Panel system
CA 2476310 A1 · Owner: Steelcase Inc. · Inventors: Macdonald, Douglas B.; Slager, Mark T.; Jeffers, Robert E.
Overview
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An office panel partition includes a panel frame with uprights and horizontal structural members defining at least four apertures on each side thereof. The partition also includes a cover with at least four projections that are insertable into the four apertures to removably secure the cover member to the frame. The apertures are arranged in at least two vertically spaced horizontal rows and at least two horizontally spaced vertical columns and have different , horizontal and vertical dimensions such that when the cover is attached it is , accurately located by narrow horizontal and vertical dimensions in one of the apertures, but the remaining horizontal and vertical dimensions are …
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- Filed February 12, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 12, 2023.
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