Abstract: A knock-down article of furniture in the form of a box-like structure, having front, back, and first and second sides and at least one shelf member, is assembled by means of an arrangement of interconnecting tenon tongues and elongated mortise grooves in intersecting planes to cause the parts of the structure to interlock together to form a rigid structure without requiring any additional fasteners.

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.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a mounting mechanism for releasably mounting a drawer unit under a work surface, wherein the drawer unit comprises a drawer enclosed in a drawer casing. The mounting mechanism comprises an elongated mounting bracket that is mounted transversely on the underside of the work surface. A mating upper drawer casing flange on the drawer casing faces the mounting bracket flange and fits over the mounting bracket flange when the drawer casing is mounted. A releasable retaining means holds the drawer casing flange in overlapping relationship with the mounting bracket flange. Additional drawer units may be releasably mountable on the underside of each drawer unit immediately above it.

Abstract: An easy-to-assemble and highly durable and attractive student desk kit. The kit is comprised preferably of corrugated fiberboard materials with the inventive concepts also applicable to a wide range of other material uses.The unique design of the factory pre-cut component parts permits a method of construction which may be effected without tools and by personnel unskilled in furniture assembly, thus rendering the student desk kit highly marketable.The light-weight preferred materials and knockdown features greatly reduce shipping costs as compared to other furniture articles, thereby significantly reducing unit cost to the consumer and enhancing sales potential.

Abstract: The invention comprises functional and esthetically pleasing modular office furniture with integrated wire management. The modules include horizontal beam modules that can be rigidly connected longitudinally and laterally in configurations that suit work flow and office personnel requirements to the office space. The beam modules are supported by vertical support modules. Work surface modules are supported by the beam modules. The beam modules may also have suspended therefrom a variety of office items such as file cabinets and keyboard surfaces. The work surface modules are adapted to optionally receive service modules such as telephones, trays, and light stands. The combined furniture modules provide hidden but accessible passages for neatly and efficiently running electrical wires from the office outlets to the points of use.

Abstract: An arrangement for mounting a removable accessory such as a drawer unit to the underside of a work surface without the use of tools. A pair of front and rear slot and projection couplings are used to mount the accessory on the underside of the work surface, and a spring automatically locks the accessory to the work surface when the projections are fully engaged with the slots.

Abstract: An executive desk kit apparatus and method of assembly wherein all of the major desk components are fabricated of a layered corrugated fiberboard material. The material is factory pre-formed in a unique engineering design which permits rapid assembly by consumers unskilled in the furniture arts.Each of the component desk parts are specifically designed to be shipped in a flat or knockdown position to reduce shipping and warehousing costs.The pedestal stabilizers are interfitted with the desk pedestals by means of a novel flap, slot and groove configuration. The desk top is attached to the pedestals by means of integral flaps formed in the top.

Abstract: An executive desk apparatus and kit assembly wherein the component parts are made entirely of factory pre-cut corrugated fiberboard. The desk component part design allows all parts to be shipped in a flat or knockdown position to reduce shipping costs. The unique engineering design allows all component parts to be easily slid together in interfitting relationship without the need for tools or complex assembly techniques so that the product will have widespread utility for homeowners and other consumers. Although easy to assemble, the inventive design results in a highly durable and attractive end product suitable for executive or home office uses.

Abstract: A spine assembly for supporting desk tops and panels and accessories and providing for the passage of utility and communications lines to the desk tops and panels and accessories, as needed. A housing is utilized open at a bottom portion for receiving the utility and communications lines. An internal strut is included within the housing at a top portion of the housing. The internal strut serves as a support for brackets which extend upwardly in turn to support desk tops and panels and accessories as well as a cover assembly. The cover assembly provides an opening through which utility and communications line pass from the interior of the housing to the exterior thereof. In addition, brackets extend through the cover assembly for supporting panels and accessories above the cover assembly. The spine assembly is free-standing, and may be closed off by end panels as an individual item or joined to one or more other spine assemblies to create a system of furniture.

Abstract: A desk having a planar top panel of generally rectangular outline, a leg or base structure for supporting that panel, at least one support track secured to the underside of the top panel and extending longitudinally therealong, and a modular storage or support unit, such as a drawer unit, movably suspended from the track and capable of being easily clamped in any selected position therealong in accordance with the needs and preferences of a user.

