Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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FI~LD OF INVENTION
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This invention r~late~ to a modular partitioning
structure .
DISC~155ION OF T~E Pl~I03~ ART ~:
The use of partitioning structures to act ag
geographical ~oundaries, to provide s~lelter or to
fa~ilitate the parti~icning ~f space is co~mon ~ ~;
practice. 'rhe specif~c applic~tion of such
structures to pa~tition packing space in movable
environments such as ~he ~.nterior of mo~or vehicles ;
is also Xnown. ~is speci~ici ~i~pli~ati~ hA~ led
-o the development of n~m~ri1us partiti~ning
structures whi~ are suitabl. ~or use in Eiuch :~
en~ironments a~.d ~hich are ~o~-~ly securable to
. 1~ extern~l suppo~t surfacos and/or formations.
However, a aeneral disadvantage of the existing
2artitionin~ st~uc'ureqi i~ the above neceSsity o~
externai ~ pport su aces ~nd/or formations ~9 ~
as securing ~leans .,rith ~hi~h ~le partitioning
struct~res ca~ oe secured, limiting the
adaptability of 3ucn structures and/or their
~pplic~tioA i~ ~ifferent en~ironmen~s.
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OBJBCT OF TH~ INVENTION
It is accordingly an obje~t of the inve~tion to
provide a novel parti~ioning ~tructur~ to overcome
at least the above disadvanta~e, or at least to ~ :
prov.i~e a u~eful alternatiYe to the known : - ~ ;
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SUMMARY OF ~HE I~V~N~ION
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According to a first ~spe~ of the invention there
i5 provid~d a partitioning structure including wall ~1~ :::
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.me~bers and gillar me~bers, the latter having ~
retainer Eor~ations Eor re~aining the wall m~mber~ : :
I the~ewith, '.hereby i~er~onnectin9 adjacent w~
I members, t~e pillar members Eurther having grippi~g
¦ f~rm~ions for zeleas~bly securing t~e wall ~Rmbers : ~-
~o ~e pill~r ~embers, the retainer formations
1~ con~istin~ o~ 910t9, grooves or t~.e like, extending
I at least partially along the length of tho pillar -: ~:
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i membe~s ~iie the gripping formations consist of at
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least one resiliently ~lexible ridge, nodule, stub
element or ~ho liXe, 1ocated on at leAs~ one of the !
opposing 3ides o~ the retainer formations.
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The wall A~ember may be panel-like, and are
preferably o~ ~odular length~ to provide modular
partitions o~ su~stantially quadr~ngular
con igurations.
~ pill~r member~ may include ~-formatlon pillar
members and corner-f orm~tion pillar members to
provide ~eans for connecting respect:ive wall
member~ to each oth~r in ~'-formations and/or
ço~ner-formations, thereby en~b1ing the
construction of quadrangular partitioning
j structures.
I The pillar .~embers further may include
¦: cross-for~ation pillar ~embers ~o o~o~ide m~ns ~or
connecting respective wall members ~o each other in
ero~s-for~ations. The pill~r mem~Der~ also may
~nclude linear-formation pillar member~ tO provide
~e~rls tor interconnecting respective wall members
to extend the same i~ a singular plane.
. ~he ~illar members may oe mo~ular, rendering the
' ~0 oartl ioning structure ~odular as ~ell a~ adap.able
'. -o provide modular ~ar~iti~ning struct~res with at
least on~ partiticn ~or specifi~ dimen~ion~l
equirements.
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~he partitioning structure ~urther may include
100r ~emb~rs, the floor m~bers having engaging
forl~ations to engage the wall member~, the wall
members 'navinq eorr~pondin~ ~ormation~
S ~o-operatively t~ l~c~te and support the floor
~embers there~ith. Ihs floor panels are preferably
planar, th~ir ~dges defining the engaging
Eor~ations ~o be lo~ated and supported by the wall
members. The floor ~embers ~.ay be mod~lar to
p~ovide a floor to the quadrangu3.ar partitions in
the modular partitionin~ structUre.
