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An upright panel having an upwardly-opening top channel extending along the upper edge, which channel is closed off by a top cap. Spring retainers releasably engage the underside of the top cap, and in turn releasably secure the top cap to the panel. Each spring retainer has sidewardly-spaced upward

An upright panel having an upwardly-opening top channel extending along the upper edge, which channel is closed off by a top cap. Spring retainers releasably engage the underside of the top cap, and in turn releasably secure the top cap to the panel. Each spring retainer has sidewardly-spaced upwardly cantilevered spring legs which have hooks for engagement within retaining channels provided on the underside of the top cap. An arched spring part extends sidewardly between the spring legs adjacent the lower ends thereof. This arched part is normally positioned downwardly from the underside of the top cap. Sidewardly-spaced downwardly cantilevered spring legs extend downwardly from the upper spring legs, and at their lower ends have sidewardly projecting cams which project under the channel top flanges. During removal of the top cap, the upper and lower spring legs initially jointly deflect inwardly about the top hooks, and this causes resilient deflection of the arched part until it abuts the top cap. Further removal of the top cap causes the lower spring legs to resiliently deflect inwardly about the ends of the arched spring part, while the retainer remains securely engaged with the top cap.

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In an upright space-dividing wall assembly including an upright panel having an upwardly-opening top channel extending longitudinally along an upper edge thereof, a horizontally elongated top cap releasably mounted on the upper edge of said panel for closing off said top channel, and a resilient ret

In an upright space-dividing wall assembly including an upright panel having an upwardly-opening top channel extending longitudinally along an upper edge thereof, a horizontally elongated top cap releasably mounted on the upper edge of said panel for closing off said top channel, and a resilient retainer coacting between said top cap and said panel for releasably securing said top cap to said panel, the improvement comprising: said top channel having top flanges which extend longitudinally therealong and which project inwardly toward one another from opposite sides thereof; said top cap having a pair of sidewardly-spaced support ribs projecting downwardly therefrom and extending longitudinally therealong, each said support rib defining therein a retaining channel which opens sidewardly toward the other support rib; and said retainer including (1) a sidewardly-spaced pair of upwardly cantilevered spring legs which at their upper free ends terminate in sidewardly-directed retaining flanges which engage within the respective retaining channels, (2) an upwardly-arched spring part joined between said upwardly cantilevered spring legs adjacent the lower ends thereof, said arched spring part having a middle part which is spaced upwardly from the lower ends of said upwardly cantilevered spring legs and which is normally positioned close to but spaced downwardly a small distance from an undersurface of said top cap, and (3) a sidewardly-spaced pair of downwardly cantilevered spring legs which project downwardly from said spring part and terminate in sidewardly outwardly projecting camming flanges which resiliently project under the top flanges of said top channel.