Abstract
The invention relates to a partition wall which comprises a wall element and a stand device, wherein the wall element comprises a multiplicity of tubular bodies, each having a cavity, which are vertically aligned in the room. The wall element herein comprises spacer webs, wherein one of the spacer webs is in each case disposed between neighbouring tubular bodies of the wall element in such a manner that the tubular bodies are aligned so as to be mutually parallel and mutually spaced apart.
Claims
1. A partition wall comprising: a wall element; and a stand device, wherein the wall element comprises a multiplicity of tubular bodies, each having a cavity, and which are vertically aligned in a room in which the partition wall is situated, wherein the wall element comprises a plurality of spacer webs, wherein one of the plurality of spacer webs is in each case disposed between adjacent ones of the multiplicity of tubular bodies of the wall element such that the multiplicity of the tubular bodies are aligned to be mutually parallel and mutually spaced apart, wherein the stand device comprises at least two floor supports, wherein each of the at least two floor supports comprises a foot and a holder, wherein each holder is connected to the wall element, wherein each holder comprises a vertical stand, wherein the vertical stand of the holder of each of the at least two floor supports is adapted to the cavity of one of the multiplicity of tubular bodies of the wall element, such that the one of the multiplicity of tubular bodies is vertically aligned with the respective vertical stand when the respective vertical stand is plug-fitted into the one of the multiplicity of tubular bodies, wherein at least one of the vertical stands comprises at least one coupling opening, wherein the at least one of the vertical stands is plug-fitted into the cavity of the one of the multiplicity of tubular bodies of the wall element, wherein the at least one coupling opening of the at least one of the vertical stands is disposed in a region of the cavity into which the at least one of the vertical stands is plug-fitted, wherein the one of the multiplicity of tubular bodies into which the at least one of the vertical stands is plug-fitted has at least one clearance which is aligned to the at least one coupling opening, the at least one coupling opening being accessible from the outside by the at least one clearance, wherein the partition wall comprises at least one add-on part, and wherein the at least one add-on part comprises at least one flange that passes through the at least one clearance of the one of the multiplicity of tubular bodies of the wall element, and is connected to the at least one coupling opening of the at least one of the vertical stands.
2. The partition wall according to claim 1, wherein the multiplicity of tubular bodies are configured as hollow profiles, wherein the hollow profiles have an internal cross sectional shape that is circular or polygonal, and wherein an external cross sectional shape of the hollow profiles is circular or polygonal.
3. The partition wall according to claim 1, wherein individual ones of the spacer webs are each connected by opposite edges to respective ones of the adjacent ones of the multiplicity of tubular bodies.
4. The partition wall according to claim 1, wherein the wall element comprises at least two layers, wherein a first layer of the at least two layers forms a front visible side of the wall element, and wherein a second layer of the at least two layers forms a rear visible side of the wall element, and wherein the first and second layers, in a region of the spacer webs, bear on one another and are connected to one another in a planar manner and are adhesively bonded, welded and/or sewn to one another.
5. The partition wall according to claim 1, wherein the at least one add-on part is configured as a holding arm, as a support foot, as a cross stay, or as a diagonal stay.
6. The partition wall according to claim 1, wherein the partition wall comprises at least one furniture part, and wherein the at least one furniture part is directly connected to at least one of the at least one of the vertical stands and/or indirectly connected to at least one of the at least one of the vertical stands, by the at least one add-on part.
7. The partition wall according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of spacer webs of the wall element are elastically deformable and flexural about bending axes that run parallel with respect to longitudinal axes of the multiplicity of tubular bodies, and/or wherein the wall element, at a plurality of transition points between the spacer webs and the adjacent one of the multiplicity of tubular bodies, is elastically deformable and flexural about the bending axes that run parallel with respect to the longitudinal axes of the multiplicity of tubular bodies.