J ~he par~itioning stru~t~re may include engaging
for~ations 'o rend~r the partitionin~ ~tru~ture
suitable ~or use on a c~rpet~lik~ suppo~t sur~a~e,
the partitioning struct~re incorporating engaying
.ormations extending a~ ieast partially along the
. in~er~ace between tne partitioning s~ructure ~nd
the carpet-like support sur~ace w~ereby in u~e ~he
par~i~loning structuro releasably en~ag~s the
carpot-Li~e 5uppor~ 5urf~5;.
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According to a se~on~ aspect of ~he lnvention
there is provid~d a kit for a par~.ltioning
structure including wall me~ers a~d pillar .
~emb~rs, the latter havin~ retainer for~a~ions ~r
retaining the wall me~er6 therewith, ther~by
interconnec~ing adjacen~ ~ali ~e~ber~, th~ pillar
members ~urther having qr1pping formations for
rele~sably se~uring the ~all members to the pillar
r~3mbers, the rel:ainer form.~t:ions con~isting of
slots, groove~ or the like, extending at l~a~
partially along the length o~ the p~llar member~
while the gripping ~ormations consi~ of a~ least
I one re~iliently flexi~ie ridge, nodule, ~tu~
I element o~ the like, lo~ated on at lea3t one of the
opposing sides o~ the re~ainer formatlons.
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The ~it ~ay lncl~de floor member~ T~e floor -:
~ me~'oers may have engaging Eormations ~o engage tho
¦ wall ~ember.s, ~e wall me~l~ers ~aving lo~atLng
rormations co-oDFra~lvely to ;ocate the engaging
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form~ions therein. ~e ~Ioor panels are
pref~rably planar, their edge~ d~fi~ing the
engagins ~or~ations to be located and supported by
the wall members. ~he filoor members may be ~todular
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; to provide a ~loor to t~e quadrangular partition~
in the ~.odular p~rtitionin~ s~ru~ture.
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~he kit ~urthe~ ~ay in~lude engaging form~tion~
extending at least partially al~ng the in~er~ace ~ ~ `
betw~ea the partitioning structure and a .:
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carpet-like support surface whereby in use the
pArtitioning structure relea~Ably ~ngage~ the .
, carp~t-like support surf~c~. Tha ongagihg
formations are preferably in the form ~f multiple ;- ::~
~ook~ormatior.s of A hook-~nd-loop fa~tenin~
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~ccordins to a third aspect of ~he invention there
is provided a ~all ~ember sultable for use in a
~artitioning structure i~cluding wall membersr
.oor members and pillar ~embers, ~:~e wall members
~ein~ provided with ioca~ing formations to receiY~
and support the floo~ nernber~ thereln by means o~
~orresponding enga~ing formations provided to t~.e
g ~l~or members.
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3 ~he wall ~embers ,~ay have engaglng formatlons to ~-
j 2; engaqe a carpet-~ik~ supp~rt s~rface.
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According to a fourth aspect o the inv~ntion there
is provided a pil].a~ mem~er suitable for use in a
partitioning structure, in~luding wall ~embers and
pillar members, the pil1Ar ~ember havin~ retainer
formation~ for retaining th~ wall m0mbers
therewith, thereby interconnecting adjacent wall
mombers, the pillar members fur~her having gripping
~ formations Eor releasably securing the wall mem~ers
¦ to the pillar .~embers, the retai~er f o~mati~ns
con~isting o~ slot~, grooves or the like, extending
a~ le.~st partially along the length of the pillar
~l nembers while the gri~ping formation~ consist of a~
~$ 1ea~t one re~iliently flexible ridge, nodul~, stu~
ent or the like, loca~ed on at least one of the
oppo~ing sides of the re~ainer formations.
