Wiring and Accessory Management Furniture

Abstract

A dual use article of furniture with horizontally supported planar surfaces that separate, slide, and pivot to provide adjustable passage for electrical wiring communication, concealment, and management, and to provide access to electrical and electronic components, and accessories internally stored and supported beneath the planar surface and concealed by a relatively movable assembly that is connected to, supported by, and integral with the article of furniture structure.

Description

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates to articles of furniture with horizontally supported planar surfaces that separate, slide, and pivot to provide adjustable passage for electrical wiring communication, its concealment, and its management, and to provide access for electrical and electronic components, and for accessories internally supported beneath the planar surface and concealed by a relatively movable assembly that is connected to, supported by, and integral with the article of furniture structure. More particularly this invention relates to dual use articles of furniture whose principal function is readily converted to an article of furniture with the top surface available for manual tasks. [0003] Embodiments of wiring and accessory management furniture are represented by credenzas, computer workstations, audio equipment cabinets, communication kiosks, and point-of-sale equipment cabinets. [0004] 2. Description of the Related...

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Benefits of technology

[0036] The preservation of aesthetes is further manifest because of the ability to restore an attractive article of furniture to its original, uncluttered, and closed configuration when computer access is not required and interface components are stored or concealed. For example an article of period furniture in the style of a Colonial Early American library table incorporating the current disclosure and used for a computer workstation can regain its original aesthetic integrity by having its interface components cleared from the desktop and having the gap slid shut. In addition management is manifest since in this closed state the library table continues to provide concealment of components and wiring after individual user activities have ceased. Thus, the present disclosure provides means for conversion from the unspoiled surfaces of an attractive article of furniture to an electronic workstation and back again while still concealing wiring and accessories during these conversion phases.

Problems solved by technology

Additionally, the equipment and accessories themselves require organization, provision of space, and concealment.

Thus the prior art of furniture and cabinetry lacks the ease and scale of the combination of wiring passage with internal access to secondary equipment storage.

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