Multi-use conferencing space, table arrangement and display configuration

Abstract

A partition assembly for use in a space including a floor structure and at least a first workspace where the workspace includes a first egress along a first side, the assembly including a first support positionable to extend upward from the floor structure adjacent the at least a first workspace and at least a first closure structure supported by the first support proximate the workspace for movement between a first position wherein the closure structure is at least in part located above the workspace and a second position wherein the closure structure is located at least one of adjacent the first egress and within the first egress so as to restrict movement through the first egress.

1 . A partition assembly for use in a space including a floor structure and at least a first workspace where the workspace includes a first egress along a first side, the assembly comprising: 
 a first support positionable to extend upward from the floor structure adjacent the at least a first workspace; and    at least a first closure structure supported by the first support proximate the workspace for movement between a first position wherein the closure structure is at least in part located above the workspace and a second position wherein the closure structure is located at least one of adjacent the first egress and within the first egress so as to restrict movement through the first egress.    
     
     
         2 . The assembly of  claim 1  wherein the closure structure is pivotally mounted to the first support for movement between the first and second positions about a first substantially horizontal pivot axis.  
     
     
         3 . The assembly of  claim 2  wherein the closure structure includes a substantially planar and substantially rectilinear first panel member that is at least somewhat vertical when the closure structure is in the second position.  
     
     
         4 . The assembly of  claim 3  wherein the first panel member includes a first edge and the closure structure includes a second substantially planar and substantially rectilinear panel member that is connected along the first edge of the first panel member, the first and second panel members forming an obtuse angle.  
     
     
         5 . The assembly of  claim 4  wherein the second panel member is substantially horizontal and at least in part above the workspace when the first closure structure is in the first position.  
     
     
         6 . The assembly of  claim 3  further including at least a first flat panel display screen supported by the closure structure.  
     
     
         7 . The assembly of  claim 6  wherein the first panel member includes an internal surface that faces the workspace when the closure member is in each of the first and second positions and wherein the first flat panel display is supported by the closure member so as to face the workspace when the closure structure is in each of the first and second positions.  
     
     
         8 . The assembly of  claim 1  further including a second support spaced apart from the first support by the workspace wherein the first closure structure is also supported by the second support for movement between the first and second positions.  
     
     
         9 . The assembly of  claim 8  wherein each of the first and second supports include a top end and wherein the assembly further includes an arch member that connects the tops ends of the first and second supports together.  
     
     
         10 . The assembly of  claim 8  wherein the first closure member is pivotally supported by the first and second supports for movement between the first and second positions.  
     
     
         11 . The assembly of  claim 8  wherein each of the first and second supports includes a track, the first closure structure includes rollers and wherein at least a subset of the rollers are receivable in and moveable along the tracks as the first closure structure moves between the first and second positions.  
     
     
         12 . The assembly of  claim 1  wherein the workspace includes a second egress along a second side, the assembly further including a second closure structure supported by the first support proximate the workspace for movement between a first position wherein the second closure structure is at least in part located above the workspace and a second position wherein the second closure structure is located at least one of adjacent the second egress and within the second egress so as to restrict movement through the second egress.  
     
     
         13 . The assembly of  claim 12  wherein the first closure structure is pivotally mounted to the first support for rotation about a first horizontal axis and wherein the second closure structure is pivotally mounted to the first support for rotation about a second horizontal axis.  
     
     
         14 . The assembly of  claim 13  wherein each of the first and second closure structures includes at least a first substantially flat rectilinear panel wherein the first panels are substantially horizontal when the closure structures are in the first positions and are at least in part vertically oriented when the closure structures are in the second positions.  
     
     
         15 . The assembly of  claim 14  further including a second support spaced apart from the first support by the workspace wherein each of the first and second closure structures are further supported by the second support member for movement between the first and second positions.  
     
     
         16 . A partition assembly for use in a space including a floor structure and at least a first workspace where the workspace includes first and second egresses along first and second sides, respectively, the assembly comprising: 
 first and second supports positionable to extend upward from the floor structure on opposite sides of and adjacent the at least a first workspace;    a first closure panel supported by the first and second supports for movement between a first position wherein the first closure panel is at least in part located above the workspace and a second position wherein the first closure panel is located at least one of adjacent the first egress and within the first egress so as to restrict movement through the first egress; and    a second closure panel supported by the first and second supports for movement between a first position wherein the second closure panel is at least in part located above the workspace and a second position wherein the second closure panel is located at least one of adjacent the second egress and within the second egress so as to restrict movement through the second egress;    wherein each of the first and second closure panels is substantially horizontal when in the first position and is at least in part vertically oriented when in the second position.    
     
     
         17 . A conferencing assembly comprising: 
 first and second display screen structures arranged on opposite sides of a conferencing space where the first and second screen structures face in substantially opposite directions and where each of the display screen structures includes first and second lateral edges;    a first seat located adjacent the first edge of the first display screen structure and separated from a second edge of the second display screen structure, the first seat juxtaposed to substantially face the space between the first and second display screen structures; and    a second seat located adjacent a first edge of the second display screen structure and separated from the second edge of the first display screen structure, the second seat juxtaposed to substantially face the space between the first and second display screens, at least in part facing the first seat and so that the conferencing space is at least in part between the first and second seats.    
     
     
         18 . The assembly of  claim 17  wherein each of the first and second seats includes an elongated arcuate couch that is concave toward the conferencing space.  
     
     
         19 . The assembly of  claim 18  wherein each of the seats includes a back support, the assembly further including first and second counter members supported by the back supports of the first and second seats, each of the counter members extending rearward from a supporting back member.  
     
     
         20 . The assembly of  claim 19  wherein each of the counter members is arcuate and extends substantially along a length dimension of an adjacent back support.  
     
     
         21 . The assembly of  claim 17  wherein the first and second seats are immediately adjacent the first and second display screen structures.  
     
     
         22 . The assembly of  claim 17  wherein each of the first and second seats includes a back support, the assembly further including first and second arcuate wall members located adjacent the first and second seats, respectively, where the wall members extend to heights higher than the back supports.  
     
     
         23 . The assembly of  claim 22  wherein each of the arcuate wall members has a height dimension between four and seven feet.  
     
     
         24 . The assembly of  claim 17  wherein each of the first and second seats includes a back support, the assembly further including at least a third display screen supported above and adjacent the first seat back support.  
     
     
         25 . The assembly of  claim 24  further including at least a fourth display screen supported above and adjacent the second sitting arrangement back support.  
     
     
         26 . The assembly of  claim 17  wherein the first display screen structure includes a first panel that is between four and seven feet high wherein the first display is one of mounted in and mounted on the first panel and wherein the second display screen structure includes a second panel that is between four and seven feet high wherein the second display is one of mounted in and mounted on the second panel.