( 24 of 24 ) |
United States Patent | 4,382,642 |
Burdick | May 10, 1983 |
A furniture system has a pedestal supported, rigid support beam (101) and a selection of functional furniture items attachable thereto with various types of bracket assemblies. The support beam (101) is elongated and rectangular in cross section with two rounded upper flanges (128) and two rectangularly shaped lower flanges (129) radially extending from a rectangular central portion (126, 127) thereof. The bracket assemblies can be secured around certain of the radially extending flanges at a continuum of locations along the support beam. A pedestal structure (102) is connectable to the support beam (101) at certain positions along the lower radially extending flanges (129). The furniture items include various sizes and shapes of work surfaces, storage files, and supporting stands for accessories such as telephones and calculators. Separate beams can be joined together at right angles to each other.
Inventors: | Burdick; Bruce A. (San Francisco, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 06/192,079 |
Filed: | September 29, 1980 |
Current U.S. Class: | 312/194 ; 248/188.7; 312/195; 312/351.3; D6/428 |
Current International Class: | A47B 21/00 (20060101); A47B 13/00 (20060101); A47B 17/00 (20060101); A47B 027/00 () |
Field of Search: | 312/195,194,197,254,256,111,140 403/233,234 248/188.7,159 |
48854 | July 1865 | Ustick |
1873932 | August 1932 | Hunter |
2529780 | November 1950 | Miller |
2987362 | June 1961 | Bernath |
3104138 | September 1963 | Renaud |
3236485 | February 1966 | Staples |
3666339 | May 1972 | Neufeld |
3712698 | January 1973 | Propst et al. |
3751127 | August 1973 | Black, Jr. et al. |
3770334 | November 1973 | Weber |
3814778 | June 1974 | Hosoda et al. |
3856372 | December 1974 | Carlson et al. |
3883202 | May 1975 | Konig |
3911190 | October 1975 | Myers et al. |
3955788 | May 1976 | Delage |
3964401 | June 1976 | Gutmann, Jr. et al. |
4049331 | September 1977 | Gutmann, Jr. |
4050752 | September 1977 | Dykstra |
4101183 | July 1978 | McManus |
4224769 | September 1980 | Ball et al. |
4287837 | September 1981 | Bayles |
675737 | Feb., 1962 | IT | |||
347318 | Aug., 1960 | CH | |||
Product Analysis Race System, by J. Roger Guilfoyle, Sep. 1978, p. 122. . A Refined Way to Develope Workstations from a Power Handling Beam, by Richard Planck, Jan. 1980, p. 111. . Taking the Shock Out of Futures, No Listed Author, Jun. 1982, p. 17. . Race, Published by Sunar, Design Douglas Ball, Publication Data Unknown, p. RS2578.. |