Patent ID: 7712847

Claim:
A laboratory station comprising: first and second rear legs; first and second front legs; a table top supported by the first and second front and rear legs as a horizontal work surface and the rear legs extend a distance above the table top; and at least one of said first and second rear legs comprising a tubular outer member having an open side, an internal channel member provided within the outer member to define an internal channel and with at least one access panel connected thereto with the access panel covering said open side, said access panel and said outer member defining a continuous outer surface perimeter of said at least one of said first and second rear legs and said outer member surrounding at least a portion of the internal channel member, said at least one access panel directed inwardly toward the table top; said at least one of said first and second rear legs having an outlet with at least a portion of the outlet located externally of the internal channel member and toward the table top with the at least one access panel installed; wherein when installed in multiple laboratory configurations with said at least one rear leg against a rear leg of an adjacent station, said at least one access panel is removable from said internal channel member to provide access to the internal channel without a need to move stations relative to one another.