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(11) EP 0 587 372 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.06.1995 Bulletin 1995/26

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/11

(21) Application number: 93306930.4

(22) Date of filing: 01.09.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A47B 21/00, A47B 21/03
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB IE NL

(30) Priority: 02.09.1992 GB 9218532

(71) Applicant: PROJECT OFFICE FURNITURE PLC
Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 8QJ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Baillie, Leslie Russell Lee
    Sudbury, Suffolk C010 8BT (GB)

(74) Representative: Pacitti, Pierpaolo A.M.E. et al
Murgitroyd and Company 373 Scotland Street
Glasgow G5 8QA
Glasgow G5 8QA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Work station


    (57) A work station comprising a work surface (3) and a support for the work surface (2) has a mechanism (1) to enable the work surface (3) to be raised before being slid away from its normal position. The sliding of the work surface (3) is desirable to allow access to the area just below the work surface which may contain a cable management system. The raising of the work surface (3) before sliding allows the work surface (3) to be slid above the level of other objects, such as adjoining work surfaces, which could otherwise obstruct the sliding motion. While being raised and slid the work surface remains substantially horizontal, mitigating the need to clear it before moving it.






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