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A primary storage or support unit adapted to rest on a floor or be supported above the floor. The unit pivotally mounts a flat work panel which can be moved into a horizontal orientation where it serves as a desk or table or moved into a vertical orientation where it serves as part of a display and/

A primary storage or support unit adapted to rest on a floor or be supported above the floor. The unit pivotally mounts a flat work panel which can be moved into a horizontal orientation where it serves as a desk or table or moved into a vertical orientation where it serves as part of a display and/or a cover for the storage unit. The work panel pivotally carries a utility member which supports the panel when it is horizontal and which frames intelligence on the work panel when it is vertical and serves as a display.

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A multi-purpose furniture item for use in a building structure having a floor comprising: support means to stand upright on said floor and having vertically extending front and rear sections and a horizontally extending top section extending between the front and rear sections, the support means inc

A multi-purpose furniture item for use in a building structure having a floor comprising: support means to stand upright on said floor and having vertically extending front and rear sections and a horizontally extending top section extending between the front and rear sections, the support means including interior mechanism to support articles to be stored, each said section being flat and rectangular in shape; an intermediate panel, the intermediate panel being flat, rectangular in shape and having substantially the same area as the area of said top section; first hinge means connecting the intermediate panel to the support means at the intersection of the top and rear sections; a work panel, the work panel being flat, rectangular in shape and having substantially the same area as the area of said front section and having top and bottom surfaces; second hinge means connecting the work panel with the intermediate panel along the edge of the intermediate panel opposite to said one edge of the intermediate panel; a utility member, the member being flat, rectangular in shape and having substantially the same area as the area of said front section; third hinge means interconnecting said utility member with said work panel along the edge of the work panel opposite to the edge having said second hinge means; said first, second and third hinge means providing for the panels and utility member to be oriented for a storage condition, a display condition and a utility condition; (a) in the storage condition, the intermediate panel engaging said top section, the utility member being folded back on and engaging the bottom surface of said work panel and also engaging said front section; (b) in the display condition, the intermediate panel extending vertical upwardly from said top section, the work panel extending vertically upwardly from the first panel and co-planar therewith and the utility member being folded back on and engaging the bottom surface of said work panel; (c) in the utility condition, the intermediate panel engaging said top section, the work panel extending horizontally outwardly generally co-planar with the intermediate panel and the utility member extending vertically downwardly from the work panel in engagement with said floor and cooperating with said second hinge means to support the work panel in said horizontal position; means operative in said utility condition to releasably maintain said work panel and said utility member in said angular orientation; means operative in said display condition to maintain the intermediate and the work panels in said vertical orientation.