Modular desk systems and methods

• US 10,342,340 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2015
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Paragon Furniture Corporation
• Original Assignee: Paragon Furniture Corporation
• Inventors: Kassanoff, Richard, Stewart, Robert Larry
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Hanh V
• Application Number:
  US14/984,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20160106210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,287 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 17/06 with parts, e.g. trays, movable on a pivot or by chains or belts movable-strip writing or reading apparatus B42D19/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0001 Tops
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0011 Underframes
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0084 Accessories for tables or desks
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/0027 Feet
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/0061 Accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 41/00 School desks or tables attaching to floor A47B91/08
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 41/04 Drawing or model stands
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 41/06 Holders or supports for guiding copy-books, slates, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/00 Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units , e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units switchboards or switch cubicles for the distribution of electric power H02B
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/002 Combination of tables; Linking or assembling means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/007 Linkable independent elements with the same or similar cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/008 Rectangular cabinets or racks in a side-by-side arrangement

Abstract

A modular desk system may include a plurality of configurable components including, for example, a top panel, an all-purpose hook, a cup hook, a storage shelf, a connecting shelf, a connecting planter box, a connecting divider, a connecting platform, a desktop organization member, a channel, a kickstand base, and/or a support frame. The components may be configured and/or reconfigured to create a desk. The configuration assemblies of the modular desk system may be paired with and coupled to other desk units and/or furniture.

Claims

1. A modular desk assembly comprising:

a first linkable desk, wherein the first linkable desk comprises;

a first support frame, wherein the first support frame comprises a pair of first C-shaped spine members, wherein each first C-shaped spine members comprises;

a first section;

a second section; and

a third section vertically disposed between the first section and the second section, wherein the third section couples the first section and the second section;

a first table top coupled the first sections of the first C-shaped spine members;

one or more desktop organization members, wherein the desktop organization member comprises;

a top surface, wherein the top surface comprises ridges adapted to retain objects when the desktop organization member is in a closed position; and

a nest coupled to a housing of the desktop organization member, and wherein the nest is adapted to store objects;

wherein when the desktop organization member is in an open position, the top panel of the desktop organization member leans against a housing of the desktop organization member such that a top panel of the desktop organization member and a ledge member of a desktop organization member form a display stand;

and wherein the linkable desk is capable of indirectly coupling with one or more other linkable desks via a connection device, and wherein at least one of the first sections of the support frame of the linkable desk engages with the connection device to couple the linkable desk with the one or more other linkable desks, and wherein the at least one of the first sections of the support frame engages with the connection device such that a portion of the connection device contacts and couples with at least a portion of a top surface of at least a part of the first section of the first support frame.

2. The modular desk assembly of claim 1 wherein the first linkable desk comprises at least one of a storage shelf, an accessory hook, or a desktop organization member.

3. The modular desk assembly of claim 1 wherein the connection device comprises a planter box, and wherein a first end of the planter box is coupled to the first linkable desk via a first S-hook and wherein a second end of the planter box is coupled to one of the second linkable desks via a second S-hook.

4. The modular desk assembly of claim 1 further comprising one or more other connection devices, and wherein at least one of the other connection devices comprises a connecting shelf, and wherein a first end of the connecting shelf is coupled to the first linkable desk via a first S-hook and wherein a second end of the connecting shelf is couplable to a second linkable desk via a second S-hook.

5. The modular desk assembly of claim 1 wherein the connection device is operable as at least one of a writing surface, a workspace, a reading platform, a display platform, a media display and organization space, or organization space.

6. The modular desk assembly of claim 1 further comprising:

one or more second linkable desks, wherein each second linkable desk comprises;

a second support frame, wherein the second support frame comprises a pair of second C-shaped spine members, wherein each of the second C-shaped spine members comprises;

a first section;

a second section; and

a third section vertically disposed between the first section and the second section, wherein the third section couples the first section and the second section; and

a second table top coupled the first sections of the second C-shaped spine members; and

the connection device comprising a first end and an opposing second end;

wherein the connection device is capable of coupling the first linkable desk to at least one of the second linkable desks by coupling at the first end to one of the first sections of the first support frame of the first linkable desk and by coupling at the second end to one of the first sections of the second support frame of the second linkable desk.

7. The modular desk assembly of claim 6 further comprising one or more third linkable desks, wherein each third linkable desk comprises:

a third support frame, wherein the third support frame comprises a pair of third C-shaped spine members, and wherein each of the third C-shaped spine members comprises;

a first section;

a second section; and

a third section vertically disposed between the first section and the second section, wherein the third section couples the first section and the second section; and

a third table top coupled the first sections of the third C-shaped spine members; and

a second connection device adapted to couple the third linkable desk to at least one of the first linkable desk or one of the second linkable desks.

8. The modular desk assembly of claim 6 wherein the second linkable desk comprises at least one of a storage shelf, an accessory hook, or a desktop organization member.

9. The modular desk assembly of claim 1 wherein the connection device comprises a flat surface.

10. The modular desk assembly of claim 1 wherein the first linkable desk further comprises a kickstand base, wherein the kickstand base couples the pair of C-shaped spine members, and wherein the kickstand base is disposed proximate the opposing second ends of the third sections of the C-shaped spine members.

11. The modular desk assembly of claim 1 wherein the first linkable desk further comprises a storage box disposed below the first table top.

