Desk with dashboard facing

• US 4,896,373 A
• Filed: 09/25/1987
• Issued: 01/23/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Paul M. Blake
• Original Assignee: Paul M. Blake
• Inventors: Blake, Paul M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Griffin, Robert L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): KUNTZ, CURTIS A
• Application Number:
  US07/101,867
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 455/344-347, 379/436, D 6/396, D 6/407, D 6/413, D 6/422, 362/23, 446/7
• US Class Current: 455/344
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 83/04 Tables combined with other pieces of furniture

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a desk including a plurality of legs designed to support the desk on a floor surface, a planar surface substantially perpendicular to the legs and designed as a support surface for supporting various articles and to be used as a writing surface. Finally, the desk includes at its rearmost portion an upstanding structure which is made to resemble the dashboard of a vehicle including the visualization of an instrument panel, ventilation ducts and the like. The dashboard facing further includes a working high-fidelity stereo system which may include an AM-FM stereo receiver, tape deck, graphic equalizer and other stereo equipment as desired. Furthermore, at each end of the facing, speakers are mounted which are functional. If desired, the facing may include the visualization of a steering wheel, and the instrument visualization as well as the indicators for the stereo equipment may include selectively operable backlighting.

Claims

1. An improved desk comprising:

(a) a substantially planar surface provided with a writing surface thereon;

(b) support means for supporting said planar surface at a predetermined distance above an adjacent floor surface; and

(c) said planar surface having a front portion and a rear portion having a rear edge with the rear edge having extending in adjacency upwardly therefrom a vertical facing made to resemble the dashboard of a vehicle facing toward said front portion and including the visualization of a vehicle instrument panel, said writing surface extending from said front portion to said facing and comprising a majority of said planar surface.

2. The invention of claim 1, wherein said support means comprises a plurality of spaced legs.

3. The invention of claim 1, wherein said planar surface is substantially rectangular in configuration.

4. The invention of claim 1, wherein said facing includes at least two speakers mounted therein at spaced locations thereon, and a stereo system adapted to broadcast program material through said speakers.

5. The invention of claim 4, wherein said stereo system comprises:

(a) a radio receiver;

(b) a cassette tape deck; and

(c) a graphic equalizer.

6. The invention of claim 5, wherein said radio receiver is an AM-FM receiver, and further wherein said stereo system includes a compact disc player.

7. The invention of claim 1, wherein said facing includes a storage compartment made to resemble a vehicle glove compartment including a door which when opened reveals a storage compartment of said glove compartment.

8. The invention of claim 1, wherein said facing includes a simulation of a vehicle steering wheel.

9. The invention of claim 8, further including adjustable lighting means for adjustably lighting said instrument panel visualization.

10. The invention of claim 1, wherein said facing includes operable vent means and said facing has mounted therein a ventilation system adapted to circulate air through said vent means for providing ventilation to a user of said desk.

11. The invention of claim 10, wherein said ventilation means comprises the combination of heating and cooling means for conditioning air which is thereafter circulated through said vent means.