Casegoods with cable management features
US8087738B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47B21/06
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Office and home office furniture casegood products having cable management features, such as a desk including pedestals with hinged access doors having one or more cable management grommets disposed in the top edges of the hinged access doors. The desk may also include a hinged modesty panel with one or more cable management grommets disposed in a top edge thereof. The cable management grommets include a plurality of cable management grommet apertures to facilitate routing of cords or cables through the cable management grommets. The desk may also include a work surface having a bottom surface with a plurality of cord troughs attached thereto. Various panels of the desk include half-round cord openings to facilitate routing of cords and cables after having been routed through the cable management grommet apertures. The modesty panel includes an offset hinge assembly, advantageously providing ease of access to a wall outlet located behind the modesty panel.
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