Self-retracting, wall-mounted desk and chart holder

A slim profile combination desk and chart holder adapted for attachment to an upright surface comprising:

• a cabinet body including
• a vertical rear wall, top, bottom, and side walls extending forwardly therefrom and forming with said rear wall a hollow compartment,
• said vertical rear wall and said side walls having edges that are substantially flush with said top wall,
• a vertical chart retaining wall extending upwardly from said top wall and spaced forward of and being generally parallel to said rear wall,
• a transverse abutment wall extending rearwardly from said chart retaining wall and cooperating with said chart retaining wall and said top wall to form a nook;
• and
• a fastener means for securing said vertical rear wall of said cabinet body to an upright surface with said top wall disposed upwardly so that said nook forms with the upright surface, when the body is secured to the surface, a slot having a configuration to receive and confine a medical chart placed therein.

A slim profile combination desk and chart holder adapted for attachment to an upright surface comprising:

• a cabinet body including
• a vertical rear wall, top, bottom and side walls extending forwardly therefrom and forming with said rear wall a hollow compartment
• a vertical chart retaining wall extending upwardly from said top wall and spaced forward of and being generally parallel to said rear wall,
• a transverse abutment wall extending rearwardly from said chart retaining wall and cooperating with said chart retaining wall and said to wall to form a nook;
• fastener means for securing said body to an upright surface with said to wall disposed upwardly so that said nook cooperates with the upright surface to present a slot having a configuration to receive and confine a medical chart placed therein;
• a desktop;
• a hinge means swingably attaching said desktop to said body for movement of said desktop with respect to said body, by application of an external force along a range of movement defined between a horizontal open position and a closed vertical position;
• and
• a spring means for exerting an upward force on said top throughout the range of movement therefor,
• said spring means configured to support said desktop so that upon removal of said external force the desktop will move to the horizontal open position if said desktop is positioned between an intermediate position and the horizontal position, and said desktop will move to the vertical closed position if said desktop is positioned between said intermediate position and said vertical closed position.

A slim profile combination desk and chart holder adapted for attachment to an upright surface comprising;

• a cabinet body having top, bottom, and sidewalls forming a hollow compartment with an open front,
• a desktop swingably mounted on said body and moveable with respect to said body by application of external force between a horizontal open position and a vertical closed position, in which said desktop is in covering relationship with the open front of the compartment,
• said desktop swinging in a generally upward direction as it moves toward said vertical closed position and swinging in a generally downward direction as it moves toward said horizontal position;
• and
• means associated with said cabinet body for holding a medical chart,
• said chart holding means comprising an opened-end slot on a sidewall of the cabinet body above the hollow compartment.