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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Allen C. Hager, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Robert E. Jeffers, Ada, MI (US);
William K. Hofman, Ada, MI (US);
Brian L. Bultsma, Byron Center, MI (US);
Scott Michael Miller, Middleville, MI (US);
Marvin C. Knauf, Conklin, MI (US);
Karl Heinz Mueller, Rosenheim, DE;
John R. Hamilton, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Karl J. Mead, East Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Allen C. Hager, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Robert E. Jeffers, Ada, MI (US);
William K. Hofman, Ada, MI (US);
Brian L. Bultsma, Byron Center, MI (US);
Scott Michael Miller, Middleville, MI (US);
Marvin C. Knauf, Conklin, MI (US);
Karl Heinz Mueller, Rosenheim, DE;
John R. Hamilton, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Karl J. Mead, East Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
An office furniture unit has an outer face with slotted hangers, and a removable storage unit assembly including a bottom panel positioned in a generally horizontal orientation along the office furniture unit, and a top panel disposed above and generally parallel with the bottom panel. First and second panels are disposed at opposite ends of the top and bottom panels and are connected therewith to define a rigid, box-shaped case having an open back portion. The first and second end panels have rear portions with multiple vertically spaced slots. First and second hanger brackets have a rear portion with first hooks selectively received in the slotted hangers of the office furniture units, and a forward portion with second hooks selectively received in the slots in the rear portions of the first and second end panels to detachably support the case against the outer face of the office furniture unit.