Robert J Shapton

US Patent:

6564723, May 20, 2003

Filed:

Apr 23, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/299040

Inventors:

Robert J. Shapton - East Grand Rapids MI

Assignee:

Thornberry Furniture, Ltd - Muskegon MI
Harbor Steel Supply Corp. - Muskegon MI

International Classification:

A47B 3700

US Classification:

108 5002, 3122236

Abstract:

A desk providing a work surface and having a top, a bottom, a perimeter edge, and a U-shaped channel disposed below the top of the work surface adjacent the perimeter edge. The U-shaped channel includes a vertical member extending downwardly from the work surface proximate the perimeter edge, a bridge member, and a back member extending upwardly from the bridge member and spaced from the vertical member. A plurality of legs are attached to the bottom of the work surface to support the work surface a predetermined distance above a floor. The desk may be fitted with a return rotatably attached to at least one of the plurality of legs such that the return can be rotated under the work surface when not in use.