Partition panel for subdividing a room area

Claim 1

An improved partition panel for combination with similarly constructed partition panels in subdividing the area of a room, said improved partition panel comprising an internal plastic body having plural openings therein for reducing the weight thereof, a rectangular frame having a rectangular opening therein sized to receive therein said plastic body to form a composite body structure, a pair of flat sheets applied as facing on opposite sides of said composite body structure to complete the construction of said partition panel, a pair of fabric covers, each of a looped fibrous construction, adhesively secured in covering relation on opposite sides of said partition panel, and a fabric strip, of an extending hook-like fibrous construction adapted to engage with said looped fibrous construction of said fabric covers, adhesively secured about the periphery of said partition panel for achieving said engagement of said panel incident to the contact of said fabric strip thereof to said fabric cover of a cooperating panel, said fabric strip being of a lengthwise size to extend along both vertically oriented edges and at least along one horizontally oriented edge of said partition panel, whereby during disengagement of said two partition panels at the juncture of a vertically oriented edge of one from its contact with a fabric cover of the other the length portion of said fabric strip being disengaged is prevented from inadvertent removal from about said partition panel by said wrapped positioning of said remaining length portion thereof relative to said panel edges.