Patent ID: 7942485

Claim:
A desk unit assembly deployable from a closed position to an open position comprising: a desk portion having a top wall, two opposed and vertically extending sidewalls, a rear wall and a front wall, the top, sidewalls, front and rear walls define a chamber therebetween, the top wall having a through hole to define a cup holder; a chair assembly having a seat and a backrest, the seat disposed within the chamber and the backrest forming a portion of the front wall of the desk portion when the desk unit assembly is in the closed position; a storage unit mounted for reciprocal translation movement from a first position where the storage unit is positioned within the chamber to a second open position where the storage unit extends laterally from one of the two opposed sidewalls and in a direction generally perpendicular to an outer surface of the one of the two opposed sidewalls from which the storage unit extends, the storage unit has a length substantially equal to a length of the chamber; a storage compartment adjacent but separate from the chamber and having a hinged door to provide access to the storage compartment, the hinged door having an outer surface that is substantially flush with the backrest when the assembly is in the closed position; a drinking cup having a base at one end and a mouth at the opposite end with an outer wall connecting the base to the mouth, the outer wall having a portion that tapers radially outwardly from the mouth to the base to define a truncated conical-shaped cup where the base has the largest diameter of the cup, the cup being moveable by a user of the cup from a stowed position where the mouth extends downwardly through the through hole into the chamber and the base forms an interference fit with a portion of the cup holder to define a surface flush with a surface of the desk top to a use position where the mouth of the cup faces upwardly away from the top wall and the base forms an interference fit with the cup holder; and the assembly having a generally cubical shape with substantially flat outer surfaces of the two sidewalls, the front wall and the rear wall and the top wall forming the uppermost horizontal surface of the assembly in both the open position and the closed position and when the assembly is in the open position the chamber can accommodate the legs of a user.