Spine assembly
US4883330A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 1988 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47B2037/005
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A spine assembly for supporting dest tops and panels and acessories and providing for the passage of electrical wires to the desk tops and panels and accessories, as needed. A housing is utilized open at a bottom portion for receiving the electrical wires. A framework is included within the housing. One or more frameworks serve as supports for brackets which extend upwardly in turn to support panels and accessories. The framework also serves as a support for desk tops as well as a cover assembly. The cover assembly provides an opening through which electrical wires 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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