Break down desk assembly

• US 20090013908A1
• Filed: 07/11/2007
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: True Seating Concepts LLC
• Original Assignee: True Seating Concepts LLC
• Inventors: Baker, Burke, Hazzard, Thomas B., Grove, James E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,942,100 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/159.110
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 1/05 the leaves being extensible by drawing-out
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/003 Connecting table tops to underframes connecting furniture tubing to non-tubular parts F16B12/42
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/06 characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/06 with separable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/12 Stowable tables with detachable top leaves

Abstract

A break down desk is disclosed to facilitate an efficient storage disassembly and transport in compact shipping containers. The break down desk may be quickly and easily assembled and disassembled without the use of traditional tools and fasteners and with a minimal of assistance. A removable desktop is detachably connected to and across a pair of opposing side panels. The removable desktop includes a primary writing surface at the front, a file/paper stacking surface located behind the primary writing surface, and a pair of detachable side wings. A wire management channel, through which to receive an electrical wire from an electrical apparatus, runs around the desktop between the primary writing surface, the file/stacking surface, and the side wings. A cable routing trough, to guide the cable from an AC power strip received therewithin towards a source of power, is detachably connected between the pair of opposing side panels below the desktop. A cable access door is pivotally attached to the file/stacking surface of the desktop to be rotatable from a closed position, at which to prevent access to the cable routing trough through the desktop, to an open position, at which to permit access to the cable routing trough through the desktop.

Claims

1. A desk capable of being assembled without the use of tools, said desk comprising:

a pair of side panels spaced from one another; and

a desktop detachably connected between said pair of side panels by means of a plurality of locks carried by said desktop and moved into locking engagement with said pair of side panels.

2. The desk recited in claim 1, wherein said desktop has a writing surface including first and opposite sides and a pair of side wings detachably connected to respective ones of said first and opposite sides to increase the size of said writing surface.

3. The desk recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one first coupling member located on each of said pair of side wings and at least complementary coupling member located on each of the first and opposite sides of said writing surface in opposing alignment with said first coupling member, said first coupling member and said complementary coupling member being slidably and removably mated to one another, whereby said pair of side wings are detachably connected to the said respective ones of the first and opposite sides of said writing surface.

4. The desk recited in claim 1, wherein each of said pair of side panels has at least one riser projecting therefrom by which to support said desktop, said plurality of locks carried by said desktop being moved into the said locking engagement with said pair of side panels at respective ones of the said at least riser projecting therefrom.

5. The desk recited in claim 4, wherein each of said plurality of said locks carried by said desktop includes a lock body and a locking pin slidable through said lock body and into the said locking engagement with the said at least riser projecting from each of said pair of side panels.

6. The desk recited in claim 1, also comprising a cable routing trough to receive an electrical cable to be routed to a source of electrical power, said cable routing trough detachably connected between said pair of side panels below said desktop.

7. The desk recited in claim 6, wherein each side panel of said pair of side panels has a hollow interior and a cable routing hole, said cable routing hole communicating with each of the hollow interior of said side panel and said cable routing trough to establish a cable routing path from said cable routing trough to the hollow interior of said side panel by way of said cable routing hole.

8. The desk recited in claim 6, wherein said desktop includes a cable access door located above said cable routing trough, said cable access door moving from a closed position to block access to said cable routing trough through said desktop to an open position to permit access to said cable routing trough through said desktop.

9. The desk recited in claim 1, wherein said cable routing trough includes a front wall detachably connected between said pair of side panels, a rear wall detachably connected between said pair of side panels in spaced alignment with said front wall, and a bottom connected to and projecting from said rear wall towards said front wall.

10. The desk recited in claim 9, wherein the rear wall and the bottom of said cable routing trough are pivotally connected to one another, said rear wall being rotatable upwardly relative to said bottom so as to lie in the said spaced alignment with said front wall.

11. The desk recited in claim 10, wherein the rear wall of said cable routing trough has at least one catch projecting therefrom and at least one of said pair of side panels has a catch lock attached thereto, said catch being received at and retained by said catch lock when the rear wall of said cable routing trough is rotated upwardly relative to said bottom.

12. The desk recited in claim 10, further comprising a brace connected to each of said pair of side panels and having a pin projecting upwardly therefrom, the bottom of said cable routing trough being seated upon said brace and having a pin hole formed therein, the pin from said brace being received within the pin hole of said bottom to prevent a displacement of said bottom relative to the front wall of said cable routing trough.

13. The desk recited in claim 12, further comprising at least one lock body seated on the bottom of said cable routing trough and a pin hole formed in at least one of said pair of side panels, said lock body having a locking pin slidable therethrough for receipt by said pin hole in said at least one side panel to prevent said bottom from being unseated from said brace.

14. A desk including a pair of sides and a desktop connected between and supported by said pair of sides, said desktop having a wire management channel running therealong to receive therethrough an electrical wire from an electrically powered device that is placed upon said desktop.

