines a channel for accommodating electrical power cabling, and the upper rail also has a channel for accommodating communication cabling. The posts define openings therein to enable the power and communication cables to pass through the post for communication with the rails which are joined thereto. The upper rail is open on the top and accommodates a removable cap to facilitate laying in of telecommunication cables, and one of the side walls of the upper rail has openings for accommodating boxes or plates mounting telecommunication connectors. The lower rail is open on the bottom to facilitate insertion of electrical power cabling, the bottom being closed by a removable cover. In the preferred embodiment electrical power is provided by a power module including a power block which attaches to and is suspended from the underside of the lower rail, which power block accommodates a removable receptacle unit on either or both sides thereof. The power module has an elongate cable projecting the power block and which extends longitudinally along the lower rail for projection into an adjacent rail, with the cable having a pluglike connector which can be engaged with a power block mounted on the adjacent rail.

Space-dividing fence for power and/or communication distribution

A one-piece non-load bearing passive locking member for releasably securing an end panel assembly to a slotted upright. The locking member includes a base part having an aperture extending therethrough. A spring part is formed in a first end edge of the base part for urging the locking member into locking engagement with a slot of the upright, and a locking tab is formed in a second end edge of the base part opposite the first end edge for lockingly engaging with the slot. A hollow guide part extends transversely from the base part and has a cantilevered arm extending transversely within the hollow guide part from a wall of the guide part, and a planar spring compression limiting part extends at least partially over the spring part from the wall of the guide part. A retaining pin extends longitudinally through the hollow guide part and from a free end of the arm in a direction transverse to the base part. The retaining pin has a free end extending beyond the base part to lockingly retain the locking member within a T-shaped slot of an end panel forming a part of a furniture component.

Passive lock for end panel assembly

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Holland, MI, United States of America

Wayne B Miedema