Abstract: A lightweight, portable table includes a table top defined by upper and lower plastic shells which capture a core and an apron assembly therebetween. The core is constructed from a lightweight material such as honeycomb paperboard, expanded foam or the like. The apron assembly supports the core and includes a plurality of frame members interconnected by corners. The corners include connection elements which extend into the ends of corresponding frame members to interconnect the frame members. A folding leg assembly supports the table top above a supporting surface and is pivotable between a first, operative position and a second, inoperative position. Mounting assemblies are interconnected to the bottom surface of the core and to the frame members in order to pivotably interconnect the leg assembly to the table top.

Abstract: A folding table leg apparatus for a table including one or more legs operable between an extended and a folded position. The folding table leg apparatus associated with each of the legs includes a pair of side supports which are connected to the underside of the table top. Each of the side supports includes a receiving notch which receives a cross bar connected to the upper end of the table leg when the table leg is in the extended position. A hinge bracket and a folding plate are connected between the pair of side supports and the table leg to permit the table leg to move between the folded and extended position. The table leg is pivotable about a lower leg pivot axis which is spaced from the upper end of the table leg, such that when the table leg is in the folded position, the distance which the table leg extends from the folding apparatus is less than the entire length of the table leg.

Abstract: A conductor management assembly for use in receiving and concealing a plurality of conductors comprises an elongated furniture component having a longitudinal recess defined by two or more recess walls. A series of spaced slots is formed in at least one of the recess walls. A conductor mounting bracket is removably mountable to the furniture component by means of at least one tooth formed in the mounting bracket. The tooth is removably engageable with at least one of the slots. The mounting bracket and furniture component define an internal space for receiving and concealing conductors routed along the furniture component. The mounting bracket is constructed and arranged to permit access to the internal space without removing the mounting bracket from the furniture component.

Abstract: A stationarily-mounted seating structure consists of a pair of spaced supports, a seat pivotably mounted between the spaced supports and a back fixed to the spaced supports. Each spaced support includes forward and rearward vertical support members and the seat is mounted to the forward vertical support member while the back is mounted to the rearward vertical support member. A pivot mechanism for pivotably mounting the seat between the supports includes a shaft extending between and connecting the forward vertical support members. A stop element is fixed on the shaft for limiting the range of pivotable movement of the seat. A bushing is secured to the seat and is formed with an inner bearing surface for rotatably supporting the shaft, and outer bearing surfaces for engaging the stop element as well as a shroud which conceals the stop element, the bushing and a portion of the shaft. A foot bracket is mounted to each end of the shaft, and a platform bracket is mounted to the forward vertical support member.

Abstract: An adjustable height table assembly consists of a table top (12) and an adjustable leg (20) and base (14) structure to which the table top is mounted. The leg and base structure includes a leg to which the table top (12) is mounted, and a base (14) to which the leg (20) is mounted for vertical movement. The base (14) includes a pair of vertical guide shafts (52, 54), and a bearing assembly (73) is secured to the leg and mounted to the guide shafts for providing vertical movement of the leg relative to the base. An adjustment mechanism includes a lead screw (86) extending through the leg and threadedly engaged with a lead nut (70) secured to the base between the guide shafts, and a chain (108) and sprocket (90, 92) system selectively imparts rotation to the lead screw upon manual operation of a crank (106). The spaced guide shafts (52, 54) provide a high degree of stability to the leg and table top, even when the table top is raised to its upward most position.

Abstract: A utility receptacle assembly for use in combination with a worksurface includes a base mountable to the worksurface and a utility receptacle pivotably and removably mounted to the base. The base includes a passage within which the utility receptacle member is received, and the base further includes at least one recess located adjacent the passage. A cover member is secured to the utility receptacle member, and functions to enclose the passage and the recess when the utility receptacle member is in a closed, inoperative position and to provide access to the recess when the utility receptacle member is moved to an open, operative position. The utility receptacle member and the base include releasable engagement structure for maintaining the utility receptacle member in its open, operative position. The releasable retainer structure is manually engageable by a user for returning the utility receptacle member to its closed, inoperative position.

Abstract: A mechanism for releasably mounting a chair back to a back support member comprises a connecting pin secured to the support member, and a receiver member secured to the chair back and receiving the connecting pin. The connecting pin is slidable and pivotable with respect to the receiver member along a longitudinal axis of the connecting pin between a locked position in which the chair back is joined to the chair support member, and a release position in which the chair back is separable from the chair support member. A locking bar is slidable into engagement with the receiver member for establishing the locked position, and is disengageable from the receiver member to enable movement of the chair back to the release position.

Abstract: A seating assembly, such as for use in auditorium seating, includes a pair of spaced frame assemblies and a seat and back, each of which is mounted between the frame assemblies. The seat assembly is mounted to the frame assemblies by means of an internal pivoting arrangement providing movement of the seat between an occupied position and an unoccupied, storage position in which the seat is substantially vertical. A biasing arrangement, such as a counterweight, moves the seat toward its storage position. The back is mounted between the frame assemblies by a pivoting back mounting arrangement, providing articulating movement of the back according to the position of the sitter's back. A biasing arrangement, such as a torsion spring, is associated with the back mounting arrangement for moving the back toward a storage position when the seat is unoccupied.