Patent ID: 6267064
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: A47B,B01L

Abstract:
A furniture unit adapted for use in a laboratory comprising:a frame including a pair of spaced-apart uprights, a belt-high structural beam rigidly interconnecting the uprights, and legs extending from the uprights for stably supporting the frame on a floor surface, the structural beam having sides and being sufficient in structure and size to support worksurfaces and laboratory equipment in cantilever off the sides at locations spaced from the uprights;a belt-high utility distribution beam attached between the uprights and located above the structural beam; anda plurality of worksurfaces separately adjustably supported in cantilever on the belt-high structural beam for vertical height adjustment, the worksurfaces each including cantilever brackets that engage one of the sides of the structural beam at locations spaced from the uprights, the plurality of worksurfaces including at least two front worksurfaces and at least two rear worksurfaces that extend in opposite directions.