Parts of a Cubicle – Labeled Office Cubicle Diagram

All 8 parts on the diagram

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Office cubicle 8

Panel Cubicles are built of panels joined edge to edge. Most are covered in fabric, and the shelves and work surface hang on them.
Top cap It finishes the top of the panel. On some systems cables run through it.
Raceway Power and telephone wiring run through it from panel to panel. The outlets are set in it.
Overhead bin It hangs on the panel, along a track under the top cap.
Task light It shines down on the work surface. It is fixed under the overhead bin or a shelf.
Shelf Hangs on the panel and can be moved to suit the user.
Work surface It hangs on the panels, like the bin and the shelf.
Pedestal Often shortened to ped. It is normally under the work surface.

How this list was compiled: Every name checked on 2026-09-30 and kept only where at least two independent sources use it: (1) Wikipedia, text only: Cubicle; (2) an installation manual for lifting systems furniture, full text at https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-7329601; (3) Contract magazine, October 1984, full text at https://archive.org/details/usmodernist-C-1984-10; (4) a book on office systems and three architecture magazines, read only as the passages archive.org's full-text search returns. No furniture maker is named or drawn. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-09-30 from plain geometry; no maker's product, nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

The parts of a cubicle, the office workstation built from panels. One drawing looks in through the open side, so every part that hangs on the panels can be seen.

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The panels first, then what hangs on them

Numbers 1 to 3 are the wall itself: the panel, the top cap along its top edge and the raceway along its foot. Numbers 4 to 7 hang on the panels: the overhead bin with the task light under it, the shelf and the work surface. Number 8, the pedestal, is under the work surface.

Office furniture makers write worksurface as one word. It is the desk top.
The raceway is where the power comes from: the outlets are set in it.

Questions and answers

What are the parts of a cubicle called?

The walls are panels, each with a top cap and a raceway for cables along its foot. A work surface, an overhead bin and shelves hang on the panels. A task light shines on the work surface, and a pedestal of drawers is under it.

What are cubicle walls called?

Panels, or partitions. They are usually 5 to 6 feet tall and are joined edge to edge. Many are covered in fabric that pins can be pushed into.

What is a pedestal in a cubicle?

The stack of drawers under the work surface, often called a ped. Some pedestals stand on the floor.

What is the raceway on a cubicle panel?

A channel along the base of the panel that carries the electrical and telephone wiring from one panel to the next. The outlets are set in it.