Patent ID: 7926430

Claim:
A furniture assembly comprising: a planar worksurface supported on a base including an opening; and at least one technology trough assembly having a trough portion that is accessible through the opening in the planar worksurface and an upper, exposed surface adjacent the trough portion and the planar worksurface, the upper, exposed planar surface exposed through the opening in the planar worksurface, the trough portion comprising at least one side wall including a plurality of utility connections and a sliding access panel adapted to slide in a lateral direction along a longitudinal axis of the worksurface from at least a first position to a second position so that the plurality of utility connections are accessible from either side of the planar worksurface, wherein in first position the utility connections are concealed by the sliding access panel and the upper, exposed surface adjacent the trough portion is exposed through the opening and wherein in the second position the upper surface adjacent the trough portion is at least partially concealed by the sliding access panel and the utility connections are at least partially exposed through the opening.