Patent ID: 8146514

Claim:
A table for offices and the like, comprising: first and second end leg members disposed in a generally parallel, laterally spaced apart relationship, and configured to be abuttingly supported on a floor surface in a generally upright orientation; first and second side rail members disposed in a generally parallel, laterally spaced apart relationship, and having opposite end portions thereof operably connected with upper portions of said first and second end leg members to rigidly retain said first and second end leg members in said generally upright orientation, and thereby define a rigid, self-supported table frame without intermediate bracing between first and second side rail members, with a central, vertically extending window, wherein said first and second side rail members include along outer portions thereof a first, upwardly opening channel extending along a top portion thereof and a second, downwardly opening channel extending along a bottom portion thereof; a plurality of top support members operably connected with said first and second side rail members, and protruding outwardly therefrom in a cantilevered fashion, wherein said top support members include first and second tabs received and retained in said first and second channels on said first and second side rail members; a top member supported on and operably connected with at least one of said table frame and said top support members to define a plurality of workstations along said table; and a utility module member configured to facilitate routing utilities to said workstations, positioned within said window of said frame and having opposite sides thereof abuttingly supported on said first and second side rail members to removably mount said utility module member on said frame and thereby accommodate a variety of different utility requirements at said workstations.