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A carrel-like module which, in one configuration, accommodates a single user, and in an expanded configuration, accommodates two or more users. The carrel module includes an arcuate shaped writing panel, preferably having a concavely shaped rear edge opposite from a seated user and a convexly shaped...     

A frame for displaying a poster is disclosed which is formed from a plurality of frame members joined together. The poster can be retained in a mounting groove or slot provided on each frame member. Each frame member also contains first and second guide means defining a slot therebetween into which a...     

A panel connector for use in connecting a plurality of panels such as to form a display. The connector is defined by a spring clip, of suitable length, forming an arcuate bead on the edge of the panel to be connected and adapted to be received in a complementary socket element. The clip includes inturned...     

A portable wall assembly includes a plurality of panel members having vertical lateral edges releasably attachable to either square or round supporting posts by means of hook-type mounting clips projecting from the upper and lower portions of each panel vertical edge and insertable within the interior...     

A portable display device is disclosed for use at trade shows and exhibitions which comprises a light-weight collapsible frame and a plurality of visual display panels which may be attached to the frame. The display stand provides a visually-appealing graphic display, which may be broken down, folded,...     

A modular screen partition system includes a mounting post containing inserts which permit the joining of any desired number of partitions to the post while permitting complete angular orientation capability in a light- and sound-proof assembly. The inserts, located within the top and bottom interior...     

A partition system for use in defining selected areas within a larger space includes a plurality of upstanding support posts arranged in spaced relation and each having mounting structure thereon adapted to receive and retain thereon spaced locking portions of respective end edge members mounted on respective...     

A wall system formed from a plurality of interconnected panels, which wall assembly incorporates an improved alignment structure coacting between the edges of adjacent panels for insuring proper vertical alignment of adjacent panels. The alignment structure includes an identical alignment member mounted...     

A screen construction applicable to exhibition and display purposes but also applicable to booths for attendants or projection equipment, room dividers or toy building kits comprises a plurality of support members of elongate form and uniform circular cross-section, a plurality of rectangular panels,...     

A portable display apparatus is herein disclosed. The portable display apparatus is composed of a plurality of rectangular skeletal frames. Each rectangular skeletal frame of said plurality includes a horizontal hinge, adapted to enable said frame to fold vertically. Each rectangular skeletal frame of...     

A sound insulating panel having improved sound absorption properties. Known sound insulating panels are of sandwich-type construction, requiring several manufacturing steps which are both time-consuming and expensive. Additionally, partitions can be formed from panels according to the present invention...     

The portable fireplace screen unit comprises a glass panel of sufficient size to close the typical fireplace opening. Screen panels are hingedly connected to the opposite side edges of the glass panel. When the screen panels are angled toward the fireplace and the glass panel spaced away from the fireplace...     

A framed textile fabric assembly for use in embroidery is disclosed. The assembly includes an open peripheral frame having a textile fabric fixedly secured across the frame. The user embroiders any desired pattern onto the fabric and then quickly and easily obtains a picture framed work by fitting a...     

A modular welding screen apparatus for shielding welding work locations. The apparatus is fabricated from a series of easy-to-handle panel sections which incorporate independent welding curtains within their framework respectively. The sections which are constructed of square tubular material, pivot...     

A wall assembly includes one or more panels each supported at its end edges by means of a removably attached post having releasable retainer means at the top and bottom thereof engageable with top and bottom mounting clips carried by each panel end edge. Each clip is provided with a leg insertable and...     

A room divider panel unit is disclosed having a load bearing rectangular frame and more flexible interlocking connections between units than present day room dividers. The load bearing rectangular frame has a horizontal top member, horizontal bottom member and two vertical side members, all members formed...     

A panel assembly which comprises panels having astragals adapted to be attached to the segments of a segmented column and adapted to be rotated about the axis of the column to a position in which one panel forms an angle with another. One or more additional panels may be added to the column. The panels...     

The adjacent sides of adjacent screen frames have juxtaposed grooves therein. A rubber band seated in the adjacent grooves and encircling the adjacent sides serves as a hinge connecting the frames. The frames have inverted tee-shaped feet which are frictionally engaged in tapered sockets at the bottom...     

A portable and foldable wall partition is provided which includes a plurality of spaced-apart, slidable and heightwise adjustable upstanding vertical supports and a plurality of horizontally-extending lateral supports, each of which is pivotably supported at its ends between a pair of adjacent vertical...     

The specification discloses a panel system in which panels are joined by one (at an angle) or two (in a straight line) elongated, flexible hinge(s) which is secured to each of the panels to be joined by being clamped between the end of the panel and an end cover which is readily removable from the panel....     

