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An office desk that can be used for traditional tasks and yet provides concealment for, yet readily available access to, computer equipment. The desk top consists of a fixed section, a separable section, and a covering section. The separable and covering sections cover an equipment compartment which

An office desk that can be used for traditional tasks and yet provides concealment for, yet readily available access to, computer equipment. The desk top consists of a fixed section, a separable section, and a covering section. The separable and covering sections cover an equipment compartment which contains the computer equipment. The equipment compartment is located toward either the right or left side of the desk. The separable section is located along the frontal edge of the desk top and can be opened to expose the front part of the concealed computer equipment. When in the open position, the separable section provides a working surface which forms an “L”shape with the desk top and which is capable of supporting a keyboard. The working surface is adjustable in height. The covering section is removed when computer equipment housed in the equipment compartment must be installed or replaced. An adjustable height shelf is used to position the computer equipment within the compartment so that parts requiring operator action are easily accessible from the front of the equipment compartment when the separable section is in the open position. When the covering section is in place and separable section is closed, the entire desk top is available for traditional tasks.

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A computer-office desk for accommodating computer equipment, said computer-office desk comprising: (a) a desk top having a fixed section and a separable section, said desk top lying in a desk top plane, said desk top having a generally linear frontal edge and said separable section having an open po

A computer-office desk for accommodating computer equipment, said computer-office desk comprising: (a) a desk top having a fixed section and a separable section, said desk top lying in a desk top plane, said desk top having a generally linear frontal edge and said separable section having an open position and a closed position, said separable section in said closed position being co-planar with and contiguous to said fixed section, said separable section having a frontal edge and said fixed section having a frontal edge where said fixed section frontal edge and said separable section frontal edge are contiguous segments of said desk top frontal edge when said separable section is in said closed position; (b) at least one horizontal piece; (c) a hinge means interconnecting said horizontal piece and said separable section, said hinge means having a rotational axis that is parallel to said frontal edge, where said separable section can be rotated about said hinge means between said closed position and said open position such that in the open position said separable section provides a working surface, said working surface extending at least partially in front of said frontal edge of said desk top, said working surface being on a plane generally parallel to and below said fixed section, said working surface having an operating edge such that a line on said desk top plane which approximately coincides with a projection of said operating edge on said desk top plane forms an obtuse to generally right angle with said frontal edge of said desk top whereby both said desk top and said working surface can be easily accessed by an operator seated at said computer-office desk; (d) an equipment compartment located under said desk top and positioned so that when said separable section is in the open position said equipment compartment is accessible from above said desk top of said computer-office desk and when said separable section is in the closed position said equipment compartment is inaccessible.