Abstract: A computer desk may be utilized with computer keyboard terminal equipment or other devices requiring manual manipulation by a user. The desk permits the efficient support of such devices without sacrifice of the desk top working surface available to the user. The computer desk provides a support surface immediately below the work surface on the desk top. This support surface extends toward the desk-user a greater distance than does the desk top work surface. Thus, there is no interference between the desk top work surface and the user's access to equipment emplaced upon the support surface. An extension of the support surface to the side provides additional support areas for associated computer devices or the like without sacrifice of desk top work surface area. Storage areas beneath the desk top work surface and the support surface are provided to store materials and devices of use to a user of the computer desk.

Abstract: A work station has a first substantially rectangular table having a top and supports for the top adjacent the ends of the top. A second substantially rectangular table is secured at a substantially right angle to the first table top with the rear edge of the second table top substantially aligned with the edge of one end of the first table top. The upper surface of the second table top lies in a plane below the plane of the lower surface of the first table top. A movable storage cabinet has a top which has a height and depth substantially equal to the height and depth of the second table top respectively for alternatively serving as an extension of the second table top or nesting under the first table top adjacent the end thereof remote from the second table. Advantageously the movable storage cabinet is mounted on supports such as casters which facilitate the movement of the cabinet on a floor.

Abstract: A two-part fastener for fastening two objects together comprising a first fastener part mounted on one of the objects and a second fastener part mounted on the other object. The first fastener part has a plurality of openings therein and the second fastener part has a contractible and expansible locking member which is inserted through one of the openings for fastening the two fastener parts together. The locking member is independently movable with respect to the object upon which the second fastener part is mounted. This enables the locking member to freely move to a position in which it is aligned with an opening in the first fastener part for insertion therethrough.

Abstract: This cabinet and partition assembly can be used with office stands of the type having a table top, and the assembly includes a cabinet attached to the underside of the table top and having opposed side panels and a lower panel of substantially the same interior size as each other to define a square front access opening. The partition includes opposed parallel side members having perpendicular members extending therebetween, said partition having the same overall perpendicular dimensions. The partition dimensions define a square of substantially the same size as the cabinet access openings so that the opening can receive the partition in a horizontal shelf mode, or, when turned through ninety degrees, can receive the partition in a vertical divider moder. The cabinet is provided with a door which may be optionally hung on either of the cabinet side panels.

Abstract: A laboratory supply arrangement including a service tower and a plurality of table-like articles. The service tower has a riser tube and an outlet housing. The table-like articles are shaped to be complementary with a corresponding portion of the riser tube.

Abstract: A storage device to be used in combination with classroom desks. The device is four sided with a compartment formed in each side. The device mounts on the tops of two oppositely facing desks.

Abstract: A furniture system has a pedestal supported, rigid support beam (101) and a selection of functional furniture items attachable thereto with various types of bracket assemblies. The support beam (101) is elongated and rectangular in cross section with two rounded upper flanges (128) and two rectangularly shaped lower flanges (129) radially extending from a rectangular central portion (126, 127) thereof. The bracket assemblies can be secured around certain of the radially extending flanges at a continuum of locations along the support beam. A pedestal structure (102) is connectable to the support beam (101) at certain positions along the lower radially extending flanges (129). The furniture items include various sizes and shapes of work surfaces, storage files, and supporting stands for accessories such as telephones and calculators. Separate beams can be joined together at right angles to each other.

Abstract: A pair of identical side panels are arranged in spaced relationship with a cross panel to form the vertical support for a work surface which is disposed on top of the cross panel and between the side panels to provide a basic work station in the form of a desk. These components: are pre-finished; can be stored and shipped knock-down (k-d); and are secured directly to each other with simple tools to provide the completed and assembled work station. Additional full or half-size side panels can be added to the basic desk to form vertical supports for additional work surfaces, to provide other work stations such as a desk and secretarial run-off combined, and/or a desk, run-off, and return combined. Individual drawers and/or open, shelved, door or drawer cabinets can thereafter be secured beneath the work surfaces and between the side panels of the return, run-off, and/or desk to provide the desired form of storage space, which can include, conventional type desk pedestals.

Abstract: This cabinet and partition assembly can be used with office stands of the type having a table top, and the assembly includes a cabinet attached to the underside of the table top and having opposed side panels and a lower panel of substantially the same interior size as each other to define a square front access opening. The partition includes opposed parallel side members having perpendicular members extending therebetween, said partition having the same overall perpendicular dimensions. The partition dimensions define a square of substantially the same size as the cabinet access openings so that the opening can receive the partition in a horizontal shelf mode or, when turned through ninety degrees, can receive the partition in a vertical divider mode. The cabinet is provided with a door which may be optionally hung on either of the cabinet side panels.