A portable display system having a plurality of hollow panel assemblies with each comprising two parallel and facing wall boards secured within a border strip device. Eight panel assemblies are hinged together to fold and unfold between a folded position in which all eight panel assemblies are in parallel...     

A portable display apparatus is herein disclosed. The portable display apparatus is composed of a plurality of rectangular skeletal frames. Each rectangular skeletal frame of the plurality includes a horizontal hinge adapted to enable vertical members of the frame to fold vertically. Each of the vertical...     

A collapsible panel display composed of a plurality of panels hingedly connected together along integral hinge forming bridges, the display being formed from a single length of honeycomb sheeting covered with a flexible facing material, such as a fabric adapted to be engaged by a Velcro type fastener,...     

A free standing thermal reflector apparatus is provided. When the apparatus is inserted into a fireplace and a fire is lit, heat from the fireplace is reflected into the room in which the fireplace is located. The apparatus includes reflector panels supported by a frame. To facilitate cleaning or replacement...     

A plurality of generally rectangular frames hinged together and having dislay panels mounted in display areas defined by the frames. Each frame includes a horizontal top frame member having downturned end portions and U-shaped frame members having horizontal bottom frame portions and laterally spaced...     

A partition system having partition panels each of which is provided with one or a pair of outwardly directed connector grooves extending vertically from top to bottom of the panes at each end. Each groove is provided with a narrow open mouth and an enlarged interior. The narrow open mouth portion of...     

A portable shell of a lightweight construction usable as a room divider, display panel, or acoustical or visual enclosure detachably connectable to the framework for mounting in either a support position or a storage position. The leg structure includes a pair of legs each having a pivotally-mounted...     

A concert shell for use either indoors or outdoors wherever music is performed so as to enhance the acoustical quality of the music, and which shell is readily portable, light weight, and which can be readily assembled and disassembled. It comprises a plurality of similarly constructed sections wherein...     

A room dividing system in which a folding screen also serves to provide functional shelving is disclosed. A plurality of generally planar vertical panels are provided in two discrete widths. The panels have a plurality of vertically spaced holes in their vertical edge surfaces. Hinge plates, and shelf...     

Office partition interconnector assembly comprising a separate and independent generally rigid support member fixedly mountable on a lateral end of a partition panel and having edge retaining channel means, e.g. projecting outwardly therefrom and containing an outwardly directed communicating slot, and...     

A hay enclosure includes two end sections and two sections along each side. Diagonally opposite side sections are equal in length, although the two sections on each side have different lengths. The enclosure is pivotally movable to a second position wherein two triangular-in-shape enclosures are formed...     

A display construction comprising first and second display panels of light-weight sheet material, each divided into a plurality of vertical planar sections by vertical folds. The top and bottom edges of each panel form a zig-zag pattern that enables the bottom panel to be supported on a flat supporting...     

A fire-guard device is provided for heating a room by convection using the heat from a conventional radiation heat source. The device includes a plurality of pipes in which all adjacent pairs of pipes are pivotably interconnected together. Each pipe is mounted in its own piece of tubing. Each piece of...     

A panel having means for interconnecting it to other like panels, said interconnecting means comprising hook and ring connector members which are longitudinally shiftable relative to the length of the panel and are substantially flat.

A portable display system having a plurality of hollow panel assemblies with each comprising two parallel and facing wall boards secured within a border strip device. Eight panel assemblies are hinged together to fold and unfold between a folded position in which all panel assemblies are in parallel...     

An adjustable structure comprises two panels 24 carrying at adjacent edges respective members 11, 13, each having ribs 14 and grooves inter-engaging with one another after the fashion of gear teeth so that the members 11, 13, can roll relative to one another about respective axes parallel with the panel...     

A foldable device is disclosed, particularly suitable for presenting exhibition displays or the like, which comprises a plurality of generally rectangular planar members, pivotally connected end-to-end in such a way that, in a folded condition of the device, the planar members lie in face to face engagement...     

A panel having edge sealing means comprising an outer, soft and yieldable arcuate portion; and an inner relatively rigid portion by which the sealing means is mounted to the panel and which also provides structural rigidity for the panel edge.

An improved connector for display systems such as those used at conventions, public meetings, and the like to display advertisements, merchandise and such. This connector is in the form of an angle channel member formed from aluminum or other suitable material with a plastic U-shaped channel member affixed...     

An alignment device for vertically aligning adjacent wall panels is adapted to be mounted in the lower corner of a wall panel to engage an identical alignment device and in an adjacent wall panel. The alignment device includes a central, vertical mounting column and a pair of horizontal, spaced and vertically...     