8. The partition wall according to claim 1, wherein the partition wall comprises at least one head, wherein the at least one head comprises at least one anchor and one adapter, wherein the adapter is connected to the at least one anchor, and wherein the at least one anchor, is either plug-fittable from above into at least one of the cavities of the multiplicity of tubular bodies of the wall element, or into the at least one of the vertical stands that is plug-fitted into the cavity of the one of the multiplicity of tubular bodies, and/or placeable from above onto the wall element in such that the at least one anchor bears laterally on at least one of the spacer webs and/or on at least one of the multiplicity of tubular bodies.
9. The partition wall according to claim 8, wherein the partition wall comprises accessory parts selected from the group consisting of storage units, bezels, and lamps, which are fastenable to the adapter.
10. The partition wall according to claim 1, wherein the partition wall comprises at least one second wall element, wherein each vertical stand has a length that is greater than a height of the wall element in a region of a respective one of the at least two floor supports, and wherein each vertical stand is connected to the second wall element such that each vertical stand is positioned above the wall element to correspond to an alignment of the vertical stands.
11. The partition wall according to claim 2, wherein the internal cross sectional shape of the hollow profiles of the multiplicity of tubular bodies is hexagonal.
12. The partition wall according to claim 2, wherein the external cross sectional shape of the hollow profiles of the multiplicity of tubular bodies is hexagonal.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) Further details of the present invention will be described in the drawing by schematically illustrated exemplary embodiments.
(2) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first variant of embodiment of a partition wall;
(3) FIGS. 2a, 2b show the wall element of the partition wall shown in FIG. 1 in a rolled-up state, in a perspective view and in a plan view;
(4) FIG. 3a shows a corner region of the wall element shown in FIGS. 1, 2a, and 2b;
(5) FIG. 3b shows a floor support of the partition wall shown in FIG. 1, the floor support being provided for push-fitting into the corner region shown in FIG. 3;
(6) FIG. 4a shows a perspective view of the corner region shown in FIG. 3a, having a floor support push-fitted thereinto, forming a second variant embodiment of a floor support;
(7) FIGS. 4b, 4c show the second variant of embodiment of the floor support in a stand-alone view and a plan view of the illustration of FIG. 4a;
(8) FIG. 5a shows a perspective view of the corner region shown in FIG. 3a, having a floor support push-fitted thereinto, forming a third variant of embodiment of a floor support;
(9) FIGS. 5b, 5c show the third variant of embodiment of the floor support in a stand-alone view and a plan view of the illustration of FIG. 5a;
(10) FIG. 6a shows a perspective view of the corner region shown in FIG. 3a, having a floor support push-fitted thereinto, the floor support corresponding to the first variant of embodiment of the floor support as known from FIGS. 1 and 3b;
(11) FIGS. 6b, 6c show the first variant of embodiment of the floor support in a stand-alone view and a plan view of the illustration of FIG. 6a;
(12) FIG. 7 shows a second variant of embodiment of a wall element having clearances;
(13) FIG. 8 shows a second variation of embodiment of a partition wall which is constructed using the wall element shown in FIG. 7;
(14) FIG. 9 shows a fragmented plan view of the second variant of embodiment of a partition wall shown in FIG. 8;
(15) FIG. 10 shows a perspective view of the second variant of embodiment of the partition wall, wherein the latter is shown with additional add-on parts and furniture parts;
(16) FIG. 11 shows a detailed view to that of FIG. 10;
(17) FIG. 12 shows the second variant of embodiment of the partition wall having further add-on parts and further furniture parts;
(18) FIG. 13 shows an exploded view of the second variant of embodiment of the partition wall shown in FIG. 10;
(19) FIG. 14 shows an exploded view of a detail of a further specification grade of the second variant of embodiment of the partition wall, wherein the partition wall comprises two heads and one accessory part;
(20) FIG. 15 shows a view of the specification grade shown in FIG. 14, in an assembled state;
(21) FIG. 16 shows an exploded view of a detail of a further specification grade of the second variant of embodiment of the partition wall, wherein the partition wall comprises one head and one accessory part;
(22) FIG. 17 shows a view of the specification grade shown in FIG. 16, in an assembled state;
(23) FIG. 18 shows a perspective view of a third variant of embodiment of a partition wall, wherein the partition wall comprises a desktop as the furniture part;
(24) FIG. 19 shows an exploded view of a fourth variant of embodiment of a partition wall, wherein the partition wall, in addition to a first wall element, comprises a second wall element; and
(25) FIG. 20 shows a view of the fourth variant of embodiment shown in FIG. 19, in an assembled state.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(26) A perspective view of a first variant of embodiment of a partition wall 1 is shown in FIG. 1. FIGS. 2a to 3b show details of this partition wall 1. The partition wall 1 comprises one wall element 2 and four floor supports 3, 4, 5, 6. The wall element 2 of the partition wall 1 has a front visible side 2a and a rear visible side 2b, and by way of the four floor supports 3, 4, 5, and 6 like a ribbon having an S-shaped progression is aligned vertically in a room R. A base edge 7 and a head edge 8 that is opposite the base edge herein run in planes which are aligned so as to be parallel with a floor B of the room R. The floor supports 3 to 6 form a stand device SV.