Abstract: A desk or like unit with full duct internal wire management includes rectangular horizontal top and vertical wood support panels therefor, and longitudinally aligned elongate enclosure brackets cooperating with the wood panels to form an elongate horizontal wiring duct or ducts extending the length or width of the desk, or both, for hidden storage of wires or the like. The top panel has an elongate access opening therein extending co-extensively with the wiring duct to facilitate handling and feeding of wires therein, and a removable snap-in closure receivable in such access opening normally closes the same. The closure, which is so profiled to form a continuation of the top surface of the desk, includes a number of notches at selected positions therealong for egress of wires from the wiring duct to the top surface of the top panel for connection to an appliance supported thereon.

Abstract: A desk top is connected to the top flanges of a pedestal by passing appropriately located projecting studs on the underside of the desk top through correspondingly located slots on the pedestal flanges, and then securing the connections by several locking clips, which respectively wedge under a pair of stud heads and press against the pedestal flange. Each locking clip spans across and secures a pair of adjacent studs, and is made of thin resilient material having a pair of spring portion protrusions which respectively fit beneath the adjacent studs. Each of the spring portions has a keyhole aperture by which the clip is mounted on the pair of studs and is pushed laterally to secure the connection. The connection is locked by a detent of the clip which engages an appropriately located cutout of the flange.

Abstract: A furniture assembly, such as a knock-down work station, desk or table, which may be easily assembled without the use of tools. The furniture assembly comprises a table top, a pair of I-shaped leg members, and a modesty panel which are interfitted and attached together to form a rigid furniture unit. The table top has secured thereto a pair of elongated metal channel-shaped members depending from the bottom surface of the table-top and having a plurality of slots therein into which are inserted tabs secured to the leg members for suspending said leg members from said table top. The panel is formed with side and end panels which abut opposing surfaces of the leg members when the panel is assembled, to hold said leg members from movement. Assembly is completed by insertion of snap fastening elements into registering apertures in the leg members and panel flanges.

Abstract: Folding furniture is herein described which generally comprises two planar members hinged about contiguous edges thereof. One member may be generally uninterrupted in its planar extension while the other may be cut to form various structural support members. The second member is formed with two opposed faced, generally C-shaped members which are hinged to the second member. The C-shaped members are swingable outwardly to support the first member in a horizontal plane as well as to support the entire structure in an operational posture as a desk or table.

Abstract: A fabricated desk comprising a top board and top board supporting members. The top board supporting members include paneled legs and drawer holding paneled frames. The top board and the top board supporting members are rigidly interconnected by locking devices interposed between locking mechanism mounting apertures provided on the underside of the top board and top board mounting parts provided on the top end of the top board supporting members.

Abstract: A versatile modular storage unit assembly adapted for mounting to office furniture is provided wherein the number and position of the individual storage units may be subjectively determined. A plurality of support channels are mounted to a lower periphery of a work surface. A plurality of individual storage units which include a frame, are provided on a top surface thereof with a plurality of mounting rails. The mounting rails are complementary to the support channels and are designed to be slideably engageable by the support channels. A plurality of mounting channels are attached to a lower surface of the frame of each individual storage unit. The mounting channels are similar in construction to the support channels and are capable of slideably engaging and holding the mounting rails which are attached to the storage units. A plurality of bolts engaging the mounting rails and respectively the support channels or mounting channels prevent accidental dislocation of the storage units.

Abstract: There is described a sectional unit furniture assembly which employs at least one connecting board for interconnecting at least two juxtaposed sectional units or columns of stacked sectional units, the connecting board having at opposite ends shelf portions capable of interlocking with side and rear wall sections of the respective units and a connecting portion interconnecting the two juxtaposed units or columns at a predetermined space from each other.

Abstract: An article of furnishing has a plurality of upstanding sheet panels and a substantially horizontal connecting panel removably connected to the upstanding panels. An upright adjacent each end of each upstanding panel is connected thereto by a sliding joint including at least one headed member on each upstanding panel for cooperation with a T-shaped opening in the upright. Advantageously, a substantially horizontal bottom panel is removably secured to bottom flanges on the upstanding panels by sliding fittings. A shelf having a pair of legs pivoted thereto for folding may be mounted on the bottom panel.

