Partition system with elevated raceway

• Main Authors: HOUDA JAMES D, KING JONATHAN J, RUITER JOEL T, DEKKER DAVID J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.2007
• Subjects: BUILDING; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; CEILINGS; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; FENCING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLOORS; GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERATION; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS; MASTS; ROOFS; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS

An elevated raceway for routing utility lines in a vertically spaced relationship above the upper edge of a partition. The raceway includes an elongated passageway configured to retain utility lines in a horizontally extending manner. A first support member extends downwardly from the raceway, and has a connector spaced apart from the raceway a first vertical distance. The connector is configured to attach to a partition frame. A second support member extends downwardly from the raceway, and has a connector spaced apart from the raceway a second vertical distance that is different from the first vertical distance, such that the raceway is supported at a generally uniform vertical height above an upper edge of a partition having sections with different heights.