Abstract: A computer terminal work station comprising a selected grouping of modular drawer, file and shelf units which are fastened together such as by sheet metal screws. The work station may house a variety of computer related equipment such as printers, cathode ray tube (CRT), a keyboard and other peripheral devices. The various modular elements are provided with a means for insuring accurate stacking. The modular element for supporting the CRT may be of a first height for supporting the CRT at a height comfortable for viewing by a standing computer operator, or of a second height for supporting the CRT at a height comfortable for viewing by a seated computer operator.

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 of 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: The invention relates to a pivot means for a desk top. Said means of the invention comprises two arm members whose first ends are articulated to the desk body and which are both fitted with a flange bearing against the desk body for supporting the arm members inclined towards the front edge of the top. The top is articulated to the opposite ends of said arm members by means of said arm members connecting pin in such a manner that the top rear edge can be erected on the vertically supported arm members and lowered down by moving the top onto the arm members pivoted towards the rear edge of the desk body. The bottom face of the top near the front edge of the top can be provided with a locking groove corresponding to a shoulder-shaped retainer formed in the desk body for locking the top on the desk body in the front-edge direction.

Abstract: A cabinet for storing and selectively dispensing a variety of paper supplies in web form carries separate boxes of webs on vertically spaced decks of a turntable within the cabinet. The boxes on one deck are offset with respect to the boxes on the other deck so that webs from the lower deck can pass upward between boxes on the upper deck. The ends of webs from all the boxes are held at a common level adjacent the under side of the cabinet top, and a slot in the top permits withdrawal of any web as it is aligned with the slot by rotating the turntable.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a computer key-punch work-station structure having a copy support shelf mounted behind a key board shelf's forward portion and above a rearward portion thereof, mounted adjustably of height at its rearward edge and thereby varable of tilt of the copy support shelf, and a video display-screen support shelf being mounted behind the copy support shelf and being adjustable of both height and tilt angle. This combination is mounted on bilateral unified leg structures having separate forward and rearward upright legs connected at their bases and connected at their upper portions by a horizontal weight-distributing support, with the tops of the leg structures being braced against sideward wobbling.

Abstract: A cabinet or container particularly adapted for holding in an organized manner video game consoles of different sizes and shapes and also for holding accessories constructed for use with different systems. The cabinet has a top opening particularly shaped and constructed to receive and accommodate different control consoles or systems such as different Atari control consoles and also a Mattel Intellevision control console. Typically the dimensions of the control consoles vary and typically they have a base part of different dimensions. The open top of the cabinet is particularly configurated to receive and accommodate the different consoles. The base part of a control console can extend down through the opening. The console may be supported on peripheral surfaces of the opening itself or on ledges extending inwardly with respect to the opening at a level below the surface of the top. The lower part of the cabinet is preferably compartmentalized uniquely to hold different cartridges.

Abstract: A work place arrangement particularly adapted for laboratory work is described. The work place arrangement comprises a workbench including at least one attached board, at least one drawer, at least one arm rest, at least one working instrument or work tool and supply lines for the working instrument or tool, in which:(a) the attached board is adapted to receive the working instruments or tools located in or on the attached board, and the supply lines for the working instruments or tools housed in the attached board,(b) the arm rests comprise a left half and a right half formed as a joint unit firmly affixed on the front side of the bench at ergonomic height below the bench top main work surface; and(c) including a suction device having a suction opening located in the arm-rests unit centrally thereof between the left and right halves of said arm-rests. In a preferred embodiment of the invention two or more work benches are joined to form a working landscape.

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 wire enclosure is disclosed having a wire raceway, a slot communicating with the raceway, and a cover for covering the slot. In one embodiment, the cover is hingedly mounted to one side of the slot and has a flexible seal to seal the cover against the other side of the slot when the cover is closed. Electrical outlets are mounted on the underside of the hinged cover so that the outlets are hidden when the cover is closed and easily accessible when the cover is open. In an alternative embodiment, the cover is a brush, mounted on one side of the slot, extending towards and engaging the other side of the slot.

Abstract: Work station angular desk for an office machine, containinga center section having a substantially rectangular center work surface with a straight front access edge sufficiently wide relative to a person to provide an unobstructed work station area thereat and to accommodate an office machine, e.g.

Abstract: A manicure table of the type in which the manicurist and patron sit at opposite sides of the table, the table having a generally horizontal operator top portion along one side and an upwardly inclined patron top portion along the other side disposed at an acute angle to the horizontal for supporting the forearm or the patron and having its upper edge spaced above the operator top portion a distance sufficient to allow the patron's hand to flex at the wrist and extend downwardly from the upper edge of the inclined patron's top portion toward the operator top portion. A manicurist supply and utensil cabinet is advantageously provided at one end of the table. A lamp is advantageously mounted above the table.