Abstract: A table apparatus having a flat top surface and leg structures hinged thereto, whereby the leg structures may be pivotally moved to at least three stable positions, providing a variable table top height, surface area and functional utilization. The leg structures may have built in shelves and receptacles for additional utilitarian purposes.

Abstract: An article of furniture includes a frame to which is attached a removable panel having fixed fastening means adjacent its top and bottom edge. The bottom-most fastener means are pivotally engageable with fixed brackets on the frame while the top-most fastener means are insertable through the frame and subsequently locked in an assembled position by means of a reciprocal latch member operable only from within the confines of the furniture article.

Abstract: Modular office furniture adapted for rapid and simple assembly and disassembly. The furniture basically comprises a generally planar top module adapted for use as a desk top or table top or the like and a pedestal module for supporting the top module. Quick-acting snap connecting means are provided for securing the top module onto the pedestal module. The snap connecting means includes a cylindrical locking rod and an associated clip having a resilient mouth into which the rod is adapted to be snap fit. The rod is permanently secured to the pedestal and the clip is permanently secured to the top. A pair of guide rings are provided secured to the locking rod and spaced apart thereon by sufficient distance to permit the clip to fit therebetween when the rod is within the clip mouth but to prevent longitudinal relative movement between the rod and clip. The pedestal unit may be of various configurations, e.g., drawer units, and more than one pedestal unit can be utilized with the top module, if desired.

Abstract: The invention concerns a furniture connector assembly including a plug, a fastener, and a grommet, the plug being a substantially cylindrical component and having at least one flat side face, a spigot extending radially and obliquely from the side face and being penetrated by a bore, and the grommet comprising a substantially cylindrical shank having a locating surface at one of its ends, and being further formed with a bore extending through the shank, the bore being inclined to the axis of the shank, the fastener passing, in use, through the bore in the plug and extending into the bore in the grommet.

Abstract: A modular desk especially suitable to serve as a work station for electronic equipment, has a load supporting top structure comprising a frame unit of substantial length and width and provided with structural members for supporting a relatively thin generally horizontal working area top panel firmly against sagging under load, and opposite ends of the top structure are secured to and supported in stable relation on standards one or both of which are desirably hollow providing storage chambers accessible through openable closures. One or more compartment modules having accessibility closures may be supported on and under the top structure in a manner to contribute to stability of the assembly.

Abstract: A fixed utility cabinet houses various utility conduits, e.g., electricity, gas, water, etc. The upper part of the front of this utility cabinet is a solid panel while the lower part has openings closed by access doors. Immediately to the front of the utility cabinet is a table top secured to vertically telescopic supports. The supports rest on feet extending under the table top. The table top can be moved up and down substantially within the range defined by the solid front of the utility cabinet. Various forms of storage cabinets can be hung below the table top and spaced above the floor, with these storage cabinets moving vertically in unison with the table top. A wheeled cart having a hydraulic lift is used to facilitate securing the cabinets below the table top and for raising and lowering the table top.

Abstract: A work desk construction, particularly for typists, comprises one or more subassemblies which includes a longitudinally extending rectangular first support frame which is interconnected with a second and third transversely extending frame which extend out to respective opposite sides of the longitudinal frame. Each transverse frame includes end frame members which extend through the adjacent slide frame member of the longitudinal frame and are connected to the opposite side frame member. The frame structure is supported by legs which extend downwardly from the outer lateral ends of the transverse frames and they provide the sole support for the structure. A box-like case of substantially the same size as the longitudinal frame is supported directly on the frame and it advantageously includes compartments which open laterally at respective opposite sides of the longitudinal frame member adjacent each end thereof.

Abstract: An improved desk structure comprising multiple interlocking panels. The structure includes a pair of parallel vertical end panels interconnected by a pair of parallel transverse vertical panels by dovetail tongue and groove joints. First and second horizontal transverse panels are secured between the vertical end panels by tongue and groove joints and extend respectively outwardly from one of the vertical transverse panels. A pair of spaced parallel vertical intermediate panels extend upwardly from one of the horizontal transverse panels and are connected to one of the vertical transverse panels by tongue and groove joints. A rigid horizontal top panel is supported by the upper edges of the end panels, the transverse vertical panels and the spaced parallel intermediate panels. The top panel is preferably formed of rigid transparent material.