Frame type workstation configurations

Abstract

A furniture assembly comprising a first frame structure having front and rear portions and including at least a first leg member and a substantially horizontal first rail member supported by the at least a first leg member where the first rail member has a first length dimension, a substantially horizontal second rail member supported by the at least a second leg member spaced apart from the first rail member wherein an assembly space includes the space between the first and second rail members, a front portion of the assembly space adjacent the front portion of the first frame structure and a rear portion of the assembly space adjacent the rear portion of the first frame structure, a first furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, having a first depth dimension and supported within the assembly space by the first and second rail members and a second furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, a second depth dimension and supported within the assembly space by the first rail member and a rail member of another frame structure, wherein the combined first and second depth dimensions are less than the first length dimension.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A furniture assembly comprising:
 a first frame structure including a leg member supporting a substantially horizontal first rail member;   a second frame structure including a leg member supporting a substantially horizontal second rail member, the first and second frame structures being located to define an assembly space therebetween for mounting a furniture assembly, wherein a length dimension of at least one of the first and second rails is at a counter height;   a table top member selectively supported by at least one of the first and second rails at the counter height to provide a work surface.   
     
     
         2 . The furniture assembly of  claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second rails is at a counter height, and the table top member is supported between the first and second rails in the assembly space. 
     
     
         3 . The furniture assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the substantially horizontal table top member is supported along a length of at least one of the first and second rails and selectively extends at least one of toward the assembly space and away from the assembly space. 
     
     
         4 . The furniture assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the rail member of the other of the first and second frame structures is at a table height and a second table top member is supported at the table height. 
     
     
         5 . The furniture assembly of  claim 4 , wherein the frame structure comprising the rail member at a counter height comprises an additional rail member at a table height, and the second table top member extends between the table height rail members in the first and second rail members in the assembly space. 
     
     
         6 . The furniture assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the rail members in each of the first and second frame members are at a counter height, and wherein the table top member is mounted between the counter height rail members in the assembly space. 
     
     
         7 . The furniture assembly of  claim 5 , wherein the furniture assembly further comprises a panel screen member mounted between the table height rail member and the counter height rail member in the frame member comprising a counter height rail and a table height rail. 
     
     
         8 . The furniture assembly of  claim 6 , further comprising a second table top member supported by the table height rail, the second table top member extending away from the assembly space. 
     
     
         9 . The furniture assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the rail members in each of the first and second frame structures are at a counter height, and each of the first and second frame structures further comprises a corresponding first and second table height rail member, and wherein the table top member is selectively mountable to at least one of the first and second table height rails and the first and second counter height rails. 
     
     
         10 . The furniture assembly of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second frame structures includes a rail member at a canopy height. 
     
     
         11 . The furniture assembly of  claim 10 , wherein a panel screen member is mounted between the canopy height rail and corresponding counter height rail. 
     
     
         12 . A furniture kit including:
 first and second spaced apart leg members including front and rear end portions and a frame space between facing surfaces, each of the first and second spaced apart leg members including a substantially horizontal rail at a counter height;   a first table top having first and second ends and having front and rear portions wherein:   (i) a first furniture configuration is configurable that includes the first table top supported between the leg members by the horizontal rails and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first table top adjacent the front and rear end portions of the leg members, respectively, and   (ii) a second furniture configuration is configurable that includes the first table top supported between the leg members by the horizontal rails generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the table top adjacent the rear and front end portions of the leg members, respectively.   
     
     
         13 . The kit of  claim 12  wherein a third furniture configuration is configurable that includes the rear portion of the table top supported adjacent the front portions of the leg members and the front portion of the table top extending out from the frame space and wherein a fourth furniture configuration is configurable that includes the rear portion of the table top supported adjacent the rear portions of the leg members with the front portion of the table top extending out from the frame space. 
     
     
         14 . The kit of  claim 13  further comprising a wire management channel and wherein the first furniture configuration includes the wire management channel mounted at opposite ends to the first and second leg members along a rear edge of the frame space with the table top member located to a front side of the wire management channel within the frame space, the second furniture configuration includes the wire management channel mounted at opposite ends to the first and second leg members along a front edge of the frame space with the table top member located to a rear side of the wire management channel within the frame space, the third furniture configuration includes the wire management channel mounted at opposite ends to the first and second leg members along an intermediate portion of the frame space with the table top member located to a front side of the wire management channel and the fourth furniture configuration includes the wire management channel mounted at opposite ends to the first and second leg members along an intermediate portion of the frame space with the table top member located to a rear side of the wire management channel. 
     
     
         15 . The kit of  claim 12 , wherein the first and second spaced apart leg members each include a table height horizontal rail and a counter height horizontal rail, and wherein the table top member is selectively moveable between the counter height horizontal rail and the table height horizontal rail. 
     
     
         16 . The kit of  claim 12 , wherein at least one of the first and second spaced apart leg members includes a table height horizontal rail, a counter height horizontal rail, and a canopy height horizontal rail, and the kit further comprises at least one substantially flat surface member adapted to be selectively mountable to at least one of the table height rail, the counter height rail, and the canopy height rail. 
     
     
         17 . The kit of  claim 16 , further comprising a panel screen member sized and dimensioned to be inserted in one of the first and second spaced apart leg members between at least one of the table height member and the counter height member and the counter height member and the canopy height member. 
     
     
         18 . A furniture kit including:
 first and second spaced apart leg members each including substantially horizontal rails at a first and a second height and front and rear end portions and a frame space between facing surfaces, each of the first and second leg members includes a front surface and a rear surface;   a first furniture assembly including a table top member having first and second ends and having front and rear portions, wherein:   (i) a first furniture configuration is configurable that includes the table top member supported by the substantially horizontal rails between the leg members and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the first furniture assembly adjacent the front and rear end portions and substantially flush with the front and rear surfaces of the leg members, respectively,   (ii) a second furniture configuration is configurable that includes the table top member rotated 180 degrees about a vertical axis to be supported by the horizontal rails between the leg members and generally within the frame space with the front and rear portions of the table top member adjacent the rear and front end portions and substantially flush with the front and rear surfaces of the leg members, respectively, and   (iii) a third furniture configuration is configurable that includes the rear portion of the table top member supported by the horizontal rails adjacent the front portions of the leg members and the front portion of the table top member extending out from the frame space.   
     
     
         19 . The furniture kit of  claim 18 , wherein the first and second heights are at a table and a counter height level, respectively. 
     
     
         20 . The furniture kit of  claim 18 , wherein the first and second spaced apart leg members each include a substantially horizontal rail at a third height.