Power harness having multiple upstream usb ports and furniture article having harness with usb ports

Abstract

A desk including a plurality of panels and a power harness. The plurality of panels includes at least two substantially vertical panels supporting at least one substantially horizontal panel. The plurality of panels includes at least one panel having first and second opposing sides and an aperture extending through the first and second sides, wherein the at least one of the plurality panels having the aperture is at least one of the at least one substantially horizontal panel and the at least two substantially vertical panels. The power harness is coupled to the at least one the plurality of panels having the aperture to extend through the aperture, and includes: (1) an electrical cord extending from a housing for delivering electrical power to at least one externally accessible downstream power port at least partially contained in the housing; (2) a plurality of externally accessible universal serial bus (USB) ports each at least partially contained in the housing, the plurality of USB ports including a plurality of upstream USB ports and a plurality of downstream USB ports; and (3) circuitry interconnecting associated ones of the pluralities of upstream and downstream USB ports.