Patent ID: 9254035
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A47B,G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An table assembly for use with at least one common display, the table assembly comprising: a switching device linked to the common display, the switching device including at least one output linked to the common display and a plurality of inputs, the switching device controllable to link the switching device inputs to the at least one common display; a table top member having a flat top surface and a downwardly facing undersurface, the top member forming a table top opening between the top surface and the undersurface; a support structure supporting the table top member with the top surface substantially horizontally oriented; a deck assembly mounted to the top member adjacent the opening, the deck assembly including a deck member below and aligned with the table top opening, the deck member forming a substantially horizontal top surface spaced below the table top opening and an undersurface and forming a plurality of cable passing openings that pass through the deck member from the top surface of the deck member through to the undersurface of the deck member; and a separate control cable for each of the cable passing openings, each control cable including proximal and distal ends, each distal end linked to a different one of the inputs on the switching device, each proximal end including a connector for connecting to a source device, each control cable passing through one of the cable passing openings so that the proximal end resides above the cable passing opening and the distal end resides at a height below the deck member, each control cable having a length between the proximal and distal ends such that the proximal end of the cable can be moved between a stowed position with the proximal end proximate the top surface of the deck member and below the top surface of the table top member and an extended position in which the proximal end is pulled through the table top opening into a use position where the connector at the proximal end can be linked to a source device.