Patent ID: 6129366
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A mobile teaching station being supportable on an underlying ground surface, comprising:a bottom shelf panel having an upwardly directed shelf surface for supporting a plurality of teaching props;a first and a second opposed end panel being substantially orthogonally disposed with respect to the bottom shelf panel, the first end panel being operably coupled to the bottom shelf panel proximate a first end thereof, the second end panel being operably coupled to the bottom shelf panel proximate a second end thereof;a center shelf panel disposed spaced apart from the bottom shelf panel and having an upwardly directed shelf surface for supporting a plurality of teaching props, the central shelf panel extending between the first and second end panels;a teaching surface panel extending between a top of the first and second end panels, the teaching surface panel presenting an upwardly directed mobile teaching surface, the mobile teaching surface being designed to support a plurality of teaching props, during instruction of students, at a height above the ground surface for a person to deliver a lesson using teaching props disposed on the mobile teaching surface;a front opening being peripherally defined by a front side of the bottom shelf panel, the first and second opposed end panels, and the teaching surface panel, and a rear opening being peripherally defined by a rear side of the bottom shelf panel, the first and second opposed end panels, and the teaching surface panel, the front and rear openings providing ready access to teaching props disposed on the bottom shelf upwardly directed shelf surface and the center shelf upwardly directed shelf surface;means for readily transporting the mobile teaching surface to a desired teaching site being operably coupled to the bottom shelf panel; andauxiliary shelving supported by the center shelf panel and spaced apart therefrom the shelving defining relatively smaller shelf space, the shelf space being uniquely designed to accommodate a selected set of teaching props.