Patent ID: 6629505
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A conference table comprising:a leg assembly including first and second legs and a beam connected between and stabilizing the first and second legs; a utility distribution system supported by the beam including utility outlets; a tabletop supported by the leg assembly, including an elongated central opening over the beam for accessing the utility outlets; including a top cover shaped to cover the central opening, and including cover supports in the central opening and attached to the tabletop that are constructed to pivotally support the top cover for movement between at least one opened position and a closed position where the top cover is co-planar with the tabletop; wherein the cover supports define virtual pivots that support the top cover for pivotal movement without direct attachment to the top cover; and wherein the cover support is configured to support the top cover in a propped opened position in either of the two oppositely opened positions.