Supports: cabinet structure – Sectional-unit type
Patent
1991-02-08
1993-10-26
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Supports: cabinet structure
Sectional-unit type
312195, 108 64, A47B 8700
Patent
active
052559661
ABSTRACT:
Office furniture includes a number of individual furniture components all incorporating the same basic constructional details and ornamentation and which articles of furniture may be selectively associated with one another to form selective furniture ensembles which can provide a complete work area. One feature of the invention is to provide a furniture top which has notched edges which selectively receive a corresponding end of another article of furniture so as to interlock several articles of furniture into a furniture ensemble in a manner to resist relative movement. In addition, certain edges of furniture tops are notched and have a straight vertical edge to indicate a functional component such as a pull-out pedestal drawer or a cabinet area with edges of the tops being arcuately convexly downwardly curved for user interface. The individual components include desks, credenzas, organizers, returns and storage columns. The components are designed to be adaptable for numerically controlled machinery manufacture for individual selectivity and efficient manufacture.
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Newhouse Thomas J.
Shepherd Donald A.
Anderson Gerald A.
Dorner Kenneth J.
Herman Miller Inc.
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