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Desks

  • US 4,105,271 A
  • Filed: 06/29/1977
  • Issued: 08/08/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A desk, comprising;

  • a frame of cylindrical metal tubing, including a portion which extends around a horizontal area to provide a substantially rectangular rack;

    a lid having a snap-on, snap-off hinge for hingedly connecting the lid to one side of the rack; and

    a box having a base and four walls, at least two of the walls each having an outwardly extending flange, and the box being removably insertable within the rack and being supported by engagement of the outwardly extending flanges with sides of the rack, the hinge comprising, a tube of resilient synthetic plastics material having a substantially cylindrical inner surface and a slot longitudinally extending from one to another end of the tube, the tube being resiliently deformable to permit the slot to be passed over said one of the rack sides, whereby the tube is releasably secured to said one side, and means for securing the tube to the lid, so that the lid is pivotable from a lowered box closing position in which the lid covers the top of the box, to a raised box opening position, subject to continued rotation of the lid causing resilient deformation of the hinge tube an release thereof from said one side of the rack.

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