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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1996
Steven F Goodman, Wyoming, MI (US);
Kenneth D Brickner, Wyoming, MI (US);
Melissa A DuBuis, Jenison, MI (US);
Daniel Grabowski, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Allen C Hager, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Robert E Jeffers, Ada, MI (US);
Karl J Mead, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Scott M Miller, Kentwood, MI (US);
Kurt A Jonker, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Steelcase, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A partition panel includes a partition frame with a planar face having clip-receiving apertures for supporting cover panels and bracket-receiving apertures for supporting furniture components. A pair of cover panels configured to cover the partition frame include side edges that define a gap therebetween for providing access to the bracket-receiving apertures when the cover panels are attached to the partition frame. Clips on the cover panels are constructed to releasably engage the clip-receiving apertures for retaining the cover panels on the partition frame in a coplanar arrangement. The clips each include an antidislodgement tooth for interlockingly engaging a back surface of the face when the clips are engaged with the clip-receiving apertures, and further include a release tab that is depressible to move the tooth to a disengaged position for releasing the clip from the associated clip-receiving aperture. The clips are located at a position spaced away from the gap and behind the cover panels so that the clips are not visible through the gap from a position in front of the cover panels. A flexible strip is attached to one of the cover panels for covering the gap when the cover panels are attached to the partition frame in a coplanar and adjacent position thereon.