Wiring and Accessory Management Furniture

• US 20050279257A1
• Filed: 06/18/2004
• Published: 12/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David S. Bettinger
• Original Assignee: David S. Bettinger
• Inventors: Bettinger, David S
• Application Number:
  US10/710,102
• Publication Number:
  US 20050279257A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/50.20
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/0314 Platforms for supporting office equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/06 characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables

Abstract

A dual use article of furniture with horizontally supported planar surfaces that separate, slide, and pivot to provide adjustable passage for electrical wiring communication, concealment, and management, and to provide access to electrical and electronic components, and accessories internally stored and supported beneath the planar surface and concealed by a relatively movable assembly that is connected to, supported by, and integral with the article of furniture structure.

Claims

1. An article of furniture comprising:

a top surface comprising;

a top piece adjacent to and in non-permanent contact with,

at least one top extension with an inward edge and an outward edge, said at least one top extension pivotally disposed for bi-directional rotation, and said at least one top extension further adjustably disposed for bi-directional

slidable movement orthogonal to the axis of pivot,

wherein said top surface is adjacent to and supported by,

at least two members,

at least one structural element disposed below said top surface to provide for

structural rigidity and support,

whereby said at least one pivotally disposed and bi-directional adjustably and

slidably disposed top extension is selected for gap creation between said top

piece and said at least one top extension for electrical cord and accessory

cable passage and accommodation and further for access beneath said top surface.

2. The article of furniture according to claim 1 wherein said non-permanent contact comprises a compatible and common contour for generally the extant of said top piece.

3. The article of furniture according to claim 1 wherein the axis of pivot is outward of said top surface.

4. The article of furniture according to claim 1 wherein the volume of unobstructed space bounded by said at least two members and said top surface define at least partially a knee space as a measure of individual comfort during utilization of said article of furniture.

5. The article of furniture according to claim 1 wherein the inward edge of said top extension is adjacent to and in contact with further support means to provide for further structural support of said top extension.

6. The article of furniture according to claim 1 wherein said at least one structural element comprises a shelf disposed below said top surface, said at least one structural element shelf adjacent to and connected to said at least one member, said at least one structural element shelf providing for accessory accommodation and structural rigidity and support.

7. The article of furniture according to claim 1 wherein said at least one structural element comprises a generally vertical fascia panel adjacent to and connected to and further disposed below said top extension outward of said top surface.

8. The article of furniture according to claim 2 wherein said top surface is attached to and generally level with at least one resilient strip, said at least one resilient strip deformed at a multiplicity of electrical cord pass-through points and selected to provide gap closure and non-permanent contact maintenance.

9. The article of furniture according to claim 7 wherein said at least one top extension is connected to said at least one structural element fascia by at least one adjustable hinge, said at least one adjustable hinge disposed for orientation variability of said at least one top extension and said at least one structural element fascia to provide constrained bi-directional linear guidance of said at least one top extension and said at least one structural element fascia orthogonal to the axis of said hinge.

10. An article of furniture comprising:

a top surface comprising;

a top piece adjacent to and in non-permanent contact with, at least one top extension with an inward edge and an outward edge,

said at least one top extension adjustably disposed for bi-directional slideable movement,

wherein said top surface is adjacent to and supported by,

at least two members,

at least one structural element comprising a shelf, with an inward edge and an outward edge, disposed below said top surface, said at least one structural element shelf adjacent to and connected to said at least one member, said at least one structural element shelf providing for accessory accommodation and structural rigidity and support,

at least one structural element comprising a generally vertical fascia panel adjacent to and connected to and further disposed below said at least one top extension outward of said top surface, further said at least one structural element fascia is connected to said outward edge of said at least one structural element shelf by at least one hinge pivotally disposed for bi-directional rotation of said at least one structural element fascia and said at least one top extension,

further said at least one top extension bi-directional slideable movement is disposed orthogonal to the axis of pivot,

whereby said at least one bi-directional adjustably and slideably disposed top extension is selected for gap creation between said top piece and said at least one top extension for electrical cord and accessory cable passage and accommodation,

whereby said at least one structural element fascia and said at least one top extension bi-directional rotation is selected for access beneath said top surface.

11. The article of furniture according to claim 10 wherein bi-directional rotation of said at least one structural element fascia and said at least one top extension is adjustable and limited.

12. The article of furniture according claim 10 wherein said at least one structural element fascia is connected to at least one top extension by at least one tracked bracket.

13. An article of furniture comprising:

a top surface comprising;

a top piece with an inward edge and an outward edge, said top piece adjustably disposed for bi-directional slideable movement and adjacent to and in non-permanent contact with,

at least one top extension pivotally disposed for bi-directional rotation,

further said top piece disposed for bi-directional slideable movement orthogonal to the axis of pivot,

wherein said top surface is adjacent to and supported by,

at least two members,

at least one structural element disposed below said top surface to provide for structural rigidity and support,

whereby said bi-directional adjustably and slideably disposed top piece is selected for gap creation between said top piece and said at least one top extension for electrical cord and accessory cable passage and accommodation,

whereby said at least one pivotally disposed top extension is selected for access beneath said top surface.