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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 23, 2008
Alan Rheault, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
William Small, Greenville, MI (US);
Alan Rheault, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
William Small, Greenville, MI (US);
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A free standing furniture apparatus including a furniture unit having a unit height dimension, a base including a base wall having a base height dimension and first and second separated base wall ends, the base wall at least in part circumscribing a base space where the base wall includes a top edge surface that resides substantially in a single edge plane and a back wall member supported by the base wall proximate the first and second ends of the base wall member and extending substantially vertically upward from the base wall member and substantially perpendicular to the single edge plane so that there is a receiving space that is unobstructed by the back wall member and that is above the base space for receiving the furniture unit, the back wall member having a back wall height dimension that is greater than the unit height dimension so that at least a portion of the back wall member is observable above the furniture unit when the furniture unit is received within the receiving space, wherein the furniture unit is receivable on the top edge surface of the base wall within the receiving space.