Appeal No. 97-1019
Application 08/063,463
to support said utility post in a generally upstanding
orientation, and having a marginally positioned open
foot area thereof adapted to be disposed above a
raceway portion of the floor construction and
communicating therewith;
a utility outlet mounted on said utility post and
adapted to selectively dispense utilities therefrom;
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 a utility conduit from the
raceway of the 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.
57. A utility distribution kit 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 utility conduits therethrough, and a floor
surface shaped to support workstations thereon;
a plurality of utility outlets, each adapted to
dispense an associated utility therefrom; and
a plurality of utility posts for distributing utilities
from said floor construction to the workstations, each
including a foot shaped to be mounted on said floor
construction at a location adjacent an associated
workstation to support said utility post in a generally
upstanding orientation, and having a mariginally
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