Patent ID: 7823518

Claim:
A desk, comprising: a base adapted to rest on a support surface such as a floor, wherein the base defines a front area and a rear area, and includes a pair of horizontally oriented laterally spaced apart base members that engage the support surface and extend in a front-rear direction, wherein the base members are interconnected with each other toward the rear area of the base; an upwardly extending support that defines a lower end interconnected with the base and an upper end spaced vertically above the lower end, wherein the lower end of the upwardly extending support is interconnected with the base at the rear area of the base; a desk top member secured to the upper end of the upwardly extending support; wherein the base, the upwardly extending support and the desk top member are separate components, wherein the lower end of the upwardly extending support is interconnected with the base via a base connection and wherein the desk top member is secured to the upper end of the upwardly extending support via a desk top connection; a height adjustment arrangement incorporated in one of the base connection and the desk top connection for adjusting the height of the desk top member relative to the base, wherein the height adjustment arrangement comprises a telescoping mounting member associated with one of the base and the desk top, and a variable position engagement arrangement between the mounting member and the adjacent end of the upwardly extending support, wherein the variable position engagement arrangement is engageable with the telescoping mounting member in a plurality of positions to vary the height of the desk top, and wherein a laterally open space is defined between either the base or the desk top and the adjacent end of the upwardly extending support when the vertical position of the desk top is adjusted upwardly relative to the base via the variable position engagement arrangement; and a spacer engaged within the space and secured within the space against lateral movement; wherein the upwardly extending support and the desk top member are configured and arranged such that the desk top member is located forwardly of the rear area of the base and the area below the desk top member between the desk top member and the base is open, whereby the base can be moved on the support surface to position the desk top member over a user's lap when the user is in a seated position.