Furniture system

• US 20090001859A1
• Filed: 06/11/2008
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Haworth Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Haworth Incorporated
• Inventors: Powell, Mark, King, Steve, Gingrich, Brian, Compton, Scott, Wyngarden, Bret, Kunzi, Brent, Lipsky, Steffen, Glick, Kristen, Kuipers, Shane, Lamfers, Alex, Borgman, Randall W., Wayner, Robert C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,079,655 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/111
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 83/001 Office desks or work-stations combined with other pieces of furniture, e.g. work space management systems
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/06 Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves A47B96/022 takes precedence; aspects of adjusting height or inclination A47B57/00 ; brackets for the display of articles A47F5/08

Abstract

A furniture system which is readily reconfigurable into a variety of work surface configurations and shelving configurations as well as additional component configurations associated therewith so as to readily adapt the furniture system to the specific needs of an office area. The system includes a system of brackets which readily accommodates mounting of work surfaces at a variety of elevations, and a shelving system which maintains shelves of different materials and thicknesses so that the top surfaces thereof align in a common plane.

Claims

1. A furniture arrangement comprising:

a furniture housing comprising a plurality of vertical and horizontal furniture panels to define an upstanding furniture defined by side and top walls which bound an interior space, a reinforcement panel being provided which extends crosswise between said side walls and has said opposite ends fixed to said vertical furniture panels to stabilize the bottoms ends of the vertical furniture panels;

a height adjustable work surface assembly mounted to said furniture housing, said work surface assembly including comprising end brackets having a set of end mounts for mounting said work surface to said vertical furniture panels at a plurality of elevations, and at least one edge bracket assembly having a hanger bracket connected to said reinforcement panel in a fixed position and defining a first plurality of bracket mounts corresponding to said end mounts, said bracket assembly including a support bracket which engages a selected one of said bracket mounts depending upon the elevation of the work surface and supports the edge of the work surface.

2. The furniture arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said end brackets have a plurality of panel mounting locations on the vertical furniture panels and said plurality of end mounts can be affixed to one said location or any other said location, said hanger bracket including at least a second plurality of said bracket mounts, wherein each said bracket mount corresponds to a respective one of said panel mounting locations.