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A freestanding portable partition panel system is provided for open office spaces and the like. Each panel includes a skeleton-like frame having two vertical uprights positioned adjacent opposite side edges thereof, and at least two pairs of horizontal stringers attached to the outer faces of the up

A freestanding portable partition panel system is provided for open office spaces and the like. Each panel includes a skeleton-like frame having two vertical uprights positioned adjacent opposite side edges thereof, and at least two pairs of horizontal stringers attached to the outer faces of the uprights in a vertically spaced apart relationship to rigidly interconnect the same. One or more horizontal rows of slots are defined in each of the stringers. Cover panels are detachably mounted thereon to provide ready access to the frame. The cover panels permit access to the slots, and special off-module connectors with hooks for engaging the slots are provided for interconnecting adjacent panels in off-module positions. The hooks of the connectors are engaged with selected slots to hold a first partition panel perpendicular to a second partition panel in an off-module position on its face.

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[ The invention claimed is:] [1.]1. In a partition system including first and second partitions each having vertical side edges, one of the vertical side edges of the second partition being positioned in an off-module position adjacent a face of the first partition and between the vertical side edge

[ The invention claimed is:] [1.]1. In a partition system including first and second partitions each having vertical side edges, one of the vertical side edges of the second partition being positioned in an off-module position adjacent a face of the first partition and between the vertical side edges of the first partition, the first partition defining a horizontal row of slots, and the one vertical side edge of the second partition having connecting structure thereon proximate the horizontal row of slots, a bracket system for interconnecting the second partition in the off-module position on the first partition comprising:first and second brackets, each having a partition-engaging end with at least one hook, and further having a configured end shaped for connection to the connecting structure of the second partition, the at least one hooks of the first and second brackets facing in opposite directions and lying along and substantially adjacent to a common horizontal plane so that the at least one hooks define a relatively thin vertical dimension, the at least one hooks being configured to laterally interlockingly and securely engage selected ones of the slots of the first partition in opposite directions when the configured ends are fixed relative to each other and secured to the connecting structure, the at least one hooks being spaced apart horizontally and configured to securely stabilize the second partition on the first partition.