Reconfigurable table assemblies
First Claim
1. A furniture kit including:
- first and second spaced apart leg members including front and rear end portions and a frame space between facing surfaces, each of the first and second leg members includes a front surface and a rear surface;
a first furniture assembly including a first rigid furniture component having first and second ends and having front and rear portions, wherein;
(i) a first furniture configuration is configurable that includes the first furniture assembly supported between the leg members and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first furniture assembly adjacent the front and rear end portions and substantially flush with the front and rear surfaces of the leg members, respectively,(ii) a second furniture configuration is configurable that includes the first furniture assembly rotated 180 degrees about a vertical axis to be supported between the leg members and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first furniture assembly adjacent the rear and front end portions and substantially flush with the front and rear surfaces of the leg members, respectively, and(iii) a third furniture configuration is configurable that includes the rear portion of the first furniture assembly supported adjacent the front portions of the leg members and the front portion of the first furniture assembly extending out from the frame space.
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Abstract
A furniture kit including first and second spaced apart leg members including front and rear end portions and a frame space between facing surfaces, a first furniture assembly including a first rigid furniture component having first and second ends and having front and rear portions, wherein (i) a first furniture configuration is configurable that includes the first furniture assembly supported between the leg members and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first furniture assembly adjacent the front and rear end portions of the leg members, respectively, and (ii) a second furniture configuration is configurable that includes the first furniture assembly supported between the leg members and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first furniture assembly adjacent the rear and front end portions of the leg members, respectively.
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Citations
27 Claims
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1. A furniture kit including:
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first and second spaced apart leg members including front and rear end portions and a frame space between facing surfaces, each of the first and second leg members includes a front surface and a rear surface; a first furniture assembly including a first rigid furniture component having first and second ends and having front and rear portions, wherein; (i) a first furniture configuration is configurable that includes the first furniture assembly supported between the leg members and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first furniture assembly adjacent the front and rear end portions and substantially flush with the front and rear surfaces of the leg members, respectively, (ii) a second furniture configuration is configurable that includes the first furniture assembly rotated 180 degrees about a vertical axis to be supported between the leg members and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first furniture assembly adjacent the rear and front end portions and substantially flush with the front and rear surfaces of the leg members, respectively, and (iii) a third furniture configuration is configurable that includes the rear portion of the first furniture assembly supported adjacent the front portions of the leg members and the front portion of the first furniture assembly extending out from the frame space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for reconfiguring a single person workstation wherein the single person workstation includes first and second spaced apart leg members that form a first frame space there between each of the first and second leg members includes a front surface and a rear surface and a first table top assembly having front and rear portions where the table top assembly is mountable between the leg members in either of at least a first position with the first table top assembly located substantially within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first table top assembly being substantially flush with the front and rear surfaces of the leg members, a second position wherein at least a portion of the first table top assembly extends out of the frame space beyond either the front surface or the rear surface of the leg members, and a third position with the first table top assembly rotated 180 degrees about a vertical axis and located substantially within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first table to assembly being substantially flush with the rear and front surfaces of the leg members, the method comprising the steps of:
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with the first table top assembly initially in the first position, moving the first table top assembly from the first position to the second position; and securing the first table top assembly in the second position with at least a portion of the first table top assembly extending out of the frame space. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A table assembly kit comprising:
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first and second leg members, each leg member having front and rear surfaces, a frame space located between facing surfaces of the first and second leg members; a first elongated channel member forming a wire management channel along its length, the channel member mountable at opposite ends to the first and second leg members for substantially horizontal sliding movement with respect to the leg members between at least an intermediate position in which the channel member is intermediately positioned with respect to the front and rear surfaces of the leg members, a front position wherein the channel member is positioned adjacent the front surfaces of the leg members and a rear position wherein the channel member is positioned adjacent the rear surfaces of the leg members; and a first table top assembly; wherein a first single workspace configuration can be configured by positioning the channel member in the rear position and mounting the first table top assembly between the first and second leg members substantially within the frame space and to a forward side of the channel member with the channel member substantially flush with the rear surfaces of the leg members and the first table to assembly substantially flush with the front surfaces of the leg members, a second single workspace configuration can be configured by positioning the channel member in the intermediate position and mounting the first table top assembly between the first and second leg members to a front side of the channel member wherein at least a portion of the first table top assembly extends out of the frame space beyond the front surfaces of the leg members, and a third workspace configuration can be configured by positioning the channel member in the front position and mounting the first table top assembly between the first and second leg members by rotating the first table top assembly approximately 180 degrees about a vertical axis and located substantially within the frame space and to a rearward side of the channel member with the channel member substantially flush with the front surfaces of the leg members and the first table top assembly being substantially flush with the rear surfaces of the leg members. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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