Patent ID: 7430114

Claim:
A dual-use computer desk adapted to rest upon a platform or floor and comprising: a planar work surface elevated above the floor, the work surface having a longitudinal length bifurcated by a transverse axis; and front and back edges along the longitudinal length; a back disposed between the back edge and the floor; end panels disposed near opposite ends of the back, wherein the work surface, back, end panels and floor define a recess; a cabinet extending along the transverse axis to the front edge and dividing the recess into two user work stations, each of the work stations being disposed on opposite sides of the cabinet within the recess and extending from the back to the front edge, thereby being adapted to receive beneath the work surface and on opposite sides of the cabinet the feet and legs of two users seated at the front edge, the users facing radially inward towards the transverse axis and separated by the cabinet; two adjustable drawers, one each disposed within each of the work stations a spaced distance beneath the work surface and adapted to articulate parallel to the transverse axis between a retracted position substantially beneath the work surface and an extended position; and monitor positioning means disposed on the work surface for positioning a computer monitor resting thereupon facing radially toward any one of a plurality of directions between and including each of the work stations.