Abstract: An office desk system or work station is based on a structural supporting frame or chassis made up of two spaced parallel end gables and a beam extending between the gables at the rear edge of a work top. Each gable is a welded assembly of steel channels and the beam is a steel generally box section member. Decorative cladding is attached to the frame to provide the desk with the required external appearance. The beam has two internal wiring channels so that electrical power and telecommunication services can be provided directly at the work surface of the desk. Disconnectable couplings are provided between the beam and gables and each gable is provided with several coupling points so that many different desk system or work station configurations can be assembled from the same basic components.

Abstract: A powered desk is described. The desk has a work surface supported by a base consisting of a pair of generally vertical support members connected by an elongate, generally horizontal structural member which has a hollow interior. The ends of the structural member are mounted in annular openings formed in the vertical support members, with end faces exposed and accessible. Electrical connectors are mounted in the opposing end faces and are connected by electrical wiring extending through the interior of the structural member, whereby electric power or signals can be transferred across the full length of the desk and coupled by a suitable jumper to a similar desk. Additionally, electrical connectors are mounted along the surface of the structural member intermediate of the end faces, and tap into the contained electrical wiring to make electric power, telephone signals and other electrically transferred information available at the desk.