Herman Miller, Inc.

Meridian Incorporated

Helikon Furniture Company

Donald A Shepherd

Thomas J Newhouse

Robert A Harvey

Dennis Foley

Rob Harvey

Hutch

Desk

A work station particularly adapted for use in a uniform open floor plan. The work station has a horizontal work surface having a front edge and a rear edge, a support member for supporting the horizontal work surface, a first trough located in an area beneath the horizontal work surface, and a second trough at a location displaced vertically below the first trough whereby the first and the second troughs define separate substantially horizontal passageways for the laying-in of cabling. In a further aspect, there is provided an office furniture system comprising a plurality of like work station modules aligned along a linearly extending course, each work station module occupying substantially the same area. Each work station module comprises a closed side along the linearly extending course, an open side opposite the closed side, a horizontal work surface, a support member connected to and supporting the horizontal work surface, a first trough parallel to the linearly extending course, a second trough at a location displaced vertically below the first trough and parallel to the linearly extending course so that the first and the second troughs define separate substantially horizontal passageways for electrical, communications, and data cables and the like.

Work station desk module and system with cabling management

Bookcase

Desk return

The invention is a furniture system and method for distributing and managing cabling through a work space and assisting in facility space planning. The system includes a plurality of free-standing horizontal cable housing units which are aligned end to end, either in a straight line or at an angle. Each of these horizontal housing units includes a top, a bottom, and two sidewalls which together define a hollow chamber open at both ends. At least one of the sidewalls is easily demountable to provide access to the hollow chamber of the housing unit. The system further includes a first raceway for electrical power cabling mounted within the hollow chamber, and a second raceway for communication cabling mounted within the hollow chamber.

System for distributing and managing cabling within a work space

Front and top for a cabinet

Sectional table

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.

Freestanding furniture ensemble

Pull for drawers or doors

A lateral file cabinet having at least two drawers and wherein the drawers are mounted for forward and outward tilting movement so as to provide access to the interior of each drawer. A principle feature of the file cabinet is that when one drawer is open, the other drawer of a two drawer file cabinet cannot be opened. An open lower drawer prevents a next upper drawer from being opened and an opened upper drawer prevents a next lower drawer from being opened.

Lateral file cabinet

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Spring Lake, MI, United States of America

Donald A Shepherd