Supports: cabinet structure – Spaced pedestal type – With structure above table
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-15
2001-08-14
Cuomo, Peter M. (Department: 3636)
Supports: cabinet structure
Spaced pedestal type
With structure above table
C312S305000, C312S249200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06273531
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to furniture, and relates particularly to a furniture hutch that has an integral, rotatable storage cabinet.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Storage cabinets for various office supplies are known in the art. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,651,595 to Willis and U.S. Pat. No. 5,487,599 to Weisburn et al. disclose rotatable storage cabinets designed for storing recordable media such as compact discs, floppy disks, cassettes, and the like. The rotating nature of these cabinets is preferred to facilitate accessibility and convenience. Heretofore, many of such storage cabinets are relatively lightweight and mobile to allow the operator to place the cabinet in a convenient and amenable location on a desktop.
A variety of desks exist that are specifically amenable as a workstation for computer use. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,555,150 to Turnbull discloses a substantially L-shaped workstation designed to accommodate the demand for increased workable area when a computer, or other tool, dominates the desktop. Desks, as known in the art, occasionally are designed with storage elements for office supplies. For example, a desk drawer may include an organizing tray for compartmentalizing office supplies. Also, desks may include a hutch designed with appropriately spaced cubicles for organizing paper supplies or work product.
The prior art lacks, however, a combination desk and hutch with rotatable storage cabinet capabilities. There is a need in the art for a desk and hutch that provides sufficient desktop area and sufficient organizational storage that minimizes operator fatigue and discomfort while accessing the storage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a hutch for a desk. The hutch has a top that preferably has a rear edge and at least one side extending forwardly from the rear edge. At least one rotatable support extends downwardly from the top beneath the at least one side that extends forwardly from the rear edge.
In one embodiment, the hutch extends upwardly from a desktop having a first end that extends longitudinally substantially parallel with the rear of the desktop and a second end that extends forwardly from the rear of the desktop at an obtuse angle. A stationary cabinet that has at least one organizer supports the first end and a rotatable cabinet that is substantially rectangular supports the second end. Each of the four faces of the rotatable support has at least one organizer, as described more fully herein below.
These and other aspects of the present invention as disclosed herein will become apparent to those skilled in the art after a reading of the following description of the preferred embodiments when considered with the drawings. The drawings are for the purpose of describing a preferred embodiment of the invention and are not intended to limit the present invention.
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Sketch of a revolving cube hutch, sketched by the inventor from memory of one seen at a show in Chicago in Jan. 1999, origin unknown, believed to be prior art.
Cuomo Peter M.
Hansen James O.
Rhodes & Mason, PLL
Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
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