Modular partition arrangement

Claim 1

A partition arrangement built from modules; said modules comPrising sleeve-like posts having substantially identical internal shapes of substantially identical internal dimensions; wire mesh panel members, each panel member being enclosed by a frame member, each panel member being adapted to be secured to an edge of said sleeve-like posts at an edge of a frame member thereof; said sleeve-like posts being of a predetermined standard length; said panel members being of a predetermined standard height and width; the length of each of said posts corresponding to the height of said panel members; and resilient insert members having an external shape corresponding substantially to the internal shape of said sleeve-like posts, and external dimensions slightly in excess of the internal dimensions of said sleeve-like posts; said inserts being adapted to be inserted in one end of two sleeve-like posts at opposing ends of said inserts whereby to join together said sleeve-like posts; base members comprising a sleeve-like member mounted on a base plate, said base plate being adapted to be anchored to a floor surface; said arrangement comprising: a plurality of base members anchored to said floor surface on a line forming an outline of said arrangement, the distance between two adjacent base members corresponding substantially to the width of said panel members; a column extending upwardly from each said base member, said columns each comprising a plurality of the sleeve-like posts joined together by said resilient inserts, each said column being joined to its corresponding base member by one of said inserts; and panel members between adjacent sets of sleeve-like posts, said panel members being secured to the edges of said adjacent posts.