IP Library Granted Patent US 11,406,181
Granted Patent B2
US 11,406,181 · App. 17/251,183 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Table including wire management pockets

Inventors: Craig Charles Mulder (Dorr, MI); Brian Stewart Fuller (Acworth, GA)
Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
A47B21/06A47B2021/062A47B2021/066
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Patent No.
US 11,406,181
App. No.
17/251,183
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A table includes a base defining a wire management pocket and a central area, a power receptacle mounted to the base adjacent the wire management pocket, a leg coupled to the base for supporting the base, and a tabletop supported on the base. The tabletop is slidably removable from the base to provide access to the wire management pocket.

Claims (34)

1. A table comprising:

a base defining a wire management pocket and a central area;

a power receptacle mounted to the base adjacent the wire management pocket;

a leg coupled to the base for supporting the base; and

a tabletop supported on the base, the tabletop being horizontally slidable along the base between a secured position, in which the tabletop is secured to the base, and an unsecured position, in which the tabletop is removable from the base, to provide access to the wire management pocket.

2. The table of claim 1 , wherein one of the tabletop or the base includes a mounting clip for securing the tabletop to the base, wherein another of the tabletop or the base includes a bracket for engaging the mounting clip.

3. The table of claim 2 , wherein the bracket defines an opening that receives the mounting clip.

4. The table of claim 2 , wherein the bracket has a cantilevered edge that engages the mounting clip.

5. The table of claim 2 , wherein the mounting clip is a first mounting clip and the bracket is a first bracket, wherein the one of the tabletop or the base includes a second mounting clip, wherein the another of the tabletop or the base includes a second bracket for engaging the second mounting clip, and wherein the first and second brackets are located on opposite sides of the central area of the base.

6. The table of claim 5 , wherein the one of the tabletop or the base includes a third mounting clip, wherein the another of the tabletop or the base includes a third bracket for engaging the third mounting clip, and wherein the third bracket is located toward an end of the base.

7. The table of claim 1 , wherein the tabletop includes a first piece and a second piece, and wherein each piece is independently removable from the base.

8. The table of claim 1 , wherein the power receptacle is mounted to an edge of the base underneath the tabletop.

9. The table of claim 1 , wherein the central area of the base houses power receptacles covered by a power access door.

10. The table of claim 1 , wherein the tabletop covers the wire management pocket when the tabletop is supported on the base.

11. The table of claim 1 , wherein when the tabletop is in the unsecured position, the tabletop is liftable away from the base.

12. The table of claim 1 , wherein the base has a plurality of separating structures defining a plurality of wire management pockets, wherein the table further comprises a plurality of power receptacles, and wherein each power receptacle is mounted to the base adjacent one of the plurality of wire management pockets.

13. The table of claim 1 , wherein the wire management pocket is configured to store a cable connected to the power receptacle.

14. A table comprising:

a base having a plurality of separating structures, the plurality of separating structures defining a plurality of wire management pockets;

a plurality of power receptacles, each power receptacle mounted to the base adjacent one of the plurality of wire management pockets;

a leg coupled to the base for supporting the base;

a tabletop removably coupled to the base; and

a mounting bracket for coupling the tabletop to the base when the mounting bracket is in an engaged position,

wherein the mounting bracket is movable to a disengaged position to allow the tabletop to be removed from the base without the use of tools to provide access to the plurality of wire management pockets.

15. The table of claim 14 , wherein the tabletop is slidable along the base and liftable away from the base to remove the tabletop from the base.

16. The table of claim 14 , wherein the tabletop includes a mounting clip for securing the tabletop to the base, and wherein the base includes a bracket for engaging the mounting clip.

17. The table of claim 14 , wherein the base includes a central area that houses power receptacles, wherein the central area is one of the plurality of separating structures such that a first wire management pocket is located on a first side of the central area and a second wire management pocket is located on a second side of the central area.

18. A table comprising:

a base defining a wire management pocket;

a power receptacle mounted to the base adjacent the wire management pocket;

a leg coupled to the base for supporting the base; and

a tabletop supported on the base, the tabletop being movable horizontally along the base between a first position, in which the tabletop covers the wire management pocket and is secured to the base, and a second position, in which the tabletop covers the wire management pocket and is removable from the base,

wherein the tabletop is supported on the base in both the first position and the second position.

19. The table of claim 18 , wherein the tabletop is slidable relative to the base.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL Recorded Aug 8, 2025
From: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 072342/0380 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
To: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
Reel/Frame 059360/0500 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2021
From: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 057452/0241 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2021
From: MULDER, CRAIG CHARLES; FULLER, BRIAN STEWART
To: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
Reel/Frame 054871/0048 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62683377 · Jun 11, 2018
Related Publication 20210212453A1 · Jul 15, 2021