Modular System For Constructing Hospital Walls

• Main Authors: KERN JULIE A, CHANCE RICHARD W, KRAMER KENNETH L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.08.2007
• Subjects: BUILDING; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; CABINETS; CEILINGS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; COFFEE MILLS; DESKS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DRAWERS; FENCING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLOORS; FUNERAL DEVICES; FURNITURE; GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS; MASTS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OFFICE FURNITURE; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; PAYING COUNTERS; ROOFS; SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS,STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TABLES; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; TOILET ACCESSORIES; TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS

A modular wall system is provided for use in a healthcare facility to divide the available floor space into rooms and to support hospital equipment module. The system includes a plurality of frame units configured to rest on a floor and extend vertically upwardly. The frame units form a grid of vertically and laterally spaced apart wall spaces having a predetermined height and a predetermined width. A plurality of modules is configured to be positioned in the wall spaces to form a wall.