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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Charles A. Seiber, Atherton, CA (US);
David A. Shipman, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Robert J. Luchetti, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gregg R. Draudt, Stow, MA (US);
Phillip M. Hobson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Steelcase Development Corporation, Caledonia, MI (US);
Abstract
An elongated floor channel includes a top flange configured to stably engage and support a partition and bottom flanges configured to engage a floor surface. The bottom flanges each define a horizontal row of discrete attachment points configured to receive brackets for connecting a furniture unit to the floor channel, whereby the furniture unit can be attached adjacent the floor surface in a selected off-module position along the floor channel. A method related to the above includes steps of providing a first floor channel having a first horizontal row of discrete attachment points and providing a spine partition having a second horizontal row of discrete attachment points. The method also includes providing a second partition and a second floor channel positioned at an angle to the first floor channel, supporting the spine partition on the first floor channel with the first and second horizontal row of discrete attachment points spaced vertically apart, and attaching the second floor channel and the second partition to selected points in the first and second horizontal row of discrete attachment points. In another related method, an end of the second floor channel is connected to the attachment feature of the first floor channel at a location between ends of the first floor channel.