Patent ID: 9078348
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A47B,F16B,H02G,H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing utility receptacles and cables at a selected location of a workstation, comprising: a receptacle enclosure housing having an upper peripheral portion, a top opening surrounded by the upper peripheral portion and an interior region that is accessible through the top opening, the receptacle enclosure housing including a bottom having a bottom opening that provides access to the interior region, the receptacle enclosure housing further comprising a pair of spaced apart and aligned through-holes, and a receptacle support structure located within the interior region, the receptacle support structure having a pair of walls, a bottom member and at least one utility receptacle attached to one of the walls; a component housing having a first side which has a first plurality of through-holes therein and a second side which has a second plurality of through-holes therein, wherein a first through-hole in the first plurality of through-holes is aligned with a first through-hole in the second plurality of through-holes so as to form a first pair of aligned through-holes of the component housing, and wherein a second through-hole in the first plurality of through-holes is aligned with a second through-hole in the second plurality of through-holes so as to form a second pair of aligned through-holes of the component housing, the first pair of aligned through-holes of the component housing are aligned with the through-holes in the receptacle enclosure housing when the component housing is pivoted to a horizontal position and the second pair of aligned through-holes of the component housing are aligned with the through-holes in the receptacle enclosure housing when the component housing is pivoted to a vertical position; wherein the component housing and all portions of the receptacle enclosure housing except the peripheral portion are sized to fit into an opening in a work surface of a work station such that the peripheral portion rests upon the work surface and the remaining portion of the receptacle enclosure housing and the entire component housing is positioned below the work surface; and an elongate member sized and shaped to be removably inserted through the first and second pairs of aligned through-holes of the component housing and the through-holes in the receptacle enclosure housing, wherein the elongate member is removably inserted through the through-holes of the receptacle enclosure housing and the first pair of aligned through-holes in order to maintain the component housing in a substantially horizontal position under a work surface of a work station, and wherein the elongate member is removably inserted through the through-holes of the receptacle enclosure housing and the second pair of aligned through-holes of the component housing in order to maintain the component housing in a substantial vertical position under the work surface of the work station.