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 computer work station assembly comprises a display having a viewing screen, a display actuator, and mounting apparatus for supporting copy material and at least the display with respect to a work surface such that the display actuator, the copy material, and the display may be disposed in line with the viewing screen of the display disposed relatively above and longitudinally spaced from the display actuator so as to minimize reflections on the viewing screen which would distract a work station operator and so as to position the display viewing screen at a predetermined focal distance from a work station operator.

Abstract: A cabinet having special utility in patch panel-formation of electric cirts in analog computers. The patch panel is removed from the computer and mounted in an inclined attitude atop the cabinet for easy viewing of circuit holes in the panel face. The cabinet includes cable-storage trays in close proximity to the patch panel, whereby the technician is able to readily select an appropriate length cable for plug-on connection to the panel, necessary to form various electrical circuits. After the panel has been wired it is remounted onto the front face of the analog computer; the cable terminations extend through the panel into electrical connection with terminals permanently located in the computer.

Abstract: A teacher's or lecturer's carrying case is provided with means to facilitate displays while lecturing and can be arranged in a number of configurations so as to serve as a carrying case, a display aid or a lectern.

Abstract: A work station adapted for use by a highly trained technician for repair and testing of complicated machinery and electronic devices such as typewriters and cash registers, the work station having features to facilitate repairs and tests at increased efficiency comprising specially covered table top, a centrally located braked turning table mounted to the table top, a backboard connecting with the table top and adapted to hold tools in a readily accessible position, an elongated mirror situated against the backboard in order that operations of the machinery under test and repair may be observed, specially located pins upon the table top to receive and hold hand tools in a readily accessible position, overhead lights operably attached to the work table top and back to provide near sunlight for the technician, electrical outlets provided in convenient positions in the front and the back of the work station, at least one of the electrical outlets having its output voltage controllable.

Abstract: An improved desk includes a top supported by opposite end assemblies and in turn supporting a juxtaposed end of an extension top having an end assembly at its opposite free end. The juxtaposed end of the extension top is attached to the desk top by a mounting assembly allowing of both vertical as well as horizontal displacement of the extension thereabout. The desk and extension end assemblies each are provided with a lowermost vertically adjustable leg unit permitting selective, independent variation of the height of the desk and extension tops both with respect to the underlying floor and with respect to one another. Manipulation of the leg unit adjustment is facilitated by the inclusion of a snap-out panel manually removable from each end assembly.

Abstract: A laboratory bench for handicapped students, especially those occupying wheelchairs, includes a rectangular framework supported by rollers on the floor. The framework is covered with a top disposed above the floor high enough to be well above a wheelchair in part entering a chair opening defined between a couple of pedestals on the framework below the top. Situated in one of the pedestals is a sink disposed below an opening through the top, and situated in the pedestal below the sink is a waste tank. On the framework above the other pedestal and above the top is a draft hood situated on a bias to open toward the sink and toward a user occupying a chair in the chair opening. A draft exhaust system for the draft hood has a flexible discharge duct above the draft hood. Flexible hoses, wires and the like with appropriate connectors are secured to items on the bench and can connect to related devices in the surroundings.

Abstract: A table having a broad, multi-sided top forming a regular octagon supported by a column mounted on a broad base at a height above the floor convenient for kneeling therearound is disclosed. A rotatable lectern is mounted on the table top so that the same can be aligned for use by a person kneeling at any one of the eight sides. The table top may be constructed to form a stationary central portion with four drop leafs attached to the central portion as a space saving feature.

Abstract: This application relates to a lighted display chamber for momentos, gimcracks, trophies and the like, and preferably translucent or transparent ones since the device of this invention includes a blinking light means to transmit light from the base through the display object. The blinking light is actuated by a predetermined positioning of the top of the display chamber.

Abstract: A data terminal for use with a viewing screen and comprising a holder for a keyboard, the holder being slidable in a direction perpendicular to a back of the desk between a working position with the keyboard holder in a recess in a front part of a desk top of the desk and a rest position with the keyboard holder closer to the back and beneath the desk top; a removable cover covering the recess in the rest position and removable from the rest position of the keyboard holder covered by a removable flap and through which opening the keyboard is operationally accessible in the rest position thereby leaving a substantial portion of the desk top clear for working space.

Abstract: The combination with a storage cabinet of a security device for removably locking it to the top of a table or counter to prevent unauthorized removal in the absence of an employee and yet to enable an employee or other authorized person to easily release it for movement from time to time or from place to place as may be expedient. The locking components are designed to be inaccessible from within or without the cabinet.