(27) As can be seen in the illustrations of FIGS. 2a and 2b which show the wall element 2 in the rolled-up state in a stand-alone view, the wall element 2 comprises a multiplicity of spacer webs 9, 10 (identified in an exemplary manner only) and a multiplicity of tubular bodies 11, 12 (identified in an exemplary manner only) which are also referred to as hollow profiles 11, 12. The tubular bodies 11, 12 of the wall element 2 in terms of the longitudinal axes L11, L12 of the former are all aligned so as to be mutually parallel and mutually spaced apart. To this end, one spacer web 9 is in each case always disposed between two neighbouring hollow profiles 11, 12. As can be seen in FIG. 2a, the hollow profiles 11, 12 have a hexagonal external cross section AQ and a hexagonal internal cross section IQ. It can also be seen in FIG. 2a that the spacer web 9 by way of opposite edges 9a, 9b which run parallel to the longitudinal axes L11, L12 is connected to the hollow profile 11 and to the hollow profile 12.
(28) Shown in FIG. 3a, and also visible in FIGS. 1 and 2b, is a right hand lower corner region 13 of the wall element 2 into which the floor support 3 shown in a stand-alone view in FIG. 3b is push-fitted in the assembled state of the partition wall 1 (cf. FIG. 1). The floor support 3 herein comprises one foot 14 and one holder 15, wherein the holder 15 comprises four vertical stands 16, 17, 18, and 19. The vertical stands 16, 17, and 18, 19 are mutually spaced apart such that the vertical stands 16, 17, as is shown in FIG. 1, for connecting the floor support 3 to the wall element 2 are push-fittable from below into the tubular bodies 11, 12, and that the mutually opposite vertical stands 18, 19 bear on the spacer web 9 and externally on the tubular bodies 11, 12. In order for the introduction of the holder 15 to be facilitated, the vertical stands 16, 17 are embodied so as to be longer than the vertical stands 18, 19, the former on the free ends 16a, 17a thereof in each case having one encircling chamfer 16b, 17b. The vertical stands 18, 19 at the free ends 18a, 19a thereof, towards the spacer web 9, are likewise equipped with a chamfer in order for the introduction of the spacer web 9 between the vertical stands 18, 19 to be facilitated.
(29) A perspective view of the corner region 13 shown in FIG. 3a of the wall element 2 having a floor support 103 push-fitted thereinto is shown in FIG. 4a, forming a second variant of embodiment of a floor support. The floor support 103 herein is embodied such that the floor support 103 comprises two vertical stands 118, 119 (cf. also FIG. 4b) which outside cavities 20, 21 of the tubular bodies 11, 12 bear on the front visible side 2a and on the rear visible side 2b of the wall element 2 in the region of the spacer web 9 and of the adjacent tubular bodies 11, 12, the vertical stands 118, 119 gripping the wall element 2 in a clamping manner. For stabilizing, the vertical stands 118 and 119 each also have one support stay 118c and 119c, respectively. The floor support 103 in FIG. 4b is shown in a stand-alone view, and a plan view of the arrangement shown in FIG. 4a is illustrated in FIG. 4c. It can be seen in the plan view how the wall element 2 is jammed in a gap 103a of the floor support 103, the gap 103a being configured between the two vertical stands 118 and 119, and how a foot 114 of the floor support 103 is aligned so as to be transverse to the wall element. The spacer web 9 herein has a thickness D9 to which the gap 103a is adapted. Deviating from the illustration of FIG. 4a, the wall element 2 in the illustration of FIG. 4c extends to the left and to the right beyond the floor support 103.
