(19)
(11) EP 0 594 287 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

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

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.04.1994 Bulletin 1994/17

(21) Application number: 93306767.0

(22) Date of filing: 25.08.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A47B 21/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB IE NL

(30) Priority: 26.08.1992 GB 9218127

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

(72) Inventor:
  • Baillie, Leslie Russell Lee
    Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 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) Desk


    (57) A desk (1) with a sliding mechanism which enables the desk top (9) to slide forward towards the operator allowing access to a channel (11). The channel (11) runs along the back of the desk top (9) and has a pliable closure strip (12) which abuts the desk top (9) when the desk top (9) is not slid forward. The closure strip (12) allows cables (15) to be trapped between the closure strip (12) and the desk top (9). The sliding mechanism has two components a first of which is a block (3) which slides on a metal plate (6) provided within the open top (7) of each desk leg frame (8). The block (3) being attached to the underside (10) of the desk top (9).






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