Patent ID: 8690590

Claim:
An electrical system for distributing power and/or data, and adapted to be mounted to a work surface, said system comprising: a housing adapted to be mounted to said work surface; carrying or carriage means directly or indirectly coupled to said housing and either movable between a closed, retracted position and an open, extended position, or maintained stationary relative to said housing; a cover positioned at least partially over said carrying or carriage means and movable between a closed, retracted cover position and an open, extended cover position; at least one power and/or data component mounted to said carrying or carriage means, and accessible to a user when said cover is in said open, extended cover position; means for releasably maintaining said cover in said closed, retracted cover position; means responsive to an initial application of external forces directly or indirectly on said cover for releasing said cover from said closed, retracted cover position; means for automatically moving said cover from said closed, refracted cover position to said open, extended cover position following said initial application of external forces; and said system further comprises damping means coupled to said means for automatically moving said cover, for damping movement of said cover from said closed, retracted cover position to said open, extended cover position.