An upright member for supporting partitioning panels having means for retaining a panel, and means for pivotally connecting the member to and adjacent member.

A means for mounting accessories to space divider panels includes brackets capable of supporting the accessory anchoring beams on panels having no conventional slotted standards. The means are brackets which seat around the edge of a panel and inner and outer members which when a fastener is tightened...     

In partitions with round edged panels arranged in edge-to-edge abutting relation with one another and having glides near their respective lower edges, snap-on bottom connectors span the inter-panel joints by being snapped onto the glide stems. The connectors are flat plates with open sided latch portions...     

An improved modular office screen assembly having a plurality of hollow rigid frame members supporting a central panel member is disclosed. The frame members can be interconnected through the use of connector members attached adjacent corner apertures that are dimensionally defined to receive a fastener...     

A space divider system adapted to partition an interior space into working sub-areas wherein desks, cabinets, and other work components are integrated with partition walls formed by modular panels that are interlocked in a spatial pattern defining the desired sub-areas or work stations. Each panel includes...     

The present invention relates to a modular panel construction comprising a plurality of generally rectangular, individual panel sections. The panel sections include side coupling brackets for interconnecting the adjacent side marginal edges of adjacent panel sections. A tongue and groove arrangement...     

An adjustable room partition which includes individual partitions secured by hooks to a common post. A removable clamp having peripheral notches accepts and secures the hooks and serves to hold the partitions in a selected angular orientation.

A barrier or personnel guidance system is disclosed which utilizes vertical posts and horizontal rails each comprising an elongate central member formed, for example by a metal extrusion covered by cladding, formed for example by a plastics extrusion or extrusions, the central member and the cladding...     

A hinged structure comprising two substantially cylindrical supports (13, 14) and one or more hinges (11, 12) hinging the supports together so that they are parallel and closely adjacent, wherein the hinge comprises two members (1, 2) each made of resiliently flexible strip material, each member being...     

An office partition is formed by interconnection at adjacent posts of screens each comprising a load-carrying frame of posts and rails. Cladding panels are demountably supported on each face of the frame at an outward clearance from the posts and rails. Each cladding panel has on its concealed face a...     

A portable panel of partitioning a building space, which panel is aesthetic, practical in use and not very expensive to manufacture. This panel comprises two wall units both having the same surface area. The units are mounted end to end and externally covered with a single piece of cloth fixed to their...     

A portable partition wall system which is lightweight, easy to maintain, requires no finishing trim, and can be assembled and disassembled without any tools. Wall panels consisting of a velcro loop fabric bonded to a polyester foam core are joined together by Velcro hook tape. The panel core has a central...     

A screen assembly includes at least one panel with slots in its side edges, a plurality of upright poles to which the panel is fastened and a plurality of fastening elements. The fastening elements and the panel are arranged such that a foot portion of a fastening element can be inserted into one of...     

An adjustable room partition which includes individual partitions secured by hooks to a common post. A removable clamp having peripheral notches accepts and secures the hooks and serves to hold the partitions in a selected angular orientation. Shelf brackets are fitted in grooves within the room partitions...     

A plurality of similar barrier section connectable demountably for forming in assembly dismantable safety barrier. Each barrier section has a frame with upstanding opposite end members. Horizontal members are connected to the end members to define the frame. The frame has inside thereof members so that...     

Stabilizing means is disclosed for a structure comprising a plurality of rectangular panels each comprising two transverse members and two uprights, extensions of which, in the form of spigots, project beyond the transverse members at upper and lower ends of the frame and engage in sockets provided by...     

A display assembly of the type having a rear display panel angularly joined by lateral display panels includes foldable end sections which allow the display assembly to become relatively flat when disassembled. The relatively flat folded assembly may then be packed into a relatively small container for...     

A portable knockdown structure for use in supporting displays at trade shows and the like. The structure includes one or more modules which are connectable edge-to-edge. Generally, each module includes a pair of display support frames hinged together in a manner to allow the two frames to form a predetermined...     

An exhibition screen arrangement is formed by a plurality of mutually joined rightangular frames, foldable in two directions relative each other, which are arranged in two sets (1,2), one end frame in each set being foldably connected to each other about a hinge (4). The side frame members (101,201)...     

A composite array consists of plate-like elements or solid bodies interconnected by endless filaments. The front and rear surfaces of each element are provided with grooves, the grooves being divided in two groups, with grooves of each group running parallel with one another. The filaments lie within...     

