Article of furniture having storage components

Abstract

A furniture unit such as a desk is provided with a slidably mounted storage drawer located under a work surface of the desk. The storage drawer is sized to support at least a laptop computer and a standard-sized alphanumeric computer keyboard. Additionally, a rear portion of the drawer supports a power and data module providing an AC power outlet and a phone and/or a data outlet for the computer. A front edge of the drawer folds down extending the drawer bottom and includes a wrist support pad for use with the computer keyboard. The furniture unit may also be supplied with a rotatable carousel storage unit located under the work surface, especially under the corner work surface of an L-shaped desk. The carousel storage unit includes one or more circular shelves rotatably mounted beneath the work surface and at least one pair of wire supports mounted to an protruding above each circular shelf. The wire supports provide lateral support for a row of books, binders and the like.

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       10 . An article of furniture, comprising: 
 a furniture housing;    a storage component rotatably mounted within said furniture housing, said storage component including a first shelf and at least a first pair of support members mounted to and protruding above said first shelf, said support members adapted to laterally support therebetween a plurality of books and the like.    
   
   
       11 . The article of furniture of  claim 10 , further comprising at least a second pair of support members extending above said first shelf.  
   
   
       12 . The article of furniture of  claim 10 , wherein said first pair of support members are disposed parallel to one another, said support members adapted to laterally support a linear row of books and the like.  
   
   
       13 . The article of furniture of  claim 10 , wherein said first pair of support members are disposed at a non-parallel angle with respect to one another, said support members adapted to laterally support an arcuate row of books and the like.  
   
   
       14 . The article of furniture of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 a second shelf vertically spaced from said first shelf; and    a support structure attaching said second shelf to said first shelf such that said second shelf is rotatable with said first shelf.    
   
   
       15 . The article of furniture of  claim 14 , wherein said first and second shelves are circular.