Patent ID: 6484647
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A desk system comprising:(a) a support assembly comprising first and second interconnected hollow segments, each said segment having a central axis, first and second opposing side walls, a front wall connected to said first and second side walls via wall connecting portions and a back wall connected to said first and second side walls with the distal end of each tongue extending away from each other and to form segments that are generally octagonal shaped in cross section each of said front, back and side walls including: (i) a central portion; (ii) first and second spaced-apart marginal portions; and (iii) first and second grooves disposed between said central portion and said marginal portions; (b) a first structural panel connected to and extending from a selected one of said front, back and side walls of said first segment, said structural panel having a pair of spaced-apart tongues with the distal end of each tongue extending away from each other and slidably receivable within said first and second grooves provided in said selected wall; (c) a first divider panel connected to and extending from a selected one of said front, back and side walls of said second segment, said first divider panel, having a pair of spaced-apart tongues slidably receivable within said first and second grooves provided in the said selected wall of said second segment; and (d) segment connector means disposed interiorly of said support assembly for connecting together said first and second segments.