MOBILE CASEWORK UNIT WITH RECESSED PEGBOARD

Abstract

A mobile casework furniture unit has a framework including vertical corner posts with outwardly facing surfaces, wheels or castors attached directly to lower ends of the posts or to a base panel supporting the posts, and a pegboard extending between a first and a second of the posts, with the pegboard recessed inwardly of the outwardly facing surfaces of the first and second posts.

Claims

1. A mobile casework furniture unit, comprising: a base panel supported on wheels or castors to facilitate mobility, the base panel having a rectangular shape with four corners; a post rising from each of the four corners of the base panel, each post having outwardly facing surfaces; and a pegboard side panel extends between a first and a second of the posts along a width direction of the base panel, the pegboard side panel located inwardly of a first side edge of the base panel and inwardly of the outwardly facing surfaces of the first and second posts.

2. The mobile casework furniture unit of claim 1, further comprising a second pegboard side panel extending between a third and fourth of the posts along a width direction of the base panel, the second pegboard side panel located inwardly of a second side edge of the base panel and inwardly of the outwardly facing surfaces of the first and second posts.

3. The mobile casework furniture unit of claim 1, further comprising a back panel extending between the first and fourth posts along a length direction of the base panel.

4. The mobile casework furniture unit of claim 1, further comprising a top panel supported on the posts.

5. The mobile casework furniture unit of claim 1, further comprising shelves or drawers located in a space between the posts.

6. A mobile casework furniture unit, comprising: four corner posts arranged at corners of a rectangular shape, each corner post having outwardly facing surfaces; a wheel or castor at a lower end of each corner post to facilitate mobility; first structure rigidly connected with each of the corner posts to define a frame; and a first pegboard side panel extending between a first and second of the corner posts along a width direction of the rectangular shape, the first pegboard side panel located inwardly of the outwardly facing surfaces of the first and second corner posts.

7. The mobile casework furniture unit of claim 6, further comprising a second pegboard side panel extending between a third and fourth of the corner posts parallel with the width direction of the rectangular shape, the second pegboard side panel located inwardly of the outwardly facing surfaces of the third and fourth corner posts.

8. The mobile casework furniture unit of claim 7, further comprising a shelf panel extending between the first and second pegboard side panels, whereby the shelf panel, first pegboard side panel, and second pegboard side panel constitute the structure rigidly connected with the corner posts to define a frame.

9. The mobile casework furniture unit of claim 6, wherein the first structure rigidly connected with each of the corner posts to define a frame comprises a first transverse member joined at upper ends of the first and second corner posts, a second transverse member joined at upper ends of a third and a fourth corner posts, and a cross-member joined at its opposite ends to each of the first and second transverse members.

10. The mobile casework furniture of claim 9, further comprising a top panel supported on the first structure rigidly connected with each of the corner posts to define a frame.

11. A mobile casework furniture unit, comprising: a framework having vertical posts with outwardly facing side surfaces; wheels or castors attached directly to lower ends of the posts or to a base panel supporting the post; and a pegboard side panel extending between a first and a second of the posts, the pegboard side panel located inwardly of the outwardly facing surfaces of the first and second posts.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0005] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the disclosed mobile casework furniture units.

[0006] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the disclosed mobile casework furniture units.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0007] Mobile casework furniture units refer to generally box-shaped factory-made furniture units such as cabinets, desks, tables, displays, and the like, that can be rolled along a floor surface on castors or wheels.

[0008] Shown in FIG. 1 is an example of a first embodiment of this disclosure. The illustrated mobile casework furniture unit is a storage unit 10 having a base panel 12 supported on wheels or castors 14. Base panel 12 and other disclosed furniture panels can be fabricated from any suitable furniture material such as metal (e.g., steel), solid wood, plywood, medium-density fiberboard, chip board, melamine-faced chip board, or the like. Base panel 12 has a generally or substantially rectangular shape (including a square shape). A generally or substantially vertical post 16 rises from each of four corners of base panel 12. Each post 16 has outwardly facing surfaces 18, 20 (i.e., facing away from the interior of storage unit 10) and inwardly facing surfaces 22, 24 (i.e., surfaces that do not face away from the interior of storage unit 10).

[0009] A pegboard side panel 26 extends between posts 16A and 16B along a width direction of base panel 12 (i.e., along a side or the cabinet having a shorter dimension). Pegboard side panel 26 is recessed inwardly toward the interior storage unit 10 with respect to outwardly facing surfaces 18, 20 of posts 16A and 16B such that a space is defined between an outer surface of pegboard side panel 26 and outwardly facing surfaces 20 of posts 16A and 16B. The defined space allows various items such as tools, pencils/pen holders 28 and document holder 30 to be supported on pegboard side panel 26 while similar or identical cabinet units 10 are arranged in abutting side-by-side relationship.

[0010] A second pegboard side panel (not illustrated) can be provided on a side of storage unit 10 opposite the location of pegboard 26, and can be substantially or generally a mirror image of illustrated pegboard side panel 26, with the second pegboard side panel extending between third and fourth posts 16.

[0011] Storage unit 10 can be provided with a top panel 32 rigidly connected with upper ends of post 16.

[0012] Also storage unit 10 can be provided with a back panel 34 rigidly connected with back posts 16 and/or panel and/or panel 32.

[0013] Storage unit 10 can be provided with shelves 36 and/or drawers 38.

[0014] Shown in FIG. 2 is an example of a second embodiment of this disclosure. The illustrated mobile casework furniture unit in FIG. 2 is a desk or table 40. Table 40 has four corner posts 42A, 42B, 42C and 42D, which are arranged at corners of a hypothetical rectangle (including squares). Each corner post 42 has an outwardly facing surface 44. A wheel or castor 46 is provided at a lower end of each corner post 42 to allow table 40 to be easily rolled along a floor.

[0015] Structure rigidly connected with each of corner posts 42 is provided to define a table frame. Such structure can comprise transverse members 48, 50 connected at each end with an upper end of one of the posts 42, and a cross-member 52 joined at its opposite ends to each of the transverse members 48, 50. Alternatively or additionally (as illustrated), the structure defining a frame can comprise pegboards 54 and 56 each connected to posts 42 at opposite sides of table 40 and a shelf panel 58 connected at its opposite ends to pegboards 54 and 56.

[0016] Table 40 includes a first pegboard side panel 54 extending between first and second corner posts 42A and 42B along a width direction of the hypothetical rectangular shape (i.e., along a side of the table 40). Pegboard 54 is positioned inwardly of outwardly facing surfaces 44 of posts 42A and 42B.

[0017] A second pegboard side panel 56 can be provided on a side of table 40 opposite the location of pegboard 54, and can be generally or substantially a mirror image of pegboard 54.

[0018] Table 40 can further comprise a top panel (e.g., a worksurface panel) supported on the transverse member 48, 50 and/or cross-member 52.

[0019] While the present invention is described herein with reference to illustrated embodiments, it should be understood that the invention is not limited hereto. Those having ordinary skill in the art and access to the teachings herein will recognize additional modifications and embodiments within the scope thereof. Therefore, the present invention is limited only by the claims attached herein.