Space efficient cabinet for housing a computer work station

Claim 1

A space efficient cabinet for housing a computer work station having at least a computer, a video display monitor and keyboard, said cabinet comprising: two generally opposed upstanding side walls, opposed front and back walls positioned at right angles to said side walls, and a horizontal top, said front wall comprising a plurality of hingeable partitions, each having at least an open position and a closed position and being moveable therebetween, said partitions comprising a first rectangular partition adopted to carry said keyboard on an inner face, said first partition having opposed top and bottom edges and opposed side edges, said top and bottom edges being at least slightly longer than the length of said keyboard, said side edges being at least slightly longer than the width of said keyboard, a second rectangular partition having a pair of opposed side edges and opposed top and bottom edges and being adapted to carry documentary material on an inner face; and a third rectangular partition having a pair of opposed side edges and opposed top and bottom edges, the sum of the length to one side edge of said second partition plus the length of one side edge of said third partition being slightly greater than the height of said video display monitor, said cabinet further including at least one horizontal shelf running between said side walls for supporting said video display monitor behind said second and third partitions when said second and third partitions are in the closed position, and at least one angled shelf, running between said side walls for carrying said computer, said angled shelf being angled downwardly from front to back relative to the horizontal, and having an upper edge located adjacent said first partition, said computer being accessible when said first partition is in the open position, said side walls of said cabinet being only sufficiently long from front to back to accommodate said video display monitor and any electrical connections thereto, said cabinet, when said partitions are all closed, occupying a minimum of floor space, and when said partitions are open, providing a computer work station wherein said first partition forms an extended keyboard support, said second partition forms an extended document holder and said third partition substantially shades said video display monitor from overhead glare.