Appeal No. 97-4240
Application 08/294,074
removably support said panel on said utility posts, and permit
said panel to be shifted vertically therealong between various
elevations; said panel connectors being laterally movable to
permit said panel to be manually mounted in and removed from the
fixed panel support channels of said utility posts without tools.
28. A panel system for open office plans and the like,
comprising:
at least two posts, each including a foot shaped to be
mounted on an associated building floor surface to rigidly
support said posts in a generally upstanding orientation; said
utility posts each include at least one fixed panel support
channel which extends longitudinally along a substantial portion
of the same; and
at least one non-structural panel extending between and
supported by said posts; said panel having a lightweight non-
structural construction, with connectors positioned adjacent
opposite ends thereof which mate with the panel support channels
in said utility posts to removably support said panel on said
utility posts; said panel connectors being slidably received in
the panel support channels of said posts, such that said panel
can be shifted vertically between various elevations, and being
laterally movable to permit said panel to be manually mounted in
the removed from the fixed panel support channels of said posts
without tools.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Polhamus 3,377,756 Apr. 16, 1968
Stephens 4,296,574 Oct. 27, 1981
Weissenbach et al. (Weissenbach) 4,863,223 Sep. 5, 1989
Kurrasch 5,009,043 Apr. 23, 1991
Quinlan, Jr., et al. (Quinlan) 5,150,554 Sep. 29, 1992
The claims on appeal stand rejected in the following manner:
(1) Claim 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by either Polhamus or Quinlan;
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