An array of plate-like elements is retained by endless filaments looped on the elements to form migrating hinges between individual elements and other elements adjoining same. Grooves are formed in the surfaces of each plate, the grooves being in two groups, with the members of each group being mutually...     

A collapsible portable protective wall system for use in protecting the interior surfaces of elevators. The system comprises an articulated backwall and articulated sidewalls hingedly connected to the ends of the backwall. The backwall comprises a central base panel and at least two hingedly connected...     

A multi-panel display comprises a plurality of rectangular panels formed of a foam core laminate interconnected at adjacent side edges by flexible plastic strip hinges formed of resilient sheet material and fastened in slots in the adjacent side edges of the panels. The outer edges of the panels include...     

A portable display unit including a plurality of panels hingedly connected along adjacent vertical sides with an upper set of panels connected by a single resiliently compressible fastener extending from frame to frame of vertically adjacent panels. A frame assembly for each panel provides sufficient...     

A free standing foldable panel structure has a plurality of panel sections which are foldably joined together along their edges. One of each pair of adjacent panel sections has a foldable tab at each end thereof these tabs being adapted to fit into slots formed in the adjacent panel in holding engagement...     

A method of, and components for, constructing non-load-bearing partition walls which can be disassembled and rearranged, so that the walls are either free-standing or braced to an existing wall and/or floor and/or ceiling and so that the partition walls can be interconnected and positioned over a range...     

A portable blind for hunting having a support structure which is laterally expandable by interconnecting identical frames to each other and to a standard member, each frame having a connecting portion adapted to be received within a loop of an adjacent frame member. A camouflaged cover is clipped to...     

The disclosed apparatus comprises an outfit of frames of tubular steel, display boards, and securing clips. Some of the clips are frame-to-frame clips, which have symmetrical snap-on C-shaped profiles. Others of the clips are frame-to-board clips, which have one snap-on profile, and one channel shaped...     

A flexible multi-panel system for use as exhibits, partitions or backdrops in tradeshow, convention, or other such displays is presented. The system includes a flexible panel having a plurality of individual, longitudinal members or segments flexibly interconnected to one another. The panel is capable...     

A locking system is disclosed for rigidly joining together in various configurations display panels having at least one straight edge having an elongated longitudinal undercut retainer channel along that edge. The system comprises a pair of telescoped inner and outer tubular members carrying a plurality...     

The present invention relates to a hinge arrangement for hinging and coupling a first element (1) to a second element (2), of which elements at least one includes an internal cavity (1a) adjacent the hinge location (3) and a hinge member (4) which functions as a pivot pin or pivot arm and also holds...     

A relatively inexpensive knockdown foldable screen that includes a plurality of panels having a pair of upright frame members for receiving and fixedly securing therebetween an inexpensive panel board, and a hinge construction that includes a pair of longitudinally extending gripping channels interconnected...     

A space divider system utilizes horizontally extending beams mounted on height adjustable legs. The system includes main beams on which are two enclosed wire raceways at substantially work surface height. Also included are stabilizer beams which may be attached at their inner ends to any point along...     

A partition system includes connecting tubes having rectangular apertures and cooperating with panels provided with upwardly directed tabs insertable within the apertures for supporting a plurality of the panels. A retention assembly attachable at the top of each tube includes a plate horizontally insertable...     

A portable reversible window shade is structured in the form of a vertically pleated substantially rectangular panel disigned for longitudinal placement on the inside of a window. A central support member is covered on one side with heat reflective material and on the other side with a heat retaining...     

A display system is provided having a plurality of interconnected display panels relatively adjustable to form an upright partition. At least one of the panels is an end panel having an exposed upright edge. A trim assembly is also provided which includes a wall member of relatively stiff, yet bendable,...     

An open office space dividing arrangement in which both simple and complex work station configurations are constructed from a small number of different free-standing units which share no walls with adjacent work stations. The units may be individually moved without dismantling, and without disturbing...     

A modular elevator cab construction is provided for assembly onto a platform of an elevator cage substantially from within the area of the cab. A rear wall panel, two side wall panels and front wall structures are assembled by simple complementary interengaging hanger devices on the backside of the adjacent...     

An improved fastening system for use with partitioning systems of the type wherein repositionable walls are fastened together to define office spaces, and the like. Hook and loop fastening materials are employed "in shear" to provide a strong holding force but are contained within a shear trap channel...     

A creative building playtoy for children which allows rapid interlocking and disconnecting. A plurality of panels is provided to form the basic building blocks. Each panel has edging strips which have a unique fastening cloth on their exterior surface. The fastener cloth is comprised of a base fabric...     