(30) A perspective view of the corner region 13 shown in FIG. 3a having a floor support 203 push-fitted thereinto is shown in FIG. 5a, forming a third variant of embodiment of a floor support. The floor support 203 herein is embodied such that the floor support 203 comprises two vertical stands 216, 217 (cf. FIG. 5b) which are push-fitted into the cavities 20, 21 of the tubular bodies 11, 12. The floor support 203 in FIG. 5b is shown in a stand-alone view, and a plan view of the arrangement shown in FIG. 5a is illustrated in FIG. 5c. The two vertical stands 216 and 217 are disposed so as to be mutually spaced apart on a foot 214, such that a gap 203a in which the spacer web 9 is substantially received is configured between the two vertical stands 216 and 217, the spacer web 9 being disposed between the tubular bodies 11, 12 into which the vertical stands 216, 217 are push-fitted. It can be seen in the plan view (cf. FIG. 5c) how the wall element 2 receives the vertical stands 216 and 217. Deviating from the illustration of FIG. 5a, the wall element 2 in the illustration of FIG. 5c extends to the left and to the right beyond the floor support 203.
(31) A perspective view of the corner region 13 shown in FIG. 3a having the floor support 3 as known from FIGS. 1 and 3b is shown in FIG. 6a, forming the first variant of embodiment of the floor support. In terms of the perspective illustration of the floor support 3 in FIG. 6b, reference is made to the description pertaining to FIG. 3b, wherein the illustration of FIG. 6b in relation to the illustration of FIG. 3b has been rotated slightly to the left about the vertical axis. According to the description above, it can then be seen from the plan view (cf. FIG. 6c) how the wall element 2 is held between the four vertical stands 16, 17, 18, and 19. Deviating from the illustration of FIG. 6a, the wall element 2 in the illustration of FIG. 6c extends to the left and to the right beyond the floor support 3.
(32) A second variant of embodiment of a wall element 302 is shown in a detailed view in FIG. 7. The wall element 302 has a tubular body 340 having a cavity 320 which at a regular spacing has a multiplicity of clearances 341, 342, 343 (identified in an exemplary manner only) which are configured as rectangular slots or punched cut-outs, respectively.
(33) A detailed view of a second variant of embodiment of a partition wall 301 in which the wall element 302 shown in FIG. 7 is installed is shown in FIG. 8. A vertical stand 316 of a floor support 303 is push-fitted into the tubular body 340 of the wall element 302. This vertical stand 316 has a multiplicity of coupling mechanisms 344, 345, 346 (identified in an exemplary manner only) which are aligned to the clearances 341, 342, 343 of the wall element 302 such that the coupling mechanisms 344, 345, 346 are accessible from the outside.
(34) A plan view of the illustration of FIG. 8 is shown in FIG. 9, wherein the plan view shows a slightly different fragment of the partition wall 301, the tubular body 340 and the hollow profile 340, respectively, being however illustrated in full. It can be seen in the plan view that an internal cross section IQ and an external cross section AQ of the hollow profile 340 are configured so as to be hexagonal, and that the vertical stand 316 is adapted to the internal cross section IQ so as to fill the tubular body 340 such that the latter is held without play on the vertical stand 316. It is furthermore indicated by way of a dashed line L302 in the view of FIG. 9 that the wall element 302 is formed from a first layer 347 and from a second layer 348, the layers being connected to one another in the region of the spacer webs 349.
