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US 2020/0345133 A1Published application
Article of furniture and method of using the same
AssigneeKnoll, Inc.
InventorsPavel Ruzicka, Mark P. Scafini
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Abstract
An article of furniture can include a flipping actuation mechanism. A privacy screen apparatus can also be connectable to the article of furniture. The flipping actuation mechanism and the privacy screen apparatus can each be configured to facilitate flipping and stacking or nesting of tables or other types of articles of furniture.
Claims21
1-15. (canceled)
An article of furniture comprising:
- a base that supports a work surface;
- a privacy screen apparatus comprising a lower privacy screen body that is positioned below a front edge of the work surface, the lower privacy screen body being attached to the work surface via a plurality of resilient lower privacy screen connectors, the resilient lower privacy screen connectors comprised of an elastomeric material so that the resilient lower privacy screen connectors are resilient and flexible so that the lower privacy screen body is flexibly hung from the work surface via the resilient lower privacy screen connectors such that gravity orients a position of the lower privacy screen when the work surface is flipped position from a first position to a second position and gravity also orients the position of the lower privacy screen when the work surface is moved from the second position to the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.