~ The pillar member~ ~nay consist of T-formation
;~ ?illar members and corner-form~tion plllar members
to provide ~ean~ for Gonnecting i~especti~e wall
me~bers to each oth~r in T-ior~ations and~or
corner-formations ~ ~nable the ~nstruction of
substantially rectangul~r ~artitioning structures.
i ~he ?illar ~e~bers ~rther may con~ist of
cross-~or~a~ion pillar ~emb~rs to p~v~ride m~a~s for
connecting respecti-~e ~all ~embers to ~ach other in
crosg-for~ations ~o en~ble ~he con~tr~ction of
~dular oartit1 oning structures. ~h4 ~ ~illar
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members al~so may incl ude lirlear-fOrmatiOD pillar
members to provide means ~or lnterconnecting
r~sp~ctiv~ wall membZ~rs to extend th~ ~fame in a
singular plane,
S According to A ~ifth aspect of the invention there
is pro~rided a partitioning structure suit~ble _or
us~ on a carpet-like 3upport ~ferfaCe~ the
partitioning ~tructure naving engaging ~osmations
extending at least partially along the interface
between ~h$ partitioning structure and the
I carpet-lixe support surface whereby in uae the
Z pa~titioning structure releasabl~ engages the
c~rpet-like ~upport slrface.
I The ~ngaging formations may Gonsist of multiple
1 15 hook-formations of ~ hooX~and-loop fa~ftening
I arrangement~
¦ ~he partitioning st~uctZlre w y includ0 a ~lurality
of lnterconnec~ing YJail members. The wall members
are oerferably provided ~ith the multiple
;~0 :~ook-Formations _n use to enatl~ the partitianing
f s~ructure to ~ngage ~leasably with the carp~t-liXe
Z support surface. The wall men3ers Znay be
Z 2anel-liXe with ~he hook-f~rm~tions ext~nding
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s~bstantially along ~ side thereof. The wall
members are preferably of modular len~th to provide
modular partitions of substantiall~ quadrang~lar
configurationq.
S The partitioning ~tructure f~rther m~y include
connector ~eans for connecting the wall members to
each other. The connecto~ me~ns may conoist of
pillar members, the pillar members preferably
including T-formation pillar members and
l~ corner-formation pillar mem~ers t~ provide means
for connecting re~pective wall ~embers to each
other in ~-formation~ and/~r corner-formations,
~ t~ereby enabling ~he Go~S~rUCtion of quadrangular
!`~ pa~t tioniny s~ruct~res
¦ 15 The pillar members further may include
cross-formation pillar mem~ers to provide meanj for
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~1 ~onnecting re~pective wall members to each other in
I cross-formati~ns. ~he pillar m~m~ers also may
include linear-formation pilla~ members to provid~
ZO means for in~erconnecting respective w~ll members
to e~tend the slme ir ~ ringul~r pla~e.
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Th~ c~r.nector ~eans may be modul~ r rendering the
par~i~ior~ing structure modular as well as adaptab'e
~o provide modular partitioning s~ructures wi~h at
1.~ast one partition for specific dil~len~ionAl
requiremen~s,
he pillar ~embers may be proviaed with retainer
Eormations for retaining the wall ~embers
therewith, ther~y interconnecting adjacent wall
members to define in use the partitioning
str~cture. The retair2er formAti~n~ m~y consis~ c~f
çlongate slots, grooves or the like, extendin~ a~
~east partially along the lengtr. of the pillar
~em~ers for receiYing and ret~ining the wAll
~embers ther~in.
Tha ~illar ~embers ~u~t~er ~ay be provided ~itb
gripping formations ~or relea~ably .securing the
wali mem~eFs t;ner~o. ~a~h gripping ~ormation ~ay
consist of at 'e~st one resilient~y ~lexible
~i~ge, nodule, stub ~lement or the like, provided
on ~ least one of ~he opposing side~ o~ ~he
~etainer formati~ns.
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The partitioning ~tructure further may include
floor member~. The floor members may ha~e engagi~g
f orm~t:ions to eng3.ge the wail members, the wall
me~bers ha~ing loc~ting ~orm~tions co-o~erati~ely
~o locate the engagi~g ~or~ations therein. The
floor panels a~e pre~era~ly plan~r, their ~d~e~
defining the engaging ~orma~ions to be located and
~upported by the wall members. rhe floor me~bers
may be modular ~o provide ~ floor to the
quadrangular partitions in the modular partiti~ning
structure.
