Work station with self-storing desk

Claim 1

An office work station in combination with a fold down desk comprising: a. a pair of station sections disposed side by side, with the front of each of said sections being disposed in opposite directions, said sections having a plurality of storage areas exposed at the front of said sections, each of said sections being provided adjacent the front face thereof with a pair of opposed vertically extending guide slots which extend relatively adjacent the bottom of the section; b. a desk adapted to be stored in each of said sections and movable between a vertical, stored position generally in the plane of the front of each section and a horizontal, use position extending laterally outwardly from said section, said desk being provided at the end thereof adjacent said section with resiliently mounted pins slidable in said elongated slots; c. a pair of folding legs mounted on the underside of each of said desks relatively adjacent the free outer end thereof, thereby to support said desks in such generally horizontal position when said desks are moved outwardly of said section and said legs unfolded, whereby the folding of said legs permits said pins on each of said desks to ride down and engaGe the bottoms of said elongated slots therein to provide a pivot point for said desk relatively adjacent the bottom of said section, subsequent pivoting of said desk toward said section serving to position said desk generally vertically at the front thereof, and d. means for retaining said desks in said vertical, stored position.