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An office partition panel is electrically attached to an adjacent panel and/or a power source line. The panel has a body to be mounted upright on a lower edge having an elongated weldment forming a channel opening upwardly. Frame elements engage between the body and the weldment, spacing the channel

An office partition panel is electrically attached to an adjacent panel and/or a power source line. The panel has a body to be mounted upright on a lower edge having an elongated weldment forming a channel opening upwardly. Frame elements engage between the body and the weldment, spacing the channel from the body and from a lowermost channel forming the lower edge of the panel. The weldment provides lateral access to the channel for laying in wiring. An electrical fixture such as an outlet receptacle is mounted along the channel, and the channel supports the electrical wiring terminating at the electrical fixture. The wiring path leads from the channel in one panel to an adjacent panel and a bridge channel element attaches to the weldment to extend the channel across a gap between the adjacent panels. A cover strip removably mountable on the lower edge covers the channel laterally for enclosing the electrical wiring, and a bridge cover strip covers the bridge channel element across the gap. The electrical wiring can be installed laterally into the channel, and terminated at the electrical fixture, for hardwiring the partition system, whereupon the channel is closed to safely enclose the wiring.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A wiring support for a system of adjacent partition panels, each panel having a body to be mounted upright on a lower edge, the wiring support comprising:an elongated weldment attached to and substantially coextensive with the lower edge of each panel, the weldment forming a channel

[ I claim:] [1.] A wiring support for a system of adjacent partition panels, each panel having a body to be mounted upright on a lower edge, the wiring support comprising:an elongated weldment attached to and substantially coextensive with the lower edge of each panel, the weldment forming a channel opening upwardly;at least two frame elements coupled to the weldment, the frame elements engaging between the body and the weldment adjacent opposite edges of the body, the frame elements spacing the channel from the lower edge of the panel to provide lateral access to the channel;an electrical fixture disposed in a mounting disposed along the channel, such that the channel supports electrical wiring terminating at the electrical fixture and leads from one panel to an adjacent panel;an upwardly opening bridge channel element mounted to one of said frame elements and extending the channel across a gap between the adjacent panels;a cover strip removably mounted at the lower edge of each panel and at least partly covering the channel laterally, the channel being closed by the cover strip, wherein said cover strip encloses the electrical wiring; anda bridging cover strip attached to bridge channel element, covering the bridge channel element across the gap to and creating a continuously enclosed path for the electrical wiring between the adjacent panels;whereby the electrical wiring can be installed laterally into the channel, and terminated at the electrical fixture, for hardwiring the system of adjacent partition panels.