According to ~ sixth aspect or the i~vention there
is provided a ~it for a parti~ioning structure
suit~ble for use ~n a carpet-like support surface,
the partitioning structure incorporating engaging
forma~ions extending at least partially along the
inter~ac2 Detween ~he partitioning structure and
the carpe~like support surfa~e whereb~ ln use the
parti~ioning structure releasably engages the
1 20 carpet-like suppor~ surface, .he ki~ including:
I ~ plurality of intercon~ectable ~all .~embers
provided ~ith engacing formations ~h~reby the wall
members releasably engage the carpet-like support
surfa~e
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The '~it m~y inc.lud~ connector ~eans for connecting
the wal.l members ~o ~ach other, the connector mean~
consi~in~ o~ pillar ~embers havLng retainer
for~ations for retaining the wall members
therewith, thereby interconnecting adjacent
~em~r~ to dei~e in ~se tne partitioning
struc~ure.
The ~lt may in~lude engaging for~a~ions in t~e ~or~
of multiple haok-f~r~at~ons o~ 3 hook-and-loop
fastening arrangemen~ to render ~he partitioning
structure suitable for use on a carpet-li~e ~uppor~
surface.
¦ The :~it also may in~lude floor ~ember~ ~o provide
! in use a ~loor to ~he partitioslin~ ~tructure, The
1~ floor .~embe~q may nave engaging ~,rmation~ to
~ engage t~e wall ~mber~, t~e wall me~bers havLng
¦~ lo~ati~g formation~ c~-ope~a~ively to locate the
engaging formatio~s therein. The ~loot members are
preferably pia~r, their ~dges defining the
~n~Aging forma~ions ~o be loc~ted and supported by
~e ~aLl ;~e~bers. The ~loo~ me~ers may ~e modular
~o providc ~ ~loor to ~he quadrangular ,~artit~ons
in the nodular partitioning structurq.
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According to a seventh a~p~ct o~ the invention
~h~r~t i~ provided a wa]l me~ber ~uit~ble for use i~
a partitioning structt~ro, the wall membe~ ~eing
provided with eng~ging formations whe~eby ~he wall
me.~bers in ~se rele~sably engage a carpet-llke
Support surfa~e.
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According to an eig~h ~spect of the inventiun
there is provided a pillar member suita~le ~or use
in a partitioning ~tructure, t~e partitioni.ng
structure inalu~ing a plurality of interconnectable
wall ~embers having engaging form~tion~ to rende~
t~e oar~iti~ning stru~ture suitablo for ~se on a
carpe~-like s~ppor~ surface. the pi~lar member
havlng re~ainer formations for ret~ining the wall
nlembers the~w~th, ~ereby i~terconnecting adja~ent
wall member5,
The retainer ~ormatio~s may eonsist o~ sl~tS,
grooves or ~he like, extending at least partially
along the ~ngth of ~he pillar members. ~e pillar
Z~ .~embers f~rt~ may be pro~ided ~ith gripping means
in -he 'or.m o~ at least one resili~ntly flexihle
ridge, nod~le, st~b element or the like, loc~ted on
at least ~ne o the opposing sides of ~he retainer
or~atlonr,
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The pillar n~7nbers may con~ist of T-lo~mation
pi.llar ~ember~ and corner-formation pillar .~embers
to proYide ~ean~. for connecti.~g respecti~e ~.7all
Inembe~s to each other in ~-~7c7rmations 73nd/or
; corner-formations to enable th~ c7~n~.tr7uction of
s~b~t~ntially rectangular paLrtitioning struatures.
~he pillar mem~7ers further ~ay consist of
croso7-~ormation pillar member~7 to provide means. ~or
connectiny rer~pective wall mem~ers to each other in
oro~3-format~on~ to enable th~ construction o~
mod~lar partitioning struc~ures. The pillar
embers al7-o ~ay includ~ ear-formation pi'l~r
~embers to provide means for interconnecting
, ~ respec~ive wall ~embers to sxtend the s7ame in a
¦ 15 singul~r 7~1ane.