(35) The second variant of embodiment of the partition wall 301 is shown in a wider scope in a perspective view in FIG. 10. The partition wall 301 comprises yet a second tubular body 360 having a cavity 321, which just like the first tubular body 340 comprises clearances 361, 362, 363, and a vertical stand 317 having coupling mechanisms 364, 365, 366 being push-fitted into the cavity 321. The remaining tubular bodies of the wall element 302 that are not identified are embodied without clearances, wherein, as is the case of the wall element of the first variant of embodiment of the partition wall, all tubular bodies of the wall element are connected by spacer webs and are mutually spaced apart. The partition wall 301 furthermore comprises four add-on parts 370, 371, 372, and 373 which are configured as holding arms 370a, 371a, and as support feet 372a, 373a. Additionally thereto, the partition wall 301 comprises furniture parts 374, 375 which are configured as a shelf base 374a and as a shelf rod 375a. The shelf base 374a is carried by the holding arms 370a, 371a, and the shelf rod 375a is disposed between the support feet 372a, 373a in order to stabilize the latter. Furthermore to be seen in FIG. 10 is a foot 368 which is connected to the vertical stand 317.
(36) As can be seen from the detailed view shown in FIG. 11, pertaining to FIG. 10, of the add-on part 371, the add-on part 371 comprises two flanges 371b and 371c which are configured as hook-type cams by way of which the add-on part 371, so as to pass through the clearances 362, 363, engages in the coupling mechanism 365, 366 of the vertical stand 317. The other add-on parts 370, 372, 373 (cf. FIG. 10) are fastened in a comparable manner.
(37) The partition wall 301 is shown in a further specification grade in FIG. 12, in which further add-on parts and further furniture parts have been added to the partition wall 301 such that the latter has utilization potentials not only toward the front visible side 302a thereof, but also additional utilization potentials toward the rear visible side 302b of the partition wall 301. To this end, the tubular bodies 340, 360 opposite the clearances 361, 362, 363 thereof have further clearances, and the vertical stands 316, 317 are accordingly also provided with further coupling mechanisms.
(38) An exploded view pertaining to the specification state of the partition wall 301 as illustrated in FIG. 10 is shown in FIG. 13 such that the individual components can be more readily identified, and a foot 367 which is associated with the first vertical stand 316 and together with the latter forms a floor support 303 also being identifiable. Cover caps 369, 370 by way of which the vertical stands 316, 317 can be closed off at the top are furthermore shown.
(39) An exploded view of a detail of a further specification grade of the second variant of embodiment of the partition wall 301 is shown in F 14, wherein the partition wall 301 additionally comprises two heads 380, 381 and one accessory part 382. The head 380 comprises two anchors 380a, 380b and one adapter 380c. The adapter 380c herein is connected to the two anchors 380a, 380b. The head 380 by way of the two anchors 380a, 380b thereof is placeable from above onto the wall element 302 in such a manner that the anchors 380a, 380b bear laterally on a spacer web 383 and on tubular bodies 384, 385 which have cavities 322, 323 and are adjacent to the spacer web 383, thus gripping the wall element 302 in a clamping manner. The fixation of the head 381 is carried out correspondingly. The accessory part 382 which is configured as a storage unit 382a is then held by the adapters 380c and 381c. A view of the specification grade illustrated in FIG. 14 is shown in an assembled state in FIG. 15.
(40) An exploded view of a detail of a further specification grade of the second variant of embodiment of the partition wall 301 in shown in FIG. 16, wherein the partition wall 301 additionally comprises a head 390. The head 390 comprises an anchor 390a and an adapter 390c. The adapter 390c herein is connected to the anchor 390a. The head 390 by way of the anchor 390a thereof is placeable from above onto the wall element 302 in such a manner that the anchor 390a is received without play in a cavity 324 of a tubular body 396 of the wall element 302. The adapter 390c as an accessory part 392 forms a storage unit 392a. A view of the specification grade illustrated in FIG. 16 is shown in an assembled state in FIG. 17.
