Apparatus for providing utility receptacles and cables at a selected location on a workstation

A portable apparatus to provide utility receptacles and cables at a selected location on a work station that has a work surface, comprising:

• a housing, comprising:
• a bottom panel member having a top surface, a bottom surface;
• a plurality of feet members attached to the bottom surface of the bottom panel member;
• a plurality of wall sections attached to the top surface of the bottom panel member, the plurality of wall sections defining an interior region, wherein at least one of the wall sections has an opening therein, and
• a horizontally oriented interior panel located within the interior region and attached to at least one of the wall sections so as to form an upper compartment and a lower compartment;
• at least one electrical power device located within the interior region and attached to one of the wall sections the at least one electrical power device comprising an electrical power receptacle and at least one device charging receptacle port which are positioned within the opening in the at least one of the wall sections;
• a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) signal switcher device located within the lower compartment and comprising a plurality of HDMI input connectors and a HDMI output connector;
• a plurality of HDMI cables, wherein each of the cables extends from a corresponding through-hole in the horizontally oriented interior panel and has a first HDMI connector connected to a corresponding HDMI input connector of the HDMI signal switcher device and second HDMI connector for connection to a HDMI signal source device;
• a HDMI output connector attached to one of the wall sections and connected to the HDMI output connector of the HDMI signal switcher device;
• means for providing electrical power to the electrical power device and the HDMI signal switcher device;
• and
• a clamping device to removably attach the portable apparatus to an article of furniture having a through-hole, the clamping device comprising:
• a fastener device attached to the bottom surface of bottom panel member, the fastener device being substantially vertically oriented and having a distal end and a longitudinally extending axis, the fastener device having a threaded bore that extends along the longitudinally extending axis, and an opening at the distal end that provides access to the threaded bore;
• a plate member having an opening therethrough, the plate member being configured to contact a bottom surface of the article of furniture;
• and
• a threaded member comprising a head portion and a shaft portion, the shaft portion having a diameter and being sized for insertion through the opening in the plate member and through-hole of article of furniture and threadedly engaged with the threaded bore of the fastener device, the head portion having a size that is relatively larger than the diameters of the shaft member and the opening in the plate member device.