Spine assembly
US4619486A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 8, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47B2037/005
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A spine assembly for supporting desk tops and panels and accessories and providing for the passage of utility and communications lines to the desk tops and panels and accessories, as needed. A housing is utilized open at a bottom portion for receiving the utility and communications lines. An internal strut is included within the housing at a top portion of the housing. The internal strut serves as a support for brackets which extend upwardly in turn to support desk tops and panels and accessories as well as a cover assembly. The cover assembly provides an opening through which utility and communications line pass from the interior of the housing to the exterior thereof. In addition, brackets extend through the cover assembly for supporting panels and accessories above the cover assembly. The spine assembly is free-standing, and may be closed off by end panels as an individual item or joined to one or more other spine assemblies to create a system of furniture.
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