Cord management system for furniture

A cord management system for an article of furniture comprising:

• a cord management assembly having a first end, a second end, and a middle portion between the first and second ends, the first end positionable adjacent a bottom surface of a structure defining a work surface, the second end positionable adjacent a base that supports the work surface, the middle portion extending from adjacent the first end to adjacent the second end, the middle portion having at least one cord retention portion attached to at least one flexible elongated segment member, and
• the cord management assembly configured such that the cord management assembly is moveable between a curved compressed first position and an extended second position that is less curved than the curved compressed first position;
• wherein the at least one cord retention portion is comprised of a first cord retention portion, a second cord retention portion and a third cord retention portion and the at least one flexible elongated segment member is comprised of a first flexible elongated segment member, a second flexible elongated segment member, a third flexible elongated segment member, and a fourth flexible elongated segment member;
• wherein the first cord retention portion is attached to the first end by the first flexible elongated segment member extending between the first end and the first cord retention portion, the second cord retention portion is attached to the first cord retention portion by the second flexible elongated segment member extending between the first and second cord retention portions, the third cord retention portion is attached to the second cord retention portion by the third flexible elongated segment member extending between the second and third cord retention portions, and the second end is attached to the third cord retention portion by the fourth flexible elongated segment member extending between the third cord retention portion and the second end;
• the first cord retention portion being spaced apart from the second cord retention portion, the second cord retention portion being spaced apart from the third cord retention portion, and the third cord retention portion being spaced apart from the first cord retention portion;
• the second cord retention portion being longer than the first cord retention portion and the second cord retention portion being longer than the third cord retention portion;
• wherein the first, second and third cord retention portions each defines a channel through which a plurality of cords pass as the cords extend from an outlet to a position adjacent the work surface;
• and
• wherein each of the flexible elongated segment members are configured to bias external portions of the cords that are outside of the channels of the first, second, and third cord retention portions such that the cords are biased to have a shape corresponding to a shape of the cord management assembly when the work surface is moved from the lowered position to the raised position;
• and
• wherein the shape of the cord management assembly is generally an “S’ shape, a “” shape, a “∫” shape, or a “” shape when the cord management assembly is in the second position and is in a generally “{tilde over ( )}” shape when the cord management assembly is in the first position.