Workspace system and components and method for the use thereof
AssigneeSteelcase Inc.
InventorsCharles Beasley, Justin G. Beitzel, Brandon Johnson, Daniel Perez Marin, Robert Jeffers
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Abstract
A workspace system includes different base components, different accessory interfaces and different accessories. Different accessory interfaces may be fixed to different base components, and different accessories may be releasably engaged by different, or the same accessory interfaces. The same accessories may be engaged by different accessory interfaces. The base components and accessories may be reconfigured to define different workspaces. Methods of assembling and reconfiguring the workspaces are also provided.
Claims17
A table comprising:
- a worksurface having a front, user facing side, opposite ends and a rear side, wherein a longitudinal direction is defined between the opposite ends and a lateral direction is defined between the front and rear sides;
- a support leg having an upper portion and a lower portion connected to the upper portion, wherein the lower portion defines a rotation axis forming an acute angle with a horizontal plane, wherein the rotation axis is disposed in a vertical plane extending in the lateral direction, and wherein the upper portion of the support leg is coupled to the worksurface;
- a wheel rotatably mounted to the lower portion about the rotation axis and engageable with a floor, wherein the wheel is rotatable when the worksurface is moved in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the wheel is non-rotatable when the worksurface is moved in the lateral direction.
A table comprising:
- a worksurface;
- a support leg supporting the worksurface, wherein the support leg defines first and second rotation axes, each of the first and second rotation axes forming an acute angle with a horizontal plane, wherein the first and second rotation axes are disposed in a vertical plane;
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- first and second wheels rotatably mounted to the support leg about the first and second rotation axes respectively, wherein the first and second wheels are engageable with a floor, wherein the first and second wheels are rotatable when the worksurface is moved in a first horizontal direction orthogonal to the vertical plane, and wherein the first and second wheels are non-rotatable when the worksurface is moved in a second horizontal direction parallel to the vertical plane.
A support leg comprising:
- first and second portions defining first and second rotation axes, each of the first and second rotation axes forming an acute angle with a horizontal plane, wherein the first and second rotation axes are disposed in a vertical plane;
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- first and second wheels rotatably mounted to the support leg about the first and second rotation axes respectively, wherein the first and second wheels are engageable with a floor, wherein the first and second wheels are rotatable when the worksurface is moved in a first horizontal direction orthogonal to the vertical plane, and wherein the first and second wheels are non-rotatable when the worksurface is moved in a second horizontal direction parallel to the vertical plane.
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