Appeal No. 97-1019
Application 08/063,463
1. A utility distribution system for open office plans and
the like, comprising:
a prefabricated floor construction adapted to be
abuttingly supported on a building floor, and including
a hollow interior portion thereof defining a raceway to
route at least one utility conduit therethrough, and a
floor surface shaped to support at least one
workstation thereon;
a utility post for distributing utilities from said
floor construction to the workstation, and including a
foot mounted on said floor construction and supporting,
said utility post in a generally upstanding
orientation, and having a marginally positioned open
foot area thereof disposed above said raceway and
communicating therewith;
a utility outlet mounted on said utility post and
adapted to selectively dispense utilities therefrom;
and
an external utility channel shaped to retain at least
one utility conduit therein, having an outwardly
oriented open face into which utility conduits can be
inserted from an exterior side of said utility post,
and extending continuously between and communicating
with said utility outlet and the open foot area of said
foot, whereby utilities are readily provided at the
workstation by pulling the utility conduit from the
raceway of said floor construction, through the open
foot area of said utility post, and laying the utility
conduit into said utility channel of said utility post
by insertion into the open face thereof to a location
adjacent said utility outlet for connection therewith.
34. A utility post for distributing utilities from a
prefabricated floor construction to a workstation thereon,
comprising:
a foot shaped to be mounted on the floor construction
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