(41) A perspective view of a third variant of embodiment of a partition wall 401 is shown in FIG. 18, wherein the partition wall 401 as a furniture part 474 comprises a desktop 474a. The partition wall 401 comprises seven vertical stands 497a-497i which are received in tubular bodies 498a-498i of a wall element 402 of the partition wall 401 and comprise coupling mechanisms 444-446 (identified in an exemplary manner only), the desktop 474a by holding arms (not illustrated) being hooked into the coupling mechanisms 444-446. The desktop 474a is carried by the wall element 402 on three sides. It is also provided that the desktop 474a or a board having another depth is used as a seat, the latter being suspended at a height corresponding to the requirements. Alternatively or additionally, it is likewise provided for a shelf unit to be configured in the manner of the desktop by suspending a plurality of boards on top of one another.
(42) An exploded view of a fourth variant of embodiment of a partition wall 501 is shown in FIG. 19, wherein the partition wall 501 in addition to a first wall element 502 comprises a second wall element 599. In principle, the partition wall 501 is of comparable construction to that of the partition wall shown in FIG. 10. Accordingly, reference is made to the description of the figure pertaining to FIG. 10. As opposed to the partition wall shown in FIG. 10, the partition wall 501 shown in FIG. 19 comprises vertical stands 516 and 517 which have a length L516, L517 which is longer than a height H502 of the first wall element 502 in the region of the vertical stands 516, 517. The vertical stands 516, 517 by way of the end portions 516a, 517a thereof that project beyond the first partition wall 502 are push-fitted into the second wall element 599 such that the latter forms a partition wall elevation.
(43) A view of the fourth variant of embodiment of the partition wall 501 illustrated in FIG. 19 is shown in an assembled state in FIG. 20.
LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS
(44) 1 Partition wall (1.sup.st variant) 2 Wall element 2a Front visible side of 2 2b Rear visible side of 2 3-6 Floor support 7 Base edge of 2 8 Head edge of 2 9 Spacer web 9a, 9b Edge of 9 10 Spacer web 11, 12 Tubular body/hollow profile 13 Lower corner region of 2 14 Foot of 3 15 Holder of 3 16-19 Vertical stand 16a-19a Free end of 16a-19a 16b, 17b Encircling chamfer on 16a, 16b 20, 21 Cavity of 11, 12 103 Floor support (2.sup.nd variant of embodiment) 103a Gap 114 Foot 118, 119 Vertical stand 118c, 119c Support stay of 118, 119 203 Floor support (3.sup.rd variant of embodiment) 203a Gap 214 Foot 216, 217 Vertical stand 301 Partition wall (2.sup.nd variant) 302 Wall element 302a Front visible side of 302 302b Rear visible side of 302 303 Floor support 304 Floor support 316 Vertical stand in 340 317 Vertical stand in 360 320-324 Cavity of 320, 321, 384, 385, 396 340 Tubular body 341-343 Clearance in 340 344-346 Coupling mechanism of 316 347 First layer of 302 348 Second layer of 302 349 Spacer web 360 Second tubular body 361-363 Clearance in 360 364-366 Coupling mechanism of 317 367 Foot of 316 368 Foot of 317 370-373 Add-on parts 370a, 371a Holding arm 371b, 371c Flange of 371 372a, 373a Support foot 374, 375 Furniture parts 374a Shelf base 375a Shelf rod 376, 377 Cover cap 380 Head 380a, 380b Anchor 380c Adapter 381 Head 381c Adapter 382 Accessory part 382a Storage unit 383 Spacer web 384, 385 Tubular body 390 Head 390a Anchor 390c Adapter 392 Accessory part 392a Storage unit 396 Tubular body 401 Partition wall 402 Wall element 444-446 Coupling mechanism of 497a 474 Furniture part 474a Desktop 497a-497i Vertical stand 498a-498i Tubular body of 402 501 Partition wall 502 First wall element 516, 517 Vertical stand 516a, 517a End portion of 516, 517 599 Second wall element AQ External cross section B Floor D9 Thickness of 9 H502 Height of 502 IQ Internal cross section L11, L12 Longitudinal axis of 11 or 12, respectively L302 Line in FIG. 9 L516, L517 Length of 516, 517 R Room SV Stand device
