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A device having a table, a stool, and a support structure including footrests, thereby enhancing social environments by the use of varying combinations of the devices, and by providing comfort enhancing features, and specifically by making a seated or standing occupant approachable by increasing the

A device having a table, a stool, and a support structure including footrests, thereby enhancing social environments by the use of varying combinations of the devices, and by providing comfort enhancing features, and specifically by making a seated or standing occupant approachable by increasing the potential for intimacy while yet retaining a defensible position.

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[ The inventor therefore claims:] [1.] A unitary stool and table device to enhance social interaction between seated and standing humans, comprising:a) a support structure comprising:I) at least a table support member;II) at least a stool support member;III) a connecting means;IV) said connecting me

[ The inventor therefore claims:] [1.] A unitary stool and table device to enhance social interaction between seated and standing humans, comprising:a) a support structure comprising:I) at least a table support member;II) at least a stool support member;III) a connecting means;IV) said connecting means connecting said stool support member to said table support member;b) a table top positioned at a height approximately that of counter tops and bar counter tops, height of said tops ranging from approximately 32 to 45 inches above the ground, as identified in design standards followed in the furniture design, architecture and interior space design professions, and comprising:I) a predetermined width;II) a predetermined length;III) said width comprising a portion between a front side and a rear side;IV) said length comprising a portion between at least two lateral sides;V) said width being approximately 10 to 20 inches which is approximately the depth of a knee clearance zone for a seated human, said depth ranging from approximately 12 to 18 inches, as identified in anthropometric standards followed in the furniture design, industrial design and engineering professions and;VI) said length being approximately 12 to 60 inches, 12 inches being approximately 1/2 the width of a human activity zone, and 60 inches being approximately twice the width of said activity zone, the width of said activity zone being not less than 24 and not more than 30 inches, as identified in said design standards;c) a stool positioned at a height approximately that of stools for use with said counter tops and bar counter tops; height of said stools above the ground being approximately 7.5 to 14.5 inches less than that of said tops, as identified in said design standards;d) said stool positioned at said rear side of said table top;e) said stool connected to and supported by said stool support member;f) said table top connected to and supported by said table support member;g) said rear side of said table top providing a leaning area for a seated human, when the human is sitting on said stool;h) said front side and said lateral sides providing leaning areas for a standing human;i) said support structure positioned approximately in a zone identified by the outer perimeter of said table top, the outer perimeter of said stool and the space between, and allowing;I) unencumbered standing access to said front side and said lateral sides by a human, when human is standing at said device;II) placement of another said device adjacent to said device;j) a foot rest positioned substantially at the perimeter of said stool;k) said foot rest being substantially horizontal and positioned below said stool approximately in a range of approximately 5 to 25 inches below said stool;l) said foot rest connected to said support structure;m) said device being compatible for use with freestanding stools; said freestanding stools being types commonly used with counter tops and bar counter tops; andn) an optional standing foot rest for use by a standing human attached to said device and positioned approximately within a perimeter of said table top;o) whereby the seated and standing humans can;I) comfortably eat, write and work at said table top;II) interact at a relatively common eye level; andIII) utilize said table top to control social proximity.