An upright panel having an upwardly-opening top channel extending along the upper edge, which channel is closed off by a top cap. Spring retainers releasably engage the underside of the top cap, and in turn releasably secure the top cap to the panel. Each spring retainer has sidewardly-spaced upwardly...     

A movable partition wall comprising a plurality of panels connected together. A pillar may be interposed between adjacent panels so that the panels are connected together with downwardly bent connecting claws which engage connecting holes in the pillar. An upper horizontal surface of each panel is provided...     

This invention is concerned with a panel device which is useful in the display and furniture arts. The panel device incorporates a plurality of vertical supports which engage panel members. The vertical supports are interconnected via a plurality of double hinges. The double hinges consist of a plurality...     

A freestanding knockdown exhibit display system having a plurality of structural panels hingedly connected in side-by-side relationship by flexible hinge members to form a pair of panel sections. A recessed portion on the front surface and along the bottom peripheral edge of each structural panel of...     

Modular privacy screen assemblies having one or more panels and vertical consolidating or joining members of channel formation mated to the panels by side openings or slots on the panels extending outwardly and downwardly and engaging upwardly and outwardly extending supporting surfaces on said consolidating...     

This invention is concerned with a reinforced panel device which is useful in the display and furniture arts. The reinforced panel device consist of a base and a header. By placement of the header on the base the various panel sections which make up the base are locked into a plumar relationship with...     

A display assembly (FIG. 1) comprises a plurality of panels (1) joined together by elongate connecting members (2, 3). Each panel has a removable frame formed by extrusions (6) in each of which is a slot (13) having a restricted entrance (FIG. 2). Each connecting member (2, 3) has two heads (18) which...     

Novel apparatus is disclosed for constructing modular-type room divider furniture. The structure includes a plurality of panels each having frame members with at least one frame member having an open end defining a channel therethrough and an aperture in a sidewall thereof spaced from the open end. The...     

A wind screen apparatus is set forth wherein a plural series of screen sections are provided with post members secured therebetween. The screen sections include cylindrical pockets orthogonally aligned relative to the longitudinal extent of each screen section for securely receiving an associated post...     

A system of construction comprising a plurality of modules. The modules have a plurality of struts and pivots joining the struts so that they are moveable between a collapsed condition in which the struts are bundled in generally parallel relation and an expanded condition. In the expanded condition...     

A display rack consists of flat pane display frames to be interconnected by coupling members. The frames comprise corner pieces and side frame members of extruded profiled tubes with two parallel tube portions and two longitudinal grooves in the plane of the display frame. The corner pieces have at least...     

A flat flexible display panel capable of being formed into an arcuate surface display member for use as part of an exhibit booth and similar structures is disclosed. The panel is flat for convenience in carrying and storage but is capable of being formed quickly and easily into a curved display member...     

A collapsible privacy booth, for example a polling booth, includes a plurality of partition members mounted together for pivotable movement from a storage position in a which the partition members are in superimposed side-by-side relationship to an in-use position in which the partition members extend...     

A connector is provided for hingedly connecting two substantially identical, elongate profile members together. These profile members define the rigid peripheries or frames of freestanding display panels or screens. Each connector comprises two link members, each having an elongate web carrying two spaced...     

The invention is a new type of locking mechanism for office panel systems which allows quick joining or separation of connecting panels without the need for tools. This is accomplished by the invention of a spring-loaded "tab and slot" locking mechanism, whereby the opposing tabs from the connecting...     

A portable partition system is provided having a pair of panel components which are adapted to assume either an operative or inoperative mode. First segments of the peripheral edges of the panel components are provided with a first attaching element and second segments thereof are provided with a compatible...     

A space dividing system which includes vertically disposed posts and space dividing panels. Each post includes a center core and a plurality of circumferentially spaced, longitudinally extending T-shaped members having a stem or leg portion integrally joined to the core, and a flange spaced outwardly...     

A furniture component, such as a cabinet structure, having corner recesses extending vertically of the cabinet structure and each adapted to receive a vertically elongate corner trim element. The corner trim element preferably has a rounded convex configuration on one side thereof, and a generally square...     

The present invention relates to a cluster office work station system having an equilateral polygonal shaped central core having five or more vertical side panels. The individual work stations are defined by wall panels connected to common lateral edges of the side panels and extending from the side...     

This invention is converned with a panel device which is useful in the display and furniture arts. The panel device incorporates a plurality of vertical supports which engage panel members. The vertical supports are interconnected via a plurality of double hinges. The double hinges consist of a plurality...