Insert for filling utility access opening in furniture panel

In combination, an insert selectively filling a utility access opening in furniture where the access opening is formed in a panel in the furniture, the panel having a first surface and an opposing surface, the surfaces defining a predetermined thickness that is one of a first thickness dimension and a second thickness dimension greater than the first thickness dimension, the insert comprising:

• a sleeve having a stop for engaging the first surface on the panel and further having first retainers configured to frictionally interlockingly engage the opposing surface in opposition to the stop when the panel defines the first thickness dimension and still further having second retainers configured to frictionally interlockingly engage the opposing surface in opposition to the stop when the panel defines the second thickness dimension, whereby the sleeve can be selectively interlockingly engaged with a panel having either the first or second thickness dimension, the sleeve including resilient end wall sections that extend in non-parallel directions and that are deformed outwardly relative to opposing sides of the access opening when in an unstressed condition so that the end wall sections are adapted to biasingly engage the opposing sides of the access opening when inserted into the access opening.

An insert for filling a utility access opening in furniture utilizing a panel having inner and outer surfaces that define a thickness dimension, comprising:

• a sleeve configured to be inserted into the access opening from the outer surface toward the inner surface, the sleeve having retainers constructed to frictionally interlockingly engage the inner surface when the inner and outer surfaces define a first dimension, but which are molded from a fracturable polymer that characteristically fractures and breaks off after one to two flexures so that the retainers can be relatively easily broken away by manually bending the retainers when the inner and outer surfaces define a second dimension greater than the first dimension;
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• a port configured to mateably engage and aesthetically cover the sleeve, the sleeve and the port both being configured to snap in from an exterior side of the furniture.

An insert for filling a utility access opening in a furniture panel where the panel has a first surface and an opposing surface, the surfaces defining a predetermined thickness, comprising:

• a sleeve having a stop adapted to engage the first surface on the panel and further having retainers configured to frictionally interlockingly engage the opposing surface in opposition to the stop, said sleeve being U-shaped and including flexible end wall sections defining the U-shape that are non-parallel and slightly outwardly deformed when in an unstressed condition.