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US 5,632,540 AGranted
Desk with hidden return
AssigneeHekman Furniture Company
InventorSteven R. Wilcox
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Abstract
A desk having a pivoting, sliding hidden return mounted atop a drawer pedestal and beneath the desk top. The return is supported upon a rail and pivot mechanism which allows the return to pivot and slide between a closed position beneath the desktop and an open position perpendicular to the desktop. The return includes hinged support legs that are stored flat atop the work surface when stored and are folded down to provide support during use.
Claims17
A desk comprising:
- a primary work surface;
- 1 pedestal supporting said primary work surface;
- a secondary work surface mounted to said pedestal below said primary work surface;
- and
- a mechanism interconnecting said secondary work surface and said pedestal, said mechanism including pivoting means for allowing said secondary work surface to pivot about a vertical axis between a work position in which said secondary work surface is exposed for use and a hidden position in which said secondary work surface is hidden below said primary work surface, said mechanism further including a pullout means for allowing said secondary work surface to pull out from beneath said primary work surface while said secondary work surface is in said hidden position, said pivoting means carried by said pullout means.
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A desk comprising:
- a desktop;
- a support spaced from said desktop to define a cavity;
- a work surface;
- and
- a mechanism for interconnecting said work surface and said support, said mechanism including pivoting means for allowing said work surface to pivot about a vertical axis between a work position in which said work surface is exposed for use and a hidden position in which said work surface is hidden below said desktop within said cavity, said mechanism includes a pullout means for allowing said work surface to pull out from beneath said desktop while said work surface is in said hidden position, said pivoting means carried by said pullout means.
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A work surface for an article of furniture having a cavity with a longitudinal extent comprising:
- a generally horizontal panel having a longitudinal extent;
- a generally horizontal platform interconnected with said panel by a pivoting means for allowing said panel to pivot with respect to said platform about a vertical axis such that when mounted to the article of furniture said panel is movable between a storage position in which said longitudinal extent of said panel is approximately parallel to the longitudinal extent of the cavity and a work position in which said longitudinal extent of said panel is approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the cavity;
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- pullout means attached to said platform for allowing said platform to mount to an article of furniture such that said platform and said panel are movable in a horizontal plane while said panel is in said storage position.
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An article of furniture comprising:
- a body defining a cavity having a longitudinal extent;
- a return having a longitudinal extent;
- pivot means for pivotally mounting said return for horizontal movement between a storage position, wherein said longitudinal extent of said return is approximately parallel to said longitudinal extent of said cavity, and a use position, wherein said longitudinal extent of said return is approximately perpendicular to said longitudinal extent of said cavity;
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- pullout means for slidably mounting said return for linear movement into and out of said cavity while said return is in said storage position, said pivot means carried by said pullout means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.