Table with folding modesty panel
AssigneeHowe Furniture Corporation
InventorNiels Diffrient
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Abstract
A folding modesty panel on the edge of a table surface is maintained in either an extended, vertical, position or a folded, horizontal, position by a single spring or set of springs. The panel may be utilized as a wire manager by the provision of a flexible mesh trough connected between the bottom of the panel and the underside of the table top. An access cover on the front of the panel permits access to the contents of the trough and conceals its contents when closed.
Claims10
In a table having a top with at least one substantially linear edge and a modesty panel adjacent said edge, the improvement which comprises:
- hinge means connecting the modesty panel to said table top for positioning the modesty panel about an axis of rotation between a vertical, extended, position and a horizontal, folded, position beneath said table top;
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- an elongated tension spring having a first end connected to said table top and a second end connected to said modesty panel such that said spring passes through said axis of rotation when said modesty panel is moved from one of said vertical and horizontal positions to the other to thereby retain said modesty panel in either of said positions.
In a table having a top with at least one substantially linear edge, the improvement which comprises:
- wire openings adjacent the linear edge of said table top;
- a substantially rectangular frame formed of upper and lower support members and first and second end brackets;
- means for mounting said rectangular frame to the underside of said table top adjacent said linear edge for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis between a vertical, extended, position and a horizontal, folded position beneath said table top;
- a flexible wire-supporting trough mounted to said rectangular frame and open to receive wires passing into it from said wire openings, said trough being compressible when empty to permit said rectangular frame to assume its folded position;
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- access cover means for closing said frame and concealing contents of said trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.