<12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.I US 6,609,465 B2 Kolavo (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 26, 2003 (54) MULTIPLE PURPOSE TABLE 5,992,810 A * 11/1999 Crinion et al. 6,029,580 A * 2/2000 Alfonso et al. (76) Inventor: Frank Kolavo, 906 Gemini, Houston, 6,033,986 A * 3/2000 Re11s11ete1er re 2122922 31. assi 13:: , , O 3.11 ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ , , * 9/2001 Haller(-Hess) ( * ) Notice. Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 6 283 O47 B1 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 6’374’752 B1 * 4/2002 Walser U-SC 154(b) by 0 days FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (21) Appl. No.: 09/939,854 DE 3742959 * 6/1989 (22) Filed: Aug. 27, 2001 * eiied by examiner (65) Prior Publication Data Primary Examiner—Jose V. Chen (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Kenneth A. Keeling; James US 2003/0037709 A1 Feb. 27, 2003 E_ Hudson HI Illt. C17 .............................................. .. (52) U.S. Cl. .................................................. .. 108/50.01 (58) Field of Search ......................... .. 108/50.01, 50.02, A 111111111119 P11111056 table having at 192151 0119 fiX@d 01 193/133, 147, 19; 312/2233, 2232, 2231, moveable work surface, support walls and frame, and an 2235 adjustable arm for supporting a video display, which can retract into a protective storage well beneath one or more of (56) References Cited said work surfaces. The adjustable arm is attached to the