Abstract: A theft-proof collapsible enclosure for a table-top working area includes a plurality of panels disposed in closed condition of the enclosure, in separate mutually intersecting planes above the table-top working area, the plurality of panels forming a top wall, a front wall and two side walls of the enclosure in the closed condition thereof, the panels of at least the top wall and the front wall being pivotable about respective substantially horizontal axes at the mutual intersections thereof so as to collapse the enclosure.

Abstract: Semi automatic machines such as relay coil winders are mounted in cabins arranged in a semi circle around an operator position. Each machine is normally closed inside its cabin during automatic operation, but is caused to leave its cabin and move towards the operator when it needs manual attention. Particularly applicable to noisy machines which need intermittent manual attention since the cabins provide soundproofing during operation.

Abstract: A relatively low, narrow, and long table, such as a coffee table, is provided, having a storage cabinet under each end of the table top for the storage of equipment, in this instance photographic equipment such as cameras, projectors, slide trays, motion picture film, etc., etc. This table is provided with a portion of the top at one end over one cabinet cut-out and hinged to the top so that it may be hinged to rest 180.degree. in plane with the top and on which when thus extended, is a film or slide projector. The other end of the table top is also provided with a cut-out portion which is hinged to the end of a telescopically mounted section, slidable out the end of the table so that the cut-out portion may hinge upwardly to a vertical plane and act as a screen to receive pictures as projected from the projector at the other end of the table.The table is on caster wheels so that it may be moved anywhere in a room for the convenience of all viewers.

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: A table comprises a table frame with a work surface supported thereby, two opposite sides of the work surface being provided with hinge means which enable the work surface to be selectively raised relative to the table frame about one of the two hinge means.

Abstract: A combination cabinet for audio-visual teaching comprises a projection screen which is mounted for pivoting into an operational position in which it receives by rear projection an image from a projector after reflection of the image light rays by a mirror within the cabinet, and further comprises a pivoting console housing an audio-signal reproducer, the console pivoting from a position in which the reproducer is within the cabinet to a position in which the reproducer controls are presented to an operator, preferably on the same side of the cabinet as the projector controls. A loudspeaker, supplied from the audio-signal reproducer, is mounted in the front face of the cabinet.

Abstract: A cheque writing desk for use in conjunction with a customer control line rail system, which may be arranged in an essentially "free standing" manner in any appropriate location in the customer area of a bank, trust company or other location, and which may be used on one side for the writing of cheques and the like, and having a partition extending along the table, carrying deposit slips and the like on one side, and which on its reverse side may carry advertising pamphlets for the bank or any other purpose. The cheque writing desk has one or more couplings by means of which it may be connected with the line rail system at or about the point where the customers enter the line rail system.

Abstract: A decorative auxiliary table top unit for a table, desk and the like, the unit comprising a transparent table top member and vertical members for supporting the table top member above the table, desk and the like to define a compartment space therebetween to receive articles of food, writing material and the like which can be seen through an upper surface of the transparent table top member. The vertical support members are disposed around the periphery of the table top member and are spaced apart to permit horizontal access to the compartment space. An edge member is disposed around the periphery of the table between the support members and an undersurface of the table top member, where upper portions of the support members are secured to the edge member, and lower portions of the support members are secured to the table, desk and the like for maintaining the table top member in its elevated position.

Abstract: A display stand for articles of merchandise, such as electronic calculators, which prospective customers may be expected to operate in order to test the suitability of the merchandise. The display stand comprises a housing having back and end walls and a front panel which is pivotally mounted along its top edge to permit the bottom edge to be moved outwardly from the back and end walls of the housing. The top of the display stand comprises a display shelf pivotally mounted along its bottom edge to permit the top edge to be moved between a first position in which it is in overlapping relationship with the front panel and a second position which permits access to the interior of the housing. A lock is provided on the top panel to permit securing of the top panel and the display shelf in the overlapping position to preclude access to the interior of the housing which includes a source of electrical power in the form of a typical 115 volt AC outlet.

Abstract: A carrel-like module which, in one configuration, accommodates a single user, and in an expanded configuration, accommodates two or more users. The carrel module includes an arcuate shaped writing panel, preferably having a concavely shaped rear edge opposite from a seated user and a convexly shaped near edge presented adjacent the seated user, with two end edges, respectively, connecting the rear and near edges. The end edges and the rear edge are bounded by upright panels, the panels extending generally above the writing panel to the head level of the seated user. The two panels presented adjacent the respective end edges are rotatably connected to leg-like support members located at corners of the writing panel formed by the intersection of the rear edge and the end edges, respectively, of the writing panel. The end panels are removably secured to the writing panel, such that they may be conveniently disengaged therefrom, and rotated about their associated leg members by the user.