Nesting task table

Abstract

A task table ( 100 ) nests inconspicuously with a furniture case good ( 200 ). The table ( 100 ) has a base ( 110 ), a pedestal ( 120 ), and a table top ( 130 ). The pedestal ( 120 ) supports the table top ( 130 ) above the base ( 110 ). The case good ( 200 ) has a front ( 250 ), an opposite back, a left side ( 252 ), an opposite right side, and a top ( 214 ). The sides ( 252 ) extend generally upward from a supporting surface ( 254 ) and support the top ( 214 ) above the surface ( 254 ). A table nest ( 230 ) is defined between the surface ( 254 ) and the top ( 214 ), extends between the sides ( 252 ), and removably receives the table top ( 130 ) in sliding engagement. A base nest ( 210 ) is defined between the sides ( 252 ), extends generally upward from the surface ( 254 ), and removably receives the base ( 110 ) in sliding engagement. A pedestal nest ( 220 ) extends from the base nest ( 210 ) to the table nest ( 230 ) and removably receives the pedestal ( 120 ). The table ( 230 ), base ( 210 ), and pedestal nests ( 220 ) define a task table nest that corresponds to the task table ( 100 ).

1 . A combination of a furniture case good with a nesting task table, comprising: a task table having a base, a pedestal extending generally upward from the base, and a table top, the pedestal extending from the base to the top, the top being supported above the base by the pedestal; and
 a cooperating furniture case good having a front and an opposite back, having a left side and an opposite right side, and having a top, the left and right sides extending generally upward from a supporting surface to the top, the top being supported above the supporting surface by the left and right sides, the case good further having a table nest defined between the top and the supporting surface and extending between the left and right sides, having a base nest extending generally upward from the supporting surface toward the top and defined between the left and right sides, and having a pedestal nest extending from the base nest to the table nest, the table nest being adapted to removably receive the table top in free sliding engagement, the base nest being adapted to removably receive the base in free sliding engagement, the pedestal nest being adapted to removably receive the pedestal in free sliding engagement, whereby the table nest, the base nest, and the pedestal nest define a task table nest that corresponds to the task table so that the task table nests with the case good and is camouflaged to appear as a conventional portion of the case good.