Table

• US 6,769,747 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2001
• Issued: 08/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Herman Miller Incorporated (Millerknoll Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Herman Miller Incorporated (Millerknoll Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kurrasch, Andrew J., Chan, Eric Ping Pang, Chorpash, Rama, Granzow, Thomas William, Miller, Jeffrey Fredrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Lanna
• Assistant Examiner(s): FITZGERALD, JOHN P
• Application Number:
  US09/941,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20020040668A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• Field of Search: 108/50.02, 108/157.16, 108/159, 108/90, 108/93, 312/223.6, 248/188, 248/188.9, 248/188.8, D 6/499, D 6/458, D 6/462, D 6/487, 160/127, 160/351, 403/408.1, 403/286
• US Class Current: 108/157.16
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 17/003 made of metal
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards

Abstract

A table includes a support structure comprising a first wire support and a second wire support. Each of the first and second wire supports comprises opposite ends that are joined to define a first and second foot. A portion of each of the first and second wire supports form a first and second support platform respectively. A work surface is supported on the first and second support platforms. In another aspect, a preferred embodiment of the support structure further comprises a first and second cap member disposed on an upper surface of the work surface and connected to the first and second support platforms such that the work surface is clamped therebetween. In another aspect, an accessory includes a mounting portion that is disposed between a first surface of a work surface and one of the support platform and the cap member. The cap member is connected to the support platform with the mounting portion clamped between one of the support platform and the cap member and the work surface.

Claims

1. A table comprising:

a support structure comprising a first wire support and a second wire support, each of said first and second wire supports comprising opposite ends joined to define a first and second foot and wherein a portion of said first and second wire supports form a first and second support platform respectively, wherein said first wire support comprises a first segment extending upwardly from said first foot to said first support platform and a second segment extending from said first support platform to said second foot, and wherein said second wire support comprises a first segment extending upwardly from said second foot to said second support platform and a second segment extending from said second support platform to said first foot;

a third wire support comprising opposite ends joined to said first and second feet, wherein a portion of said third wire support forms a third support platform, said third wire support comprising a first segment extending from said first foot to said third support platform and a second segment extending from said second foot to said third support platform; and

a work surface supported on said first, second and third support platforms.

2. The table of claim 1 wherein said first support platform comprises a plate member attached to said first wire support.

3. The table of claim 1 wherein said opposite ends of said first and second wires are welded to form said first and second feet.

4. The table of claim 1 wherein said first and second wire members are each made of a single piece of wire.

5. The table of claim 1 further comprising a first collar attached to said first and second wire supports, and a second collar attached to said third wire support, and a fastener connecting said first and second collars.

6. The table of claim 1 further comprising a first and second cap member disposed on an upper surface of said work surface, wherein said first cap member is connected to said first support platform and wherein said second cap member is connected to said second support platform such that said work surface is clamped between said first and second cap members and said first and second support platforms respectively.

7. The table of claim 6 wherein at least a portion of said cap member is raised above said upper surface of said work surface, wherein said work surface comprises a first work surface, and further comprising a second work surface having a pair of openings shaped to receive said raised portion of said cap member, wherein said second work surface is disposed on said first work surface and is indexed on said first and second cap members.

8. The table of claim 1 further comprising an accessory having a mounting portion disposed between at least one of said first and second support platforms and said work surface.

9. The table of claim 8 wherein said accessory comprises a rail.

10. The table of claim 8 wherein said accessory comprises a screen.

11. The table of claim 10 wherein said screen comprises a curved pole extending out of a plane defined by said work surface from a side of said work surface to a rear of said worksurface.

12. The table of claim 11 wherein said screen is made of a bi-directional stretchable material.

13. The table of claim 1 further comprising a glide connected to each of said first and second feet.

14. The table of claim 13 further comprising a collar disposed over each of said first and second feet, wherein said glides are connected to said collars.