Combined desk and booth

Claim 1

A CONVERTIBLE COMBINED DESK AND SOUND ABSORBING BOOTH, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A TABLE DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY; A COVER HAVING A TOP AND TWO SIDES RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID TOP, SAID COVER BEING HINGEDLY SECURED TO SAID TABLE NEAR THE REAR EDGE OF SAID TABLE AND BEING TILTABLE AS A UNIT BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS; SAID TOP EXTENDING AT AN ACUTE ANGLE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN 90* TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID TABLE AND EXTENDING THEREOVER WHEN SAID COVER IS IN SAID OPEN POSITION, THE INTERIOR OF SAID TOP AND SIDES AND THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID TABLE THEN JOINTLY DEFINING A WEDGE-SHAPED SOUND ABSORPTION CAVITY WHICH OPENS NEAR THE FRONT OF SAID TABLE; SAID TOP EXTENDING ABOVE AND NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID TABLE WHEN SAID COVER IS IN SAID CLOSED POSITION, THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TOP DEFINING AN UNOBSTRUCTED DESK SURFACE; A HORIZONTAL SHAFT CONNECTED AT ITS ENDS TO SAID SIDES OF SAID TILTABLE COVER AND DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CAVITY; MEANS DEFINING A NOTCH ON SAID TABLE; AND AT LEAST ONE SUPPORT BAR SUSPENDED FROM SAID SHAFT AND RELEASABLY ENGAGING SAID NOTCH WHEN SAID COVER IS IN THE OPEN POSITION.