Furniture arrangement

Patent 5486042 Issued on January 23, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 9, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

D171630

D194847

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Inventors

Application

No. 118895 filed on 09/09/1993

US Classes:

312/196With structure above table

Examiners

Primary: Brittain, James R.
Assistant: Anderson, Harold D.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Price, Heneveld, Cooper, DeWitt & Litton

International Class

A47B 017/00

Abstract

A furniture unit includes a worksurface, a supporting base formed by a supporting pedestal and/or a supporting end panel, and a pair of rails connected to the underside of the worksurface reinforcing the worksurface and acting as a standoff between the worksurface and the supporting base, the rails including apertures spaced longitudinally along their length. A bracket is provided including an elongate bayonet-like leg for releasably engaging the apertures in the rail and further includes an accessory supporting end that extends laterally of a worksurface edge. A plurality of accessory units are selectively mounted to the bracket in a position spaced above the worksurface, thus allowing a user to select and position one or more of the accessory units along the edge of the worksurface for optimal use and efficiency of the furniture unit.