12. A modular desk assembly comprising:

one or more linkable desks, wherein each linkable desk is capable of operating independently and capable of operating while linked to one or more other linkable desks, wherein each linkable desk comprises;

a support frame, wherein the support frame comprises a pair of C-shaped spine members, wherein each C-shaped spine members comprises;

a first section;

a second section; and

a third section vertically disposed between the first section and the second section, wherein the third section couples the first section and the second section;

a table top coupled to the first sections of each of the C-shaped spine members;

wherein one or more of the linkable desks further comprises a desktop organization member, and wherein the desktop organization member comprises;

a top surface, wherein the top surface comprises ridges adapted to retain objects when the desktop organization member is in a closed position;

a nest coupled to a housing of the desktop organization member, and wherein the nest is adapted to store objects;

wherein when the desktop organization member is in an open position, the top panel of the desktop organization member leans against a housing of the desktop organization member such that a top panel of the desktop organization member and a ledge member of a desktop organization member form a display stand;

and wherein the linkable desk is capable of indirectly coupling with one or more other linkable desks via a connection device, and wherein the support frame of the linkable desk engages with at least one S-hook of the connection device to couple the linkable desk to another linkable desk, and wherein the support frame engaging with the at least one S-hook comprises a surface of the support frame contacting and coupling with at least a portion of the at least one S-hook.

13. The modular desk assembly of claim 12 further comprising a kickstand base, wherein the kickstand base couples the pair of C-shaped spine members, and wherein the kickstand is disposed proximate the third sections of the C-shaped spine members.

14. The modular desk assembly of claim 12 wherein at least one of the linkable desks further comprises at least one of a storage shelf, an accessory hook, or a desktop organization member.

15. The modular desk assembly of claim 12 wherein the connection device comprises at least one of a connecting shelf, a connecting planter box, a connecting divider, or a connecting platform.

16. The modular desk assembly of claim 12 wherein the modular desk assembly comprises a plurality of desks coupled to at least one other desk.

17. A modular desk assembly comprising:

a first linkable desk, wherein the first linkable desk comprises;

a first support frame, wherein the first support frame comprises a pair of first C-shaped spine members, wherein each first C-shaped spine members comprises;

a first section;

a second section; and

a third section vertically disposed between the first section and the second section, wherein the third section couples the first section and the second section, and wherein the third section comprises a first end proximate the first section and an opposing second end proximate the second section;

a first side of the first linkable desk proximate ends of the first sections and the section sections of the pair of first C-shaped spine members;

a second opposing side of the first linkable desk proximate the third sections of the pair of first C-shaped spine members;

a first table top coupled to the first sections of the first C-shaped spine members, and wherein the first table top comprises a first part that extends between the first sections of the C-shaped spine members and a second part that extends between at least a portion of the third sections of the C-shaped spine members;

a kickstand base, wherein the kickstand base couples the pair of C-shaped spine members, and wherein the kickstand base is disposed proximate the opposing second ends of the third sections of the C-shaped spine members;

and wherein the linkable desk is capable of indirectly coupling with one or more other linkable desks via one or more connection devices, wherein one or more of the connecting devices coupling the linkable desk with the one or more other linkable desks comprises at least one of a connecting platform or a plantar box,

wherein the linkable desk is capable of coupling with one of the other linkable desks via a connecting platform extending between the second side of the linkable desk and a second side of the one or more other linkable desks such that a top surface of the first part of the first table top proximate the second side of the linkable desk is approximately planar with at least a first portion of the top surface of the connecting platform, and wherein at least a second portion of the connecting platform is approximately planar with a top surface of the second side of the one of the other linkable desks,

and wherein the linkable desk is capable of coupling with the one of the linkable desks via a planter box, and wherein a first end of the planter box is coupled to the linkable desk via a first S-hook and wherein a second end of the planter box is coupled to the one of the other linkable desks via a second S-hook, and wherein the first section of the support frame of the linkable desk engages with the first S-hook of the plantar connection device such that a portion of the first S-hook fits at least partially over a top surface of at least a part of the first section.

18. The modular desk assembly of claim 17 further comprising one or more desktop organization members, wherein the desktop organization member comprises:

a top surface, wherein the top surface comprises ridges adapted to retain objects when the desktop organization member is in a closed position; and

a nest coupled to a housing of the desktop organization member, and wherein the nest is adapted to store objects;

wherein when the desktop organization member is in an open position, the top panel of the desktop organization member leans against a housing of the desktop organization member such that a top panel of the desktop organization member and a ledge member of a desktop organization member form a display stand.

19. The modular desk assembly of claim 17 further comprising a connecting divider, wherein the connecting divider couples with the support frame of the linkable desk, and wherein the connecting divider comprises a wall, and wherein the wall is operable as at least one of a privacy wall, a chalk board, a marker board, a bulletin board, or a magnet board.

20. The modular desk assembly of claim 17 wherein the connecting platform comprises a connecting divider, wherein the connecting divider comprises one or more walls extending higher than the first table top.

21. The modular desk assembly of claim 17 wherein the connection device is operable as at least one of:

a writing surface,

a workspace,

a reading platform,

a di splay platform,

wall operable to support a shelf,

wall operable to support artwork,

wall operable to support a display case,

wall operable to support a photo support frame,

wall operable to support a screen,

a media display and organization space,

or organization space.