Partition system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9840840-B2
Application number	US-201615074073-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2016
Priority date	Sep 9, 2009
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

A partition system includes a plurality of wall elements merging one into another, wherein at least one wall element is designed as a stepped element, and wherein at least one wall element is designed as a corner element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A partition comprising:
a wall element having a curved top surface, a rectilinear bottom surface, a first contact surface, a second contact surface spaced from the first contact surface, a first visible side, and a second visible side, wherein the first visible side includes a first curved portion relative to a vertical axis and a second curved portion relative to the vertical axis
wherein the rectilinear bottom surface extends between the first contact surface, the second contact surface, the first visible side, and the second visible side.

2. The partition of claim 1 , wherein the first curved portion includes a concave curve and the second curved portion includes a convex curve.

3. The partition of claim 1 , wherein the second visible side includes a convex curved portion and a concave curved portion.

4. The partition of claim 1 , wherein the first contact surface is opposite and parallel to the second contact surface.

5. The partition of claim 4 , wherein the first contact surface is mirrored to the second contact surface.

6. The partition of claim 1 , wherein the first visible side includes a first step having a first supporting surface and the second visible side includes a second step having a second supporting surface.

7. The partition of claim 6 , wherein an upward facing first groove is positioned adjacent the first step and an upward facing second groove is positioned adjacent the second step.

8. The partition of claim 1 , wherein the wall element has a mirror-symmetric configuration relative to a mirror axis.

9. The partition of claim 1 , wherein the wall element includes a groove in the bottom surface.

10. A partition comprising:
a wall element having a first contact surface, a second contact surface spaced from the first contact surface, a first visible side having a first curved portion, and a second visible side having a second curved portion, wherein the wall element has a mirror-symmetric configuration relative to a mirror axis
wherein the first visible side includes a first step having a first supporting surface and the second visible side includes a second step having a second supporting surface.

11. The partition of claim 10 , wherein the first curved portion includes a first concave curve and a first convex curve and the second curved portion includes a second concave curve and a second convex curve.

12. The partition of claim 11 , wherein the first visible side includes a first step extending from the first concave curve and a second step extending from the first convex curve.

13. The partition of claim 12 , wherein an upward facing first groove is positioned adjacent the first step and an upward facing second groove is positioned adjacent the second step.

14. The partition of claim 10 , wherein the first visible side includes a vertical, planar surface.

15. The partition of claim 10 , wherein the first contact surface is opposite and parallel to the second contact surface.

16. A partition comprising:
a first wall element having a curved top surface, a rectilinear bottom surface, a first contact surface, a second contact surface spaced from the first contact surface, a first visible side having a first curved portion, and a second visible side having a second curved portion, wherein the first curved portion includes a first concave curve and a first convex curve and the second curved portion includes a second concave curve and a second convex curve;
and a second wall element positioned adjacent the first contact surface.

17. The partition of claim 16 , wherein the first visible side includes a first step having a first supporting surface and the second visible side includes a second step having a second supporting surface.

18. The partition of claim 16 , wherein the first wall element includes a bottom having a groove and a guide element is received in the groove.

19. The partition of claim 18 , wherein the guide element is connectable to a surface.

20. The partition of claim 18 , wherein the guide element includes a duct.

21. The partition of claim 18 , wherein the guide element connects the first wall element and the second wall element.

22. The partition of claim 21 , wherein the guide element includes a first pin engaging the first wall element and a second pin engaging a second wall element.

Assignees

• Miller Herman Inc

Inventors

• Plikat Claudia
• Schmitz Johann Burkhard
• Zwick Carola Eva Marianne
• Zwick Roland Rolf Otto

Classifications

• E04C2/52

  with special adaptations for auxiliary purposes, e.g. serving for locating conduits (E04C2/54 takes precedence; block-shaped elements therefor E04C1/39; floor structures incorporating ducts E04B5/48) · CPC title

• E04B2002/7488

  Details of wiring · CPC title

• E04B2103/04

  of plastics, fibrous material or wood · CPC title

• E04B2/7405 Primary

  with free upper edge, e.g. for use as office space dividers · CPC title

• E04C2/46

  specially adapted for making walls (E04C2/52, E04C2/54 take precedence; structure of slab-shaped elements E04B1/02; walls of elements of relatively thin form E04B2/72) · CPC title