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Linkable modular table

  • US 5,606,920 A
  • Filed: 06/08/1995
  • Issued: 03/04/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a freestanding C-leg table having a horizontally enlarged worksurface defining thereon an enlarged and planar upper surface, said worksurface defining thereon a pair of end edges, and a pair of leg assemblies fixed to said worksurface and projecting downwardly therefrom for supportive engagement with a floor, each leg assembly being fixed to the worksurface and projecting downwardly in adjacent relationship to one of the end edges thereof, said leg assembly including a vertically upright leg which is positioned adjacent a rear corner of the worksurface and projects vertically downwardly and at its lower end is fixed to a horizontally elongate foot which projects forwardly and is adapted for supportive engagement with the floor, comprising the improvement wherein said worksurface has a cutout which opens inwardly from each of the respective end edges in the vicinity of the respective rear corner of the worksurface and extends vertically upwardly through the worksurface, said leg having an upper portion which is positioned within and projects vertically through said cutout so that the leg has an upper end which is disposed at or above the upper surface of said worksurface, said leg having a configuration which corresponds generally to the contour of the cutout so as to snugly fit therein, said leg having an outer side surface which defines a flat vertically-extending plane which is substantially vertically coplanar with the respective end edge of the worksurface, and said foot having an outer vertically-flat side surface which is substantially vertically coplanar with the respective end edge of the worksurface.

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