Foldable and assembleable desk

• US 6,082,838 A
• Filed: 03/08/1999
• Issued: 07/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Moises Bissu-Palombo
• Original Assignee: Moises Bissu-Palombo
• Inventors: Bissu-Palombo, Moises
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, HANH VAN
• Application Number:
  US09/263,540
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 108/115, 108/50.01, 108/50.02, 108/157.1, 108/157.16, 108/159.12, 108/150, 312/194, 312/195, 312/351.4, 312/223.3, 312/258, 312/262
• US Class Current: 312/195
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/003 Connecting table tops to underframes connecting furniture tubing to non-tubular parts F16B12/42
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/0314 Platforms for supporting office equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 3/12 Stowable tables with detachable top leaves

Abstract

A foldable desk assembly having a panel, a first leg hingedly attached to one end of the panel so as to be movable between a first position overlying a surface of the panel and a second position extending transverse to the panel, a second leg hingedly attached to an opposite end of the panel so as to be movable between a first position overlying the surface of the panel and a second position transverse to the panel. Each of the first and second legs includes a pair of spaced apart screws located at a top end thereof. A desktop has grooved formed therein so as to correspond to the location of the screws on the ends of the legs. Each of the screws can be inserted into the respective slots so as to allow the desktop to properly engage the top of the legs. A pair of tracks is formed on an underside of the desktop so as to allow for the receipt of a drawer therein.

Claims

1. A foldable desk assembly comprising:

a panel;

a planar first leg hingedly attached to one end of said panel so as to be movable between a first position overlying a surface of said panel and a second position extending transverse to said panel, said panel positioned between edges of said first leg in said second position, said first leg having a spaced apart pair of screws affixed to a top end of said first leg;

a planar second leg hingedly attached to an opposite end of said panel so as to be movable between a first position overlying said surface of said panel and a second position transverse to said panel, said panel positioned between edges of said second leg in said second position of said second leg, said second leg having a spaced apart pair of screws affixed to a top end of said second leg; and

a desktop of planar configuration, said desktop having a first pair of slots formed adjacent one end thereof, said first pair of slots slidably receiving respectively said pair of screws of said first leg such that said slot is interposed between a head of a respective screw and said top end of said first leg, said desktop having a second pair of slots formed adjacent an opposite end thereof, said second pair of slot slidably receiving respectively said pair of screws of said second leg such that each of said second pair of slots is interposed between a head of a respective screw and said top end of said second leg, said desktop being detachably affixed onto said first and second legs when said first and second legs are in said second position transverse to said panel.

2. The assembly of claim 1, each of said first and second pairs of slots having a circular orifice having a size slightly greater than a head of a corresponding screw, each of said first and second pairs of slots having a slit extending from said orifice, said slit having a stop at an end opposite said circular orifice, said slit having a width slightly greater than a shank of said screw.

3. The assembly of claim 2, each of said pair of screws on said first leg having a shank extending through said slit of a respective slot on said desktop and a head residing adjacent said stop in said second position.

4. The assembly of claim 1, said desktop having an upper surface and a bottom surface, said desktop having a pair of tracks arranged parallel to each other, each of said pair of tracks releaseably receiving a tab affixed to a drawer, said drawer being slidably received within said pair of tracks.

5. The assembly of claim 4, said pair of tracks positioned forward of said panel when said desktop is attached to said pair of legs in said second position.

6. The assembly of claim 1, each of said first and second legs being of a rectangular configuration.

7. The assembly of claim 4, said pair of tracks positioned centrally of said desktop.

8. The assembly of claim 4, said desktop having a cable hole extending therethrough rearward of said pair of tracks, said cable hole positioned on an opposite side of said panel from said pair of tracks when said desktop is affixed to said first and second legs in their second position.

9. A method of assembling a desk comprising the steps of:

rotating a planar first leg hingedly about an end of a panel such that said first leg resides perpendicular to said panel and said panel resides between edges of said first leg;

rotating a planar second leg hingedly about an opposite end of said panel such that said second leg resides perpendicular to said panel and parallel to said first leg and such that said panel resides between edges of said second leg, said first leg having a pair of screws affixed at a top end thereof, said second leg having a pair of screws affixed to a top end thereof;

placing a desktop onto said top ends of said first and second legs such that slots on said desktop engage corresponding screws on said first and second legs; and

sliding said desktop along said top ends of said first and second legs such that the screws are engaged within respective slots in said desktop such that a slot is interposed between a head of a respective screw and a respective top end of said first and second legs.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

affixing a pair of tracks in parallel relation onto an undersurface of said desktop; and

inserting a tab of a drawer into each of said pair of tracks.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

forming a cabled hole in said desktop so as to open on a top surface of said desktop.