Work table

• US 4,612,863 A
• Filed: 10/18/1983
• Issued: 09/23/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vermogensverwaltung Franz VOGT Familienstiftung KG
• Original Assignee: VOKO Franz VOGT & Company
• Inventors: Machate, Rainer, Vonhausen, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Lyddane, William E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US06/543,186
• Time in Patent Office: 1,071 Days
• Field of Search: 108/28, 108/50, 108/97, 108/140, 144/286 R, 144/287, 269/76, 312/223
• US Class Current: 108/28
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2037/005 Tables specially adapted for laboratories
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/03 with substantially horizontally extensible or adjustable parts other than drawers, e.g. leaves
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/06 characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0013 Desks with central bearing beams
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0043 Inclination adjustable work top
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0085 Supplementary support fixed on the edge of a desk or table
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/12 Vanity or modesty panels

Abstract

A work table having a pedestal and a table top supported on the pedestal and adapted to support organizational walls, shelves, electrical devices, computers, and telephones, without limiting the work surface of the table or requiring that the work table be placed on a wall. The work table has in a rear region and below the table top a multifunction rail which extends the entire width of the table and is fixedly supported on the pedestal of the table. The multifunction rail is freely accessible from the rear of the table and can support devices which in turn support visible and organizational walls, shelves for additional items, files, lights, and so forth.

Claims

1. In a work table which includes a pedestal, a table top supported on said pedestal, and a rail which is disposed below said table top in a rear region of said table, which extends the entire width of said table, which is connected fixedly to said pedestal, and which is freely accessible, the improvement comprising wherein said rail is a multi-function rail which is hollow, the interior of said multi-function rail being accessible by means of a lid which is removably supported in an opening in said multi-function rail, wherein said multi-function rail has ends which are freely accessible and are adapted to receive fastening plates which can connect said multi-function rail to at least one of an attachment and a further rail;

wherein said multi-function rail includes means for dividing the interior thereof into several separate regions which each extend lengthwise thereof;

wherein said pedestal includes means for vertically movably supporting said table top, said multi-function rail being fixedly connected to a portion of said pedestal which is stationary, and includes means supporting said table top for pivotal movement about a substantially horizontal axis;

wherein at least one portion of said pedestal is hollow;

wherein said multi-function rail includes two U-shaped profiles which are spaced and which each have legs which each project toward a leg on the other U-shaped profile, said U-shaped profiles being connected to one another by means which includes bolts extending therebetween;

including fastening means for supporting an accessory part on said multi-function rail, said fastening means including two clamping jaws which can be positionally adjusted relative to one another and can securely grip one of said U-shaped profiles;

including two supports which are mounted on said fastening means and which each support a respective accessory part; and

wherein said supports are spaced rearwardly from a rear edge of said table top by different distances.