According to a nin~ aspect of tn~ invention th~re
is provide~ -7 floor .~e~ber suitable Eor use in a
parti~ioning st;~cture, the partitiOnLng ~7truct7Jre
including a ~lurality of interconne~table wall
~embers .having engaging ~o7r~a~ions ~ ~render the
.~arti-ioning structur~ sultable for use on a
movable carpet-lihe support surface, tùe floor
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me~ber having engaging formations to engage the
~all ~embers, +he wall members having corre~ponding
~ormations to locate and SuppOKL the 100r ~embers
therewith.
5 Ac~ording to a tent~ aspeot of th~ in~ention a
me~hod for providing a partitioning struc~re
inclu~es ~he steps of:
pra~iding ~ kit for ~ parti~i~ning structure, the
p~rtitioning structure substan~i~lly in acco~d~n~e
with the second aspect oE the invention, and
ere~tiny the partitionin~ structure.
A~ordiny to a~ eleventh a3pect of the invention A
~ethod for providing ~ ~artitioning struc~ure
suitab~e for use on a çatpet-like Xuppo~t surfac~
includes th~ steps of:
pro~iding a ki~ for a par~itioni~g structure, the
partitioning structure swbstantially in accordanc~
with `he sixth ~spect of the invention,
erecting thQ partitioning s~uctur~, and
réleasably ~ngagin~ th~ partitioning structure to
the c~rpet-like suppott surface
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A pr~erred e~bod~.~en~ wil~ now be described by
means of a ncn-limiting example only and with
referer;e~e to the ~cco./npanying drawing~ wrlerein:
BRIE~ ~ESCRIPTION OF rrN~ DRAWINGS
~Lgur~ er~pective vie~ from above of a
typLcal p~r~itioning structure in
ac~ordan~e wi~h the invention;
Figure 2 is ~ s~tional pian vie~ of a modular
unit of the partitioning stru~ture
illustr~ted in Figure 1,
Figure 3 is a pe~spective view of one end of a
wall member as 111us~rated in Fig-~!e 1,
also illustrating a typical section
t~er~f with a located ~l~or ~mber
par~ially sh~wn~ ~ :
?ig~r~ 4 is an ~nlar~d end view o~ the base
por~ion vf the wall ~e~ber with part of a
located 'loor ~emb~r ~s ill~str~t~d in
~iqure 3;
~0 ~igure ~ is a p~rtially sectloned per~pective view :
of a T- ~ormA~i on pi l lar member 3s
.llu-trated in Figur~
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Figure 6 i a partially sectioned perspective view
~f a corner-formati.on pilla~ mem'o~r as
illustrated in F~gure 1~
Figure 7 is ~ par~ially sectioned pers~ective view
o~ an cross-formation pillar m~mb~r ~s
illu~trated in Figur~ 1;
gure ~ is a partiRlly sectioned perspective view
of ~n lin~ar-formation ~ r m~mbar i~
acco~dance with the in~ention; and
! l O Figure 9 i5 a sectional plan ~iew of two w~;}
~embers as illustrated in Figure 3 ar~d 4
when connected by means of th~
l~near-formation pillar me~ber as
, illustrated in Fig~re ~.
~he same reference nu~erals are used t.o d~note
~, corr~sponding parts in the accompanying drawing~
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DETAILED ~ESCRIPTIO~ OF THE PREFERRED E~BODIMEN~
~! A partitionin~ structure 1 as illustrated in -:::
Figl~- o5 1 ~ 7 consists of panel--liXe wall members
.~ 20 2~ ~Ianar floor ~embe~s 3 ~nd pillar mem~ers
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including T-formation 4, corn~r-for~ation 5 and
cros~-Eormation pillar ~embers 6,
~he wall members 2 are of modular lengths to
provide modular par~itioning structure~ having
partitions with q~adranguiar configur~tions. More
p~r~i~ularl~ and witn reforence to ~ig~re 2, the
wall members 2 co~is~ of oute~ wall members 2.1
and inner wall members 2.2. ~he wall members 2 are
provided with engaging ~ormation~ in t~e focm of
~ulti,ole hook-formationi 15 of a conve~tion~
hook-and-loop Easteni~g ~rr~nge~ent s~h ~
Velcro, The hook-~ormation~ 15 ex~end along one
~ide of the wall me~Der~ 2, ~hereby de ining ~ b~se
of the wall members 2 and are l~cated in a }ecess
1~ formation 16 ex~ending co-exten~ively along the
base of the wall members.
