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A folding table or desk includes a table top, a pair of spaced apart legs, and a wire management structure pivotably mounted to the table top and located between the legs. The wire management structure includes a front panel assembly having an opening, and an access member is pivotably mounted to th

A folding table or desk includes a table top, a pair of spaced apart legs, and a wire management structure pivotably mounted to the table top and located between the legs. The wire management structure includes a front panel assembly having an opening, and an access member is pivotably mounted to the front panel assembly for movement between an open position, a closed position and a collapsed position. The front panel assembly can be folded against the underside of the table top and the access member can be pivoted to its collapsed position relative to the front panel assembly, and the legs are foldable over the wire management structure to provide a compact envelope for the folded components of the table assembly. The front panel assembly includes a cross brace member which is engageable with the legs when the wire management structure is in its operative extended position, to impart rigidity to the table assembly. Wires or cables are fed through openings in the table top into an internal cavity defined by the wire management structure, for engagement with power or communication receptacles located within the internal cavity. Equipment may also be supported by the underside of the table top, and wires or cables from such equipment can be fed through the opening in the front panel assembly into the internal cavity of the wire management structure. A latch arrangement is carried by the table assembly for enabling adjacent table assemblies to be ganged together.

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1. A table assembly, comprising:a table top; a wire management housing mounted below the table top by means of a pivot connection providing movement of the wire management housing between an inoperative folded position in which the wire management housing is folded against the underside of the table

1. A table assembly, comprising:a table top; a wire management housing mounted below the table top by means of a pivot connection providing movement of the wire management housing between an inoperative folded position in which the wire management housing is folded against the underside of the table top, and an operative unfolded position in which the wire management housing is unfolded away from the underside of the table top, wherein the wire management housing defines an internal cavity and includes a transversely extending brace member and an access member movably mounted to the brace member for movement between an open position for providing access to the internal cavity for placing wires within the internal cavity, and a closed position for preventing access to the internal cavity for maintaining wires within the internal cavity, wherein the access member is further movable to a collapsed position when the wire management housing is in its inoperative folded position to reduce the volume of the internal cavity relative to the volume of the internal cavity when the access member is in its closed position, and wherein the wire management housing further includes an opening in communication with the internal cavity, separate from the access member, for providing access to the internal cavity from below the table top other than through the access member; a pair of legs mounted to the underside of the table top, wherein the wire management housing is located between the pair of legs, and wherein each leg includes an upper mounting portion rigidly secured to the underside of the table top, and a lower portion movably mounted to the upper mounting portion by means of a pivot connection spaced outwardly from the underside of the table top such that, when the wire management housing is in its inoperative folded position and the access member is in its collapsed position, the leg lower portions are pivotable toward each other over the wire management housing to a folded position in which the leg lower portions are substantially in line with each other and are oriented substantially parallel to the underside of the table top, wherein each leg includes a wire management recess extending throughout at least a portion of its length, and a cover movably mounted to the leg adjacent the recess for movement between an open position providing access to the recess for placing wires into the recess, and a closed position preventing access to the recess for retaining wires within the recess; wherein the wire management arrangement of the leg and the wire management housing are configured and arranged relative to each other to enable the cover of the wire management arrangement and the access member of the wire management housing to both be in the open position at the same time, to provide lay-in placement of wires into the wire-receiving recess of the leg and into the internal cavity of the wire management housing; and a releasable engagement arrangement interposed between the legs and the brace member for engaging the brace member with the legs when the legs are in their operative extended positions and the wire management housing is in its operative unfolded position, for bracing the legs against movement away from their operative extended positions, wherein the releasable engagement arrangement provides disengagement of the brace member from the legs to enable the legs and the wire management housing to be moved to their inoperative folded positions.