Modular desk assembly having collapsible frame

Abstract

A modular desk assembly is disclosed of the kind commonly used in a home or office. The desk assembly includes front and second end desk sections and a mid desk section located between the end desk sections. Each of the first and second end desk sections includes a frame that is adapted to be moved between expanded and collapsed frame configurations. The mid desk section includes a frame that is coupled between and suspended from the frames of the first and second end desk sections. A lift-off top is detachably connected to a set of legs from each of the first and second end desk sections. A lift-off top is seated upon the frame of the mid desk section so as to lie between the lift-off tops of the first and second end desk sections. The desk assembly can be quickly and easily assembled and disassembled without using tools and with a minimum of manpower.

1 . A desk assembly including at least one desk section, comprising:
 a desk top;   a set of legs; and   a frame supported by said set of legs, said frame having a front and a rear, said frame being collapsible such that said front and said rear are moved towards one another, whereby to reduce the width of said frame for storage or transport.   
   
   
       2 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 1 , wherein said desk top is detachably connected to said set of legs so as to lie above said frame. 
   
   
       3 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 2 , wherein said set of legs are hollow, said desk top detachably connected to said set of legs at the hollow interior thereof. 
   
   
       4 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 3 , further comprising a set of locking pin bodies carried by said desk top, each locking pin body having a locking pin, said set of locking pin bodies being removably received within respective ones of said set of hollow legs, and the locking pins of said locking pin bodies moving into releasable locking engagement with said set of hollow legs, whereby said desk top is detachably connected to said set of legs. 
   
   
       5 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 4 , wherein each of said set of hollow legs has a pin hole formed therein, the locking pins of said locking pin bodies moving through respective ones of said pin holes and into said releasable locking engagement with said set of legs, whereby said desk top is detachably connected to said set of legs. 
   
   
       6 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 1 , wherein said frame also has first and second pairs of end panels spaced from one another and extending between the front and the rear of said frame, one end panel from each pair of end panels being movable relative to the other end panel to cause said frame to collapse such that said front and said rear are moved towards one another. 
   
   
       7 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 6 , wherein the one and the other end panels from each pair of end panels are coupled together at a first hinge so as to be rotatable at said hinge and moved towards one another, whereby to correspondingly cause the front and the rear of said frame to be moved towards one another. 
   
   
       8 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 7 , further comprising a removable locking clip extending across said first hinge and between the said one and the said other end panels, said rigid locking clip blocking said end panels from rotating at said first hinge and thereby preventing the front and the rear of said frame from being moved towards one another. 
   
   
       9 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 8 , wherein said removable locking clip has first and second hooks, the first hook folding over the said one end panel and the second hook folding over the said other end panel, such that said locking clip extends across said first hinge and between the said one and the said other end panels. 
   
   
       10 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 7 , wherein the said one end panel from each pair of end panels is pivotally connected to one of said set of legs by means of a second hinge, and the said other end panel from each pair thereof pivotally connected to a different one of said set of legs by means of a third hinge. 
   
   
       11 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 1 , wherein the front of said frame includes at least one guide rail located between a first pair of legs from said set of legs, and the rear of said frame includes at least one guide rail located between a different pair of legs from said set of legs, said desk assembly further comprising a removable drawer suspended from said at least one guide rail of the front and said at least one guide rail of the rear. 
   
   
       12 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 11 , wherein said removable drawer has at least first and second suspension hooks, the first suspension hook folding over and being slidable along the said at least one guide rail of the front of said frame, and the second suspension hook folding over and being slidable along the said at least one guide rail of the rear of said frame, whereby said removable drawer is suspended from the said at least one guide rails. 
   
   
       13 . A desk assembly, comprising:
 a first end section having a first top, a first set of legs, and a first frame supported by said first set of legs;   a second end section having a second top, a second set of legs, and a second frame supported by said second set of legs; and   a middle section having a third top and a third frame, the third frame of said middle section being detachably connected to and between each of said first and second end sections.   
   
   
       14 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 13 , wherein the third frame of said middle section is detachably connected to said first end section at the first set of legs thereof and to said second end section at the second set of legs thereof. 
   
   
       15 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 13 , wherein the third frame of said middle section has at least one retainment hook located at a first end thereof and at least one retainment hook located at the opposite end, the said at least one retainment hook of each of said first and opposite ends folding over portions of said first and second end sections, whereby said third frame is suspended by and between each of said first and second end sections. 
   
   
       16 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 15 , wherein at least one leg of the first set of legs from said first end section and at least one leg of the second set of legs from said second end section have openings formed therein, said at least one retainment hook at each of the first and the opposite ends of the third frame of said middle section being folded over and coupled to respective legs of said first and second sets of legs by way of the openings formed therein. 
   
   
       17 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 13 , wherein said middle section has a front and a rear that are detached from one another, each of said front and said rear including at least one guide rail, and each of the said at least one guide rail of said front and said rear carrying a retainment hook at opposite ends thereof, the retainment hooks at first ends of the guide rails of each of said front and said rear being respectively coupled to first and second legs from the first set of legs of said first end section, and the retainment hooks at the opposite ends of the guide rails of each of said front and said rear being respectively coupled to first and second legs from the second set of legs of said second end section. 
   
   
       18 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 13 , wherein the first top of said first end section is detachably connected to said first set of legs, the second top of said second end section is detachably connected to said second set of legs, and the third top of said middle section is seated upon said third frame so as to lie between said first and second tops. 
   
   
       19 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 13 , wherein each of the first frame of said first end section and the second frame of said second end section has a front and a rear, said first and second frames being collapsible, such that the respective fronts and the rears thereof are moved towards one another, whereby to reduce the width of said first and second frames for storage or transport. 
   
   
       20 . The desk assembly recited in  claim 19 , including first and second pairs of folding end panels extending between the front and the rear of the first frame of said first end section, and first and second pairs of folding end panels extending between the front and the rear of the second frame of said second end section, each of said pairs of folding end panels having a first end panel pivotally connected to and rotatable towards a second end panel.