Patent ID: 6076315
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: A47B,H02G

Abstract:
A floor wiring structure for routing wiring material and storing wiring material having a surplus cable portion, said floor wiring structure comprising:a base member;a plurality of first unitary floor members having a pathway channel and being constructed and arranged on said base member in a generally checkered pattern so as to form at least one wiring pathway to receive said wiring material;a second floor member for storing a portion of said at least one cable, said second floor member replacing at least one of said unitary floor members and comprising an upwardly-opening space defined by a bottom part and four side walls for storing said surplus portion of said at least one cable, said space comprising at least one guide formed in a cylindrical shape and projecting from said bottom part of said space and being constructed and arranged so that said wiring material may be wound and kept therearound, said space comprising a cover guide, and said space comprising at least one cable entrance and at least one cable exit; anda fixing system;said guide having an upper surface and having a radially extending flange and said cover guide having an upper surface, constructed and arranged to support a cover;said floor wiring structure being constructed and arranged so that, when said wiring material is provided in said wiring pathways, said surplus cable part may be led into and looped around said guide within said space for storing said surplus cable portion of said at least one cable, and fixed to said floor member by said fixing system.