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A raceway structure for a prewired wall panel, which structure provides a raceway formed by a single upwardly opening channel-shaped member which releasably attaches to the lower edge of the panel frame. Each leg of this channel member forms an openable side cover. At the end of a series of panels,

A raceway structure for a prewired wall panel, which structure provides a raceway formed by a single upwardly opening channel-shaped member which releasably attaches to the lower edge of the panel frame. Each leg of this channel member forms an openable side cover. At the end of a series of panels, a one-piece end cover snappingly engages the end of the channel member to close off the channel member and to provide a sturdy structure having a highly desirable appearance. When two such panels are joined to define a 90°corner, then similar end covers can again be utilized, which end covers can be cut along predetermined score lines to define either windows or doors which readily accommodate either a flexible electrical connector joining the two panels, or communication cables which extend between adjacent panels.

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In an upright space-dividing wall structure formed from a plurality of prefabricated upright panels which are serially connected together, and a raceway structure associated with the lower edge of each said panel and extending longitudinally thereof, said raceway structure defining therein an interi

In an upright space-dividing wall structure formed from a plurality of prefabricated upright panels which are serially connected together, and a raceway structure associated with the lower edge of each said panel and extending longitudinally thereof, said raceway structure defining therein an interior channel extending longitudinally of the panel, the improvement wherein said raceway structure comprises a horizontally elongated one-piece channel member which opens upwardly and includes a bottom wall and a pair of upwardly projecting side covers which adjacent their upper edges are provided with means for releasably securing said channel member to said panel adjacent the lower edge thereof, each said side cover being joined to said bottom wall by an integral hinge to permit the side cover to be swingably moved between an upright closed position and a lowered open position providing access into the interior of said channel member, said channel member at each end thereof having a pair of end flanges which project transversely inwardly from a respective one of said side covers in opposed relationship to one another, said end flanges defining a substantially vertical plane which extends substantially perpendicular with respect to the longitudinal direction of said channel member, said end flanges each projecting transversely inwardly through an extent which is less than one-half the horizontal width of said channel so that the end flanges have opposed free edges which extend substantially vertically and are horizontally separated by a slotlike space which is defined therebetween and communicates with the end of said channel, first and second vertically spaced opening means formed in each of said end flanges, and a one-piece end cover releasably attached to said pair of end flanges for closing off the end of said channel member, said one-piece end cover including a substantially planar part of substantially rectangular shape corresponding to the cross section of said channel member, a pair of horizontally spaced first pin means fixed to and projecting outwardly from the inner side of said planar part for respective engagement with the first opening means, a pair of horizontally spaced second pin means projecting outwardly from the inner side of said planar part, the second pin means being positioned vertically above the first pin means and respectively engaged with the second opening means, said first and second pin means when engaged within the first and second opening means maintaining the side covers in their upright closed positions for preventing either inward or outward movement of the side covers.