Computer desk apparatus

• US 5,121,974 A
• Filed: 05/14/1991
• Issued: 06/16/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alan R. Monson
• Original Assignee: Alan R. Monson
• Inventors: Monson, Alan R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GREEN, BRIAN
• Application Number:
  US07/699,573
• Time in Patent Office: 399 Days
• Field of Search: 312/194, 312/239, 312/297, 312/311, 160/236, 160/201, 160/113, 160/118
• US Class Current: 312/194
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0069 with rack

Abstract

A desk structure provided with parallel walls formed with a front wall defining a central cavity, with the central cavity positioned between a right series of storage drawers, and a left storage door positioned hingedly in front of a printer cavity, wherein the printer cavity includes a medially positioned slide-out drawer, the slide-out drawer defining a gap between a rear portion of the slide-out drawer and a rear wall of the structure. Extending upwardly from a lower desk plate are right and left storage shelves, with a medial upper cavity mounted therebetween, with the upper cavity including a roll-top member directed over the cavity to provide protection for the organization when not in use. A modification of the invention includes a further roll-top member formed of transparent polarized slats minimizing glare relative to a computer monitor positioned within the cavity.

Claims

1. A computer desk apparatus, comprising in combination,

a unitary cabinet housing, including a right "L" shaped side wall spaced from, parallel, and coextensive with a left "L" shaped side wall, and

a front wall orthogonally mounted to a forward portion of the right and left side walls, with the front wall spaced from and parallel a rear wall, and the front wall including a central leg cavity, the central cavity oriented adjacent a plurality of storage drawers mounted to the front wall adjacent the right side wall, and

further including a left storage door mounted to the front wall adjacent the left side wall, and

the left storage door positioned forwardly of a left storage cavity that extends between the front wall and the rear wall, and

the left storage cavity including a medially positioned slide shelf, and a plurality of rail members, the slide shelf mounted within a plurality of rail members, and the slide shelf defining a gap between a rear edge of the slide shelf and the rear wall, and a left storage cavity floor positioned below the rail members within the left storage cavity, and

a first planar support surface mounted orthogonally between the right and left "L" shaped side walls and contiguous with the front wall, and

a central storage cavity mounted orthogonally relative to the first planar support surface between the first planar support surface and the rear wall, and

a right matrix of lower storage cavities mounted between the first planar support surface and the rear wall adjacent the right side wall, and

a left matrix of lower storage cavities positioned between the central cavity and the left "L" shaped side wall, and

a plurality of parallel rows of upper storage cavities mounted coextensively between the right and left "L" shaped side walls above the central storage cavity, and

wherein the central storage cavity includes a plurality of first "L" shaped tracks, the "L" shaped tracks slidably mounting a first roll-top cover, the first roll-top cover comprising a plurality of parallel slats, each slat hingedly interconnected in a side-to-side relationship coextensive with one another, and a first lift handle mounted to a lowermost slat of the parallel slats, wherein the parallel slats are slidably mounted within the first "L" shaped tracks, and

including a plurality of second "L" shaped tracks, the second "L" shaped tracks arranged parallel relative to the first "L" shaped tracks within the central storage cavity, and the second "L" shaped tracks including a second roll-top cover slidably mounted therebetween, the second roll-top cover including spaced parallel polarized transparent slats, the spaced parallel polarized transparent slats including a lowermost transparent slat, wherein the lowermost transparent slat includes a second lift handle mounted thereto for manual manipulation of the second roll-top cover, and the polarized transparent slats are coextensive relative to one another and are hingedly mounted in a side-to-side relationship, with the second roll-top cover oriented parallel relative to the first roll-top cover.