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A workstation system includes, as a "core" element, a self-standing service trunk that can be used in association with free-standing desks placed adjacent the trunk, or desk structures that are physically connected to the trunk. The trunk has a top that provides a generally horizontal storage suppor

A workstation system includes, as a "core" element, a self-standing service trunk that can be used in association with free-standing desks placed adjacent the trunk, or desk structures that are physically connected to the trunk. The trunk has a top that provides a generally horizontal storage support surface above desk height, and the trunk incorporates power and communication cable troughs for delivering power and communication services from an input location on the trunk to an output location accessible from a desk associated with the trunk.

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A workstation system includes, as a "core" element, a self-standing service trunk that can be used in association with free-standing desks placed adjacent the trunk, or desk structures that are physically connected to the trunk. The trunk has a top that provides a generally horizontal storage suppor

A workstation system includes, as a "core" element, a self-standing service trunk that can be used in association with free-standing desks placed adjacent the trunk, or desk structures that are physically connected to the trunk. The trunk has a top that provides a generally horizontal storage support surface above desk height, and the trunk incorporates power and communication cable troughs for delivering power and communication services from an input location on the trunk to an output location accessible from a desk associated with the trunk. tal end of said second panel and having a length approximately equal to the distance from the tail gate to the point of contact of the distal end of said second panel with the bed. 10. The deflector of claim 9 wherein each of said straps has at least one memory fold to facilitate the folding of said straps into the deflector when the deflector is stored. 11. The deflector of claim 8 including a spoiler rearwardly extending over the tail gate. 12. In a selectively deployable wind deflector for a closed tail gate of a truck bed of a pickup truck having two panels hinged together which collectively extend substantially across the width of the truck bed from a first position adjacent the top of the closed tail gate downwardly and forwardly to a second position adjacent the truck bed at a point rearward of the midpoint between the front and rear ends of the truck bed to reduce the drag caused by the tail gate as the pickup truck moves forwardly through the air, the improvement wherein the deflector includes means for mounting it for selective deployment and storage on the tail gate of the pickup truck without modification of the truck bed or the tail gate, said deflector including a spoiler which extends over and rearwardly beyond the tail gate. 13. In a selectively deployable wind deflector for a closed tail gate of a truck bed of a pickup truck having two panels hinged together which collectively extend substantially across the width of the truck bed from a first position adjacent the top of the closed tail gate downwardly and forwardly to a second position adjacent the truck bed at a point rearward of the midpoint between the front and rear ends of the truck bed to reduce the drag caused by the tail gate as the pickup truck moves forwardly through the air, the improvement wherein the panels have not greater than about 3/8 inch in thickness and do not abut each other when the deflector is deployed. 14. The deflector of claim 13 wherein the distal end of the second panel is not attached to the truck bed. 15. The deflector of claim 13 including a generally planar panel carried by said first panel and overlying a portion of said second panel adjacent said first panel across the width thereof. 16. The deflector of claim 15 including a gust strap. 17. A selectively deployable wind deflector for a closed tail gate of a truck bed of a pickup truck comprising: first and second panels hinged together which collectively extend substantially across the width of the truck bed from a first position adjacent the top of the closed tail gate downwardly and forwardly to a second position adjacent the truck bed at a point rearward of the midpoint between the front and rear ends of the truck bed to reduce the drag caused by the tail gate as the pickup truck moves forwardly through the air; means for removably mounting said first and second panels on the tail gate of a pickup truck without modification of the truck bed or the tail gate of the pickup truck; and a spoiler carried by said mounting means above and to the rear of the tail gate when the deflector is mounted; and at least two gust straps secured to said mounting means adjacent the truck bed and to the distal end of said second panel. 18. The deflector of claim 1 including means for adjusting the distance from the closed tailgate to the junction of the two panels when deployed to thereby modify the shape of the deflector formed by said two panels. 19. The deflector of claim 1 including means for adjusting the distance from the closed tailgate to the distal end of said second panel to thereby modify the shape of the deflector formed by said two panels. 20. A selectively deployable wind deflector for a closed tail gate of a truck bed of a pickup truck comprising: mounting means adapted to be removably secured to the top of the closed tail gate with a log downwardly extending adjacent the forward facing surface of the closed tail gate into proximity to the truck bed; a first genera lly planar panel pivotably attached at the proximate end to said mounting means, said first panel being substantially coextensive in width to the width of the truck bed, having a length approximately the height of the closed tail gate, having a thickness less than about 3/8 inch, and being selectively downwardly pivotable into a position substantially parallel to said leg; a second generally planar panel pivotably secured at the proximate end thereof to the distal end of said first panel, said second panel being substantially coextensive in width to the width of the truck bed between the wheel wells, having a length approximating the height of the closed tail gate, having thickness less than about 3/8 inch, and being selectively pivotable with respect to the plane of said first panel rearwardly into a position generally parallel to the plane of said first panel; a brace carried by said first panel at the distal end of said first panel, said brace being generally planar, substantially coextensive in width with the truck bed and overlying the junction of said first and second panels sufficiently to prevent the upwardly and forward pivoting of said second panel beyond the plane of said first panel; and flexible means secured to said leg adjacent the distal end thereof and secured to the distal end of said second panel, said flexible means having a length equal to the distance along the truck bed from the tail gate to the point of contact of the distal end of said second panel with the truck bed when said first and second panels are deployed and substantially coplanar, the combined action of said brace and said flexible means limiting the upward movement of the distal end of said second panel when deployed from a position adjacent the truck bed without the need for attachment of the distal end of said second panel to the truck bed. 21. The deflector of claim 20 wherein said mounting means includes a spoiler which extends rearwardly beyond the tail gate; and wherein said flexible means includes a plurality of plastic straps each having at least one memory fold to facilitate the folding thereof between said first and second panels when said first and second panels are undeployed and stored substantially parallel to the tail gate.