Haworth, Inc.

Bryan L Roels

Tim Fookes

Bret Marschand

William F Schacht

Linda Elizabeth Chesser

Jeff Tayler

Peter J Beyer

Steven Jay King

Mark A Powell

Chris Simmons

Thomas F Ysseldyke

A storage cabinet employing a door formed in one monolithic piece from a thin sheet of light-weight but relatively rigid material, such as compressed resin-bonded plastic fibers. The door has a pair of panels, such as upper and lower door panels, integrally joined through a living hinge.

Storage cabinet with movable door

A desk arrangement is provided which includes freestanding furniture units, namely, a stationary cabinet and a movable table. While the movable table is movable relative to the cabinet, the cabinet and table are connected together by an intermediate link top which permits relative movement therebetween but interconnects the cabinet and table to define a single interconnected furniture unit. The link top is both slidable and pivotable relative to the cabinet and table to permit sliding and pivoting of the table between a closed position directly adjacent to the cabinet and an open position spaced outwardly therefrom. The link top can define an auxiliary worksurface and also defines a bridge between the cabinet and table to which cabling can be connected. This arrangement thereby permits flexible repositioning of the table while also permitting power and/or communications cabling to be routed therebetween.

Furniture arrangement having a slidable intermediate table

A desk or worksurface arrangement is provided which has a cable management slot along a back edge of the worksurface wherein removable end caps enclose the opposite ends of the slot. The caps retain cabling within the cable management slot but are removable without tools to permit the cabling to be slid out of the slot or past horizontally to an adjacent desk. The end caps may also be fixedly attached to a vertical storage unit to connect the vertical storage unit to the top of the desk arrangement while permitting the vertical storage unit to be removed from the desk without requiring tools.

Desk arrangement

A universal wall support or frame member is provided which is used to connect laterally spaced apart side walls of a file cabinet or other type of storage cabinet. The universal wall support includes opposite end sections which are telescopingly engaged together so that the wall support may be extended to any desired length and thereafter fixed at a set length such that the universal wall support is usable for different size cabinet constructions. The opposite end sections define a first range of cabinet sizes, and the universal wall support may include an intermediate extender section which slidably joins opposite end sections together so that the universal wall support defines a second range of cabinet sizes. The opposite end sections further include support flanges for supporting the side walls, particularly those made of wood, to further strengthen the file cabinet.

Universal wall support for a cabinet

A laptop computer desk includes an interior storage compartment which is defined below worksurface level and has a triangular shape to accommodate a laptop computer therein. The storage compartment is enclosed by a front door and top doors wherein the front door folds down to define a wrist rest while the top doors fold over onto the work surface to define blotters or writing areas adjacent to the storage compartment. The interior of the storage compartment includes a receptacle unit for power and/or communication outlets, and flexible fabric divider walls which define interior compartments for storing cables.

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Heath Township, Allegan County, MI, United States of America

Bryan L Roels