~he ~all members 2 a~e fur~her provided ~it.h
locating formations 17 extendin~ along the length
of the members near the base *hereof fo~ locating
~nd supportina the planar ~loor ~e~bers by means o~
~ng~ginq ~rmation ~rovided ~o ~he floor ~ember~,
the engaging ~orma~ions being defined by th~
respective edges of the floor members.
mhe ~lanar 100r memoer~ 3 are similarly of modular
^S ~i~.en~ions to ~rovide a floor to the qll~drang-llar
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partitions in t~e modular partitloning structur~ 1.
The T-formation pillar members 4 are each prvvided
with a locati~ formation i~ the for~ o~ an
elongate groove 7 ex~ending substantially alo~g the
S length of the pilla~ members ~o enabl~ the pillar
members to receive a first wall ~ember 2 therein,
'he wall ~em~er extending in use ~hrough the
elon~ate slot in the pillar mqmb~r to de~in~ a
singular plane the~ethr~ug~. ~ach ~-formation
pillar ~ember 4 is further prcvided with a slot 9
extendi~ p~rpendicularly to the groove 7
subs~antially along the len~t~ of the pillar member
~ enable the pillar member tc receive an end 8 of
a second wall ~emher 2 therein, the second wall
member sxtendi~ ~rom ~he T-fQrmation plllar
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mem~er in a plane perpend.icular to the plane
defined by ~he rirst wall me~ber. - : ~:
~he corner-~ormation pillar ~em~ers S are each
Drovided ~ith locating ormations in the form of
20 two ~uad~angular 610ts l O exte~ding sub~tantially
.~long the len~th of these oillar members, the ~lots ! -
similarly capable o~ rece-ving wall member ends 8
thereinr the recei~ed ~all .~ember~ 2 extending from : : -
adjacent sides of ~hese pillar mem~ers in plan~s :~
2S p~rpendicular ~ eacn other.
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he crc)fis-forrna~ion pillrlr me~rs 6 ea~h ~onsis~s
Oc an elongate squar~ tubing 11 with rour walls
each of wbi~h ha3 planar ridge ~ormations 1~
extending perp~ndicularly with the ~all.~ therefrom
al~ng the two opposing ed~es thereof r defining
l~ca_i~q f~rmAtion~ in the Eorm of Eour
rec_ang~lar ch~nnels 1~ e~erldirlg respectlvely,
subs~an~ially ~o~extensiv~ly ~long the faur walls
of the square ~ubing.
The ~-~ormation 4 and the corner-formatlon pillar
~embers S are each provided wi.th gripping rne~n~ in
the Corm of a resiliently flexible ridge 14 located
~n one ~ tbe oppo~ing side walls of the groov~
and the qlots ~ of th~ respectiv~ pillar members.
15 ~.~cn ~ripping riflge 14 consi:3ts of an elongate
rub~er-like 5eal loc:ated in A correspondir~g gro~ve,
the g;oove e~tendin~ s~bstantially alon~ t~e l~ngtn
of the pillar member~.. Alternatively, the gripping
~eans cor,~ist o~ a plurality of nodules, ~tuh
?;ements or ~e like, equi-spac~d along the length
of c~ne of -he opposing sides of l:he grooves 7 and
~he slots 7 ~ .
