Patent ID: 6293506
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: A47B,Y10S

Abstract:
A wire management assembly for an article of furniture comprising:a leg connectable to the article of furniture and configured for supporting the article of furniture, said leg including at least two elongated leg posts defining a gap having a width therebetween; anda legway removably disposed within said gap, said legway including an elongated tubular body defining a channel for receiving wires and/or cables therethrough, said tubular body having a pair of opposite elongated clamping arms configured to receive a portion of a corresponding leg post therein, said clamping arms having an unstressed configuration that exceeds said width of said gap and including means for resiliently deflecting said clamping arms toward each other to a position in which said clamping arms are disposed within said gap,said tubular body of said legway having a top end and an opposite bottom end, said top end arranged adjacent the article of furniture when the leg is connected to the article of furniture and said legway is disposed within said gap, said body defining a cutout at said bottom end sized to receive the wires and/or cables passing therethrough, and said tubular body defining a notch extending from said top end, said notch sized to receive the wires and/or cables therethrough.