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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
David A. Shipman, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Benjamin G. Shaw, Denver, CO (US);
Charles A. Seiber, Atherton, CA (US);
Don S. Minami, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
David D. Mcclanahan, Harleysville, PA (US);
Robert J. Luchetti, Cambridge, MA (US);
Christopher O. Lada, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Phillip M. Hobson, Los Altos, CA (US);
James B. Eldon, Iii, Barto, PA (US);
Gregg R. Draudt, Stow, MA (US);
David A. Shipman, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Benjamin G. Shaw, Denver, CO (US);
Charles A. Seiber, Atherton, CA (US);
Don S. Minami, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
David D. McClanahan, Harleysville, PA (US);
Robert J. Luchetti, Cambridge, MA (US);
Christopher O. Lada, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Phillip M. Hobson, Los Altos, CA (US);
James B. Eldon, III, Barto, PA (US);
Gregg R. Draudt, Stow, MA (US);
Steelcase Development Corporation, Caledonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A freestanding portable partition panel system is provided for open office spaces and the like. Each panel includes a partition frame having vertical upright frame members positioned adjacent opposite side edges thereof, and multiple horizontal frame members attached to the upright frame members in a vertically spaced-apart relationship to rigidly interconnect the same. One or more horizontal rows of discrete slots are defined in each of the horizontal frame members. Cover panels are mounted on the partition frames that permit access to the slots, and off-module connectors with hooks are provided for engaging the slots for interconnecting furniture units in off-module positions. For example, the hooks of the connectors are engaged with selected slots to hold a furniture unit, such as a partition panel, perpendicular to a second partition panel in an off-module position on its face.