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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Timothy R. Stern, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Gerd Althofer, New York, NY (US);
Peter D. Howard, Greenwood, MS (US);
Steelcase Development Corporation, Caledonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A knock-down trader desk including a frame having at least two upright frame members and at least two horizontal beams. The beams releasably interconnect the upright frame members to form a freestanding knock-down rigid frame. A plurality of vertically oriented panels are attached to the rigid frame to define a storage area within the rigid frame. The trader desk includes at least three worksurfaces including a pair of outer worksurfaces defining two opposed user accessible elongate edges. The trader desk also includes at least one central worksurface positioned above the storage area and between the outer worksurfaces. The worksurfaces are engagable with the frame at a plurality of heights whereby the worksurfaces are selectively positionable at a plurality of heights. At least one access opening is provided for passing cables from the storage area to an upper surface of the central worksurface.