Patent ID: 8087735

Claim:
A free standing furniture apparatus comprising: a furniture unit having a unit height dimension and including at least one storage compartment; a base including a base wall having a base height dimension and first and second separated base wall ends, the base wall at least in part circumscribing a base space where the base wall includes a top edge surface that resides substantially in a single edge plane; and a back wall member supported by the base wall proximate the first and second ends of the base wall and extending substantially vertically upward from the base wall and substantially perpendicular to the single edge plane so that there is a receiving space that is unobstructed by the back wall member and that is above the base space for receiving the furniture unit, the back wall member having a back wall height dimension that is greater than the unit height dimension so that at least a portion of the back wall member is observable above the furniture unit when the furniture unit is received within the receiving space; wherein the furniture unit is receivable on the top edge surface of the base wall within the receiving space; wherein the furniture unit includes a top member and first and second side wall members that support the top member and that space the top member from the base when the furniture unit is received on the top edge surface of the base wall, each of the first and second side wall members having a bottom edge spaced from the top member and wherein the furniture unit further includes a front stringer member that extends between the first and second side wall members proximate the bottom edges of the first and second side wall members.