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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
May. 01, 1998
David A Shipman, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Robert J Luchetti, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gregg R Draudt, Stow, MA (US);
Charles A Seiber, Atherton, CA (US);
Phillip M Hobson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Benjamin G Shaw, Denver, CO (US);
James B Eldon, III, Barto, PA (US);
David D McClanahan, Harleysville, PA (US);
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A wall construction for subdividing building space includes a pair of interconnected frames forming a rectangular arrangement, the interconnected frames having abutting vertical side edges and non-abutting vertical side edges, and a removable cover for covering a portion of the interconnected frames, the cover including cover vertical side edges, the cover being removably supported on the interconnected frames. In one form, the cover spans the abutting vertical side edges of the interconnected frames with at least one of the cover vertical side edges being located between the non-abutting vertical side edges. In another form, the cover vertical side edges are both located between the non-abutting vertical side edges of the interconnected frames, and further both are misaligned with the abutting vertical side edges. A method related to the above includes providing interconnected frames and covers, and attaching the removable covers to the interconnected frames with at least one of the cover side edges located between and misaligned with the abutting vertical side edges of the interconnected frames.