Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Having means for supporting an electrical component
Patent
1998-02-03
2000-06-20
Cuomo, Peter M.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Having means for supporting an electrical component
312196, 108 60, A47B 8300
Patent
active
060764740
ABSTRACT:
A freestanding support for supporting a worksurface and an overhead storage unit and the like in an open office environment includes at least three legs where each leg has a bottom portion adapted for resting on a floor, a top horizontal support adapted for receiving and supporting a worksurface on the support, and a vertical support which maintains the bottom portion and the top horizontal support in a fixed vertically spaced relationship. A stretcher extends between and is attached to an upper rear portion of the end legs thereby maintaining the two end legs in a parallel horizontally disposed relationship. The freestanding support also has at least two support posts. One support post has an intermediate portion attached to the stretcher and is positioned substantially in alignment with one of the end legs and further has a bottom portion attached to the vertical support of the end leg. At least a second additional support post has an intermediate portion attached to the stretcher in alignment with the intermediate leg and has a bottom portion attached to the vertical support of the intermediate leg. Each support post has an upper end which is adapted to support a portion of an overhead storage unit above the worksurface supported by the top horizontal supports. The intermediate positioning of one of the support posts and the intermediate leg permits the incorporation of an overhead storage unit with a given worksurface having a different length than the overhead storage unit.
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Abson Michael H.
Fink Roy W.
Gallette Michelle R.
Grabowski Daniel
King Jonathan J.
Anderson Jerry A.
Cuomo Peter M.
Steelcase Inc.
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