15. The desk recited in claim 14, also including a cable routing trough to receive an electrical cable to be routed to a source of electrical power, said cable routing trough located between said pair of sides below said desktop.

16. The desk recited in claim 15, wherein each side of said pair of sides has a hollow interior and a cable routing hole, said cable routing hole communicating with each of the hollow interior of said side and said cable routing trough to establish a cable routing path from said cable routing trough to the hollow interior of said side by way of said cable routing hole.

17. The desk recited in claim 15, also including a cable access door located on said desktop above said cable routing trough, said cable access door moving from a closed position to block access to said cable routing trough through said desktop to an open position to permit access to said cable routing trough through said desktop.

18. The desk recited in claim 17, wherein said cable access door is pivotally connected to said desktop by means of a hinge, said cable access door being rotated at said hinge between said closed and open positions.

19. The desk recited in claim 14, wherein said cable routing trough is detachably connected to said pair of sides so as to extend therebetween.

20. The desk recited in claim 19, also including a bracket affixed to each of said pair of sides, said cable routing trough comprising a cross beam having first and opposite ends and a gap formed in each of said ends, said cross beam detachably connected to said pair of sides by means of said brackets affixed to said sides being removably received in respective ones of the gaps formed in said first and opposite ends.

21. The desk recited in claim 19, also including a groove formed in each of said pair of sides, said cable routing trough comprising a cable guide having first and opposite ends and at least one pin projecting from each of said first and opposite ends, said cable guide being detachably connected to said pair of sides by means of said pins which project from the first and opposite sides being removably received within respective ones of the grooves formed in each of said pair of sides.

22. The desk recited in claim 14, wherein said desktop comprises a writing surface having first and opposite sides and a pair of side wings detachably connected to respective ones of said first and opposite sides to increase the size of said writing surface.

23. The desk recited in claim 22, wherein said wire management channel runs laterally across said writing surface and along the first and opposite sides thereof at the interface of said writing surface with said pair of side wings.

24. The desk recited in claim 22, also including at least one first coupling member projecting from each of said pair of side wings and at least one complementary coupling member projecting from each of the first and opposite sides of said writing surface in opposing axial alignment with said first coupling member, said first coupling member and said complementary coupling member being slidably and removably received one within the other, whereby said pair of side wings are detachably connected to the said respective ones of the first and opposite sides of said writing surface.

25. The desk recited in claim 14, wherein said desktop is removably attached to said pair of sides.

26. The desk recited in claim 25, also including at least one riser projecting upwardly from each of said pair of sides to receive and support said desktop thereupon and a pin body affixed to said desktop to lie adjacent a corresponding riser, said riser having a pin opening and said pin body having a pin that is slidable in a first direction into receipt by said pin opening by which said desktop is attached to said pair of sides and in an opposite direction out of receipt by said pin opening by which said desktop is removable from said pair of sides.

27. A desk comprising:

a pair of opposing desk sides;

a desktop extending between and removably attached to said pair of opposing desk sides; and

a cable routing trough to receive an electrical cable to be routed to a source of electrical power, said cable routing trough being detachably connected to said pair of opposing desk sides below said desktop.

28. The desk recited in claim 27, wherein each desk side of said pair of opposing desk sides has a hollow interior and a cable routing hole, said cable routing hole communicating with each of the hollow interior of said desk side and said cable routing trough to establish a cable routing path from said cable routing trough to the hollow interior of said desk side by way of said cable routing hole.

29. The desk recited in claim 27, wherein each desk side of said pair of opposing desk sides has a groove formed therein, and said cable routing trough has first and opposite ends and a pair of coupling pins projecting from each of said ends, each pair of coupling pins projecting from the first and opposite ends of said cable wiring trough being slidably and removably received by a respective one of the grooves formed in said pair of opposing desk sides by which said cable routing trough is detachably connected to said pair of opposing desk sides.

30. The desk recited in claim 27, further comprising at least one riser projecting upwardly from each of said pair of opposing desk sides to receive and support said desktop thereupon and a pin body affixed to said desktop to lie adjacent a corresponding riser, said riser having a pin opening and said pin body having a pin that is slidable in a first direction into receipt by said pin opening by which said desktop is attached to said pair of opposing desk sides and in an opposite direction out of receipt by said pin opening by which said desktop is removable from said pair of opposing desk sides.

31. The desk recited in claim 27, further comprising a cable access door located on said desktop above said cable routing trough, said cable access door moving from a closed position to block access to said cable routing trough through said desktop to an open position to permit access to said cable routing trough through said desktop.

32. The desktop recited in claim 27, wherein said desktop comprises a writing surface having first and opposite sides and a pair of side wings detachably connected to respective ones of said first and opposite sides to increase the size of said writing surface.

33. The desk recited in claim 32, further comprising a wire management channel formed through said desktop through which to receive an electrical wire from an electrically powered device that is placed upon said desktop, said wire management channel running laterally across said writing surface and along the first and opposite sides thereof at the interface of said writing surface with said pair of side wings.