Workstation with flexible canopy

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring to FIGS.
1 and 2, the invention relates to a self-contained workstation or work nest 10 having a multi-panel divider wall or screen 12 which defines a workstation area 13 and includes a multi-panel door assembly 14 hingedly connected along one vertical edge to the divider wall 12.
The workstation 10 also includes an overhead canopy assembly 15 which is pivotally connected to the divider wall 12 and overlies the workstation area 13.
Generally, the divider wall 12 has three interconnected freestanding panels 16 to generally define the workstation area 13 and support office components and fixtures therein.
Further, the door assembly 14 includes three pivotally connected door panels 16 such that the door assembly 14 is swingable as a unit between open and closed positions while each individual door panel 16 is independently swingable relative to an adjacent door panel 16.
To provide privacy while also providing additional overhead clearance, the overhead canopy 15 is pivotally connected to the divider wall 12.
Accordingly, the workstation 10 is self-contained, mobile and readily accessible while being readily adaptable to satisfy particular workstation requirements.
More particularly, the divider wall 12 of this workstation arrangement 10, includes three separate and substantially identical upright wall panels 17 (FIG.
2) disposed with adjacent side edges substantially abutting one another so that the panels 17 are effectively joined in series as generally illustrated in FIG.
2.
The divider wall arrangement is intended to be stably and self-supportingly positioned on and project vertically upwardly from a support surface such as a floor, and to provide requisite stability where each of the end wall panels 17 are horizontally angularly oriented with respect to the center or intermediate one of the three wall panels 17.
Each wall panel 17 generally includes a laterally spaced pair of vertical edge rails 18 which are joined together by laterally extending horizontal top and bottom cross rails 19 that are fixedly joined together to form a generally rectangular fixed frame