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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Jeffrey P. Cronk, Tulsa, OK (US);
Ting-wen Nieh, Arlington, TX (US);
Kevin S. Wilson, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Robert L. Stewart, Grapevine, TX (US);
James B. Lowell, Arlington, TX (US);
Jeffrey P. Cronk, Tulsa, OK (US);
Ting-Wen Nieh, Arlington, TX (US);
Kevin S. Wilson, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Robert L. Stewart, Grapevine, TX (US);
James B. Lowell, Arlington, TX (US);
Steelcase Development Corporation, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A conference table includes a work surface having one or more central openings. A utility distribution system is position below the central opening on a support channel. The support channel defines separated wireways for communicating separated utilities along the support channel. The utility distribution system further includes a plurality of W-shaped utility modules positioned on beams of the channel below the central opening. The utility modules set end-to-end in an arrangement that facilitates initial installation and later retrofit or repair. The table is supported on legs that define a vertical wireway space, and further include a repositionable divider configured to selectively subdivide the vertical wireway space into subwireways of different cross-sectional sizes for accommodating different cross-sectional sizes of utility conduit bundles. A removable double-pivoted door is releasably supported to cover the opening and to provide easy access to the opening from either side of the table top.