r~e partititio~ing structure al50 includes
linear-form~tion piil~r members 17 to proYide mea~s
,o~ terconnecting respective wall memDerS 2
~o extend ~h~ sa~e in ~ singul~r p~ane.` The
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line~r-form~ion pillar ~ember3 17 eaQh oonsists of
two ~lat-like m~mbers 18 extending co-exten~ively
i in two parallel plane~ in superimpo~ition r
`. int~rlinked by :neans o a rib 19. The rib 19
S extends co-extensively ~ith, frans~ersQly to and
inter~ediate the two slat-llke members. The
linear-formation pillar ~ember 11 is ~milarly
;~ provide~ with a firs~ g~ipping mean~ in the ~orm of
: a resiliently flexible ridge 14 ~ocated on one o~
the opposing inner ~alls of the sla~ e me~bers
18, the 1atters ~efining two opposing locating
for~ation~ in the for~ of ~lot~ 20 e~tending
substantially along tho len~th of the pilla~
memhers, The linear-formation pillar ~e~ber 17 i~
~ 1~ further provid~d w.i~h a second grippi~q ~eans in
! the ~orm of a second ~esiliently ~l~xible ridge t4,
alternatively a planar rigit ridge lY ~or gripping
an~ securing in use wal; ~ember ends ~ in the slot
20, ~her~b~ interconnectiny wall membe~s 2 to
extend the same in a sinqular pl~e.
In use, ~he configurqtion and thQ dimensions of ~
p~rti'ioning structure are selected, t~ereby
d~terminina the reauired number of T-formation ~
eo~ner-~or~ion 5, -ross-for~a~ion 6 and
ext~nsio~-~r~ation pil;ar mem~ers 17 as wel~ as
~he wall membera 2 a~d ths 100r mem~ers 3.
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3 To pcovide a configuration as shown in P~gure 1,
t~le opposing ends 8 of four outer ~11 membefs
2,1 ~re lo~ated in t.h~? c~rres~?onding. slots 10
3l ex~endin~? along th~ length of four
S ~orner-formation pillar members S ~.o define ~
.'? rectan~ular outsr p~r~itioning 8trl1ct~re?. The
outer partitlo,ling st~ucture is ~hen placed on d
carpet-liXe support surface (not shown) to enable
? th~? hook form~tions 15 to engage wi~.h the?
,J3 10 car?et-like s?-lppor-t surface.
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~our inner wall members 2.2 are thereafter
i~.erconnected by ~3.eans of a ~ross-~ormation pillar
member 6 and connected to the o~ter pnrtitioning
structure by means of ~our T-formation Fillar
embers ~, the la~ter ~nterconnecting the 1nner
w~ e?mbers ~ith the outer wall ~e~ers 2.1 by
receiving the outer ;all members into the groove~
7.
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~hen ~se of the partitioninq structure 1 is
~0 ~iscontinu~d, the ~artitioning ~truoture c~n be
dismantled '?y disconnec~i~g the vari~s wall
me~bers 2, the floor ~embers 3 ~nd th~ pillar
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members ~,5 and 6~ while sim~llt~rleousiy dis~?nyaging
the -~?all members f rem the carpQt-liXe suppvrt
2S surface.
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The di~mantled partitioning ~truct~re 1 can then be
~tored by packing the various m~mhQrs adjacent to
each other to define a substantially ~ldt pa~k~ge,
the latter preferable for ease of ~torage andfo~
transpor~.
~he vario~ ~em'oers of the partitioning str~ct~re
are made o~ polyvinyl cnloride, al~erna~ively oi
suitable polymeric or copolymeric pla8tic3
material, aluminium, ~etal alloy, wood, ~rAbo~rd,
cementi~ious composition or combination~ hereof.
It ~ill be appreciated that many variations in
detail are possible without depAr~in~ from the
scope and~or spir~t o~ the invention as defined in
t~e consistory statemen~s, such a6 proYiding the
1~ cross-f~rmation pillar ~e~bers with gripping means
similar to tho~e ~he ~-formati~n ~nd the
corner-forma~ion pillar members a~e provided with,
or further to provide the various pillar me~berj
with more ~ermane~t securing means for securin~ the
Z~ ~all memberR thereto. ~oof ~embers also can be
pro~ided in accordance ~ith the inren~ion.
