Supports: cabinet structure – Spaced pedestal type – Knockdown – set-up – or sectional
Patent
1998-04-28
1999-10-26
Cuomo, Peter M.
Supports: cabinet structure
Spaced pedestal type
Knockdown, set-up, or sectional
312194, 312197, 312200, 3122233, 3122497, 3123215, 2481884, A47B 1704, A47B 1706, A47B 1703
Patent
active
059715049
ABSTRACT:
A furniture unit comprises a closed-front credenza that folds out to form an L-shaped desk. The unit comprises a stationary desk having a partially open front, with a kneehole opening forming at least a portion of the open front. A moveable return pivotally mounted at on one side of the desk comprises a vertical face panel and a work surface mounted at a rear side of the face panel. The return is pivotal between a closed position, wherein the face panel covers the open portion of the front of the desk and the return work surface is concealed behind the face panel, and an open position, wherein the face panel is pivoted outwardly from the front of the desk, exposing the kneehole opening in the desk. The return work surface extends forwardly from the desk alongside the kneehole opening when the return is opened. The face panel is configured so as to create the impression that the furniture unit is a credenza with no kneehole opening when the return is closed. A column of functional drawers is mounted in the desk at the side opposite from the moveable return, with the face panel extending across the front of the desk to the drawers when the return is closed. The unit has a legless support mechanism for an inner corner of the return work surface that eliminates the need of a movement obstructing support leg at the corner. The unit also has lockable and vertically adjustable casters. A keyboard tray and inner storage unit are spaced below the desk top so that the return work surface fits under the desk top when the return is closed. The base molding is formed to conceal the fact that the return opens.
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Byma Ralph
Kelley James O.
Persons Greg J.
Cuomo Peter M.
White Rodney B.
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