Desk with concealed wire storage
AssigneeSligh Furniture Co.
InventorJames O. Kelley
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Abstract
A desk and spaced panels at the edge of the desk forming a half-wall are combined to make the space within the wall available for the storage of wires and equipment associated with devices in use on or adjacent the desk. The half-wall extends above the desk top, and has a slot traversed by the wires leading out to the devices. Brackets that also traverse the slot can be used to support the devices well above the desk surface. The inner panels forming the half-wall are adapted to support shelves under the desk. The brackets also can be mounted in a desk wherein the spaced panels at the surface of the desk, with the slot being formed in a horizontal surface in the desk. The brackets have adjustable support feet and can have cylindrical accessory supports.
Claims29
An article of furniture having a top providing a work surface, wherein the improvement comprises:
- horizontally spaced parallel inner and outer panels forming at least one side of said article of furniture, and providing a storage receptacle between said panels;
- a cover movably secured to the furniture so as to form a top closure for said storage receptacle, a horizontal access slot to the storage receptacle being formed adjacent the cover;
- accessory bracket means for supporting desk accessories above the surface of the desk, the accessory bracket means being mounted in the storage receptacle and extending through the slot to support the desk accessories;
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- terminal means for supporting the accessory bracket means by engagement with coupling means on the accessory bracket means, the terminal means being secured to the outer panel in the interior of the storage receptacle, the terminal means having a hook portion opening downwardly, and said coupling means having a mating hook portion engageable with said terminal hook portion in an upwardly rotated position of said coupling means hook portion, said coupling means also having an adjustable abutment extendable after engagement of said terminal and mating hook portions to prevent back-rotation of said bracket means toward a disengaging position.
In a desk comprising a work surface, a wire storage receptacle having an open interior and including a pair of spaced side panels and a bottom, the wire storage receptacle being adjacent the work surface and accessible from the desk top through an access opening, the access opening being partially closable by a cover covering the opening, a longitudinal slot for wire egress and the like being formed between the cover and the desk and running along the wire storage receptacle, the improvement comprising accessory bracket means releasably mounted in the interior of the storage receptacle by bracket mounting means and extending therefrom outwardly through the longitudinal slot, the portion of the accessory bracket means extending out of the slot serving to support desk accessories off the surface of the desk, the bracket mounting means comprising a terminal mounting strip mounted in the interior of the wire storage receptacle and extending along the receptacle parallel to and in communication with the slot, a coupling means at an interior end of the bracket means serving to attach the bracket means to the terminal mounting strip, the coupling means permitting the bracket means to be moved to a variety of positions along the terminal mounting strip.
In an article of furniture providing a work surface, an enclosed wire storage receptacle formed by spaced side panels adjacent the work surface, an access opening providing access into the interior of the storage receptacle from the desk top, and an openable top mounted on the storage receptacle so as to selectively close the access opening, a longitudinal slot for wires and the like being formed between the top and the storage receptacle, with the top forming a side of the slot when the top is closed;
- the improvement comprising:
- an elongated bracket mounting terminal mounted on a side panel in the interior of the storage receptacle and extending along the storage receptacle parallel to and in communication with the slot, the terminal comprising an elongated mounting strip;
- one or more accessory brackets having an interior end inside the storage bracket and extending through the slot to an exterior end that support work surface accessories;
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- coupling means at the interior end of the bracket for selectively mounting the bracket at a desired position on the mounting strip, the coupling means permitting the bracket to be moved longitudinally along the slot so as to position the accessory at a variety of positions along the slot.
In a wire storage receptacle for a desk having a work surface, the wire storage receptacle having an open interior and being adjacent the work surface and accessible from the desk top through an access opening, the access opening providing a longitudinal slot for wire egress and the like that runs along the wire storage receptacle, the improvement comprising accessory bracket means releasably mounted in the interior of the storage receptacle by bracket mounting means and extending therefrom outwardly through the longitudinal slot, the portion of the accessory bracket means extending out of the slot serving to support desk accessories off the surface of the desk, the bracket mounting means comprising a terminal mounting strip mounted in the interior of the wire storage receptacle and extending along the receptacle parallel to and in communication with the slot, a coupling means at an interior end of the bracket means serving to attach the bracket means to the terminal mounting strip, the coupling means permitting the bracket means to be moved to a variety of positions along the terminal mounting strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.