Abstract

A combination desk-step stool furniture piece may provide a portable and/or easy-to-use tool to help children reach elevated objects and have a desk and chair to foster their creative minds or however else they see fit to use it. The piece may include a support frame having a plurality of legs that define a footprint and an upper step and at least one intermediate step. One or more of the steps may lie substantially within the footprint. The upper step and/or the intermediate step may be textured to provide traction to facilitate use of the furniture piece as a step stool. The piece also may include a removable table top that may be attached to the upper step. The frame also may include a storage compartment for stowing the tabletop when the furniture is not being used as a desk. Other embodiments and features also are described.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47L 15/50 - Racks
• A47D 11/00 - Children's furniture convertible into other kinds of furniture, e.g. children's chairs or benches convertible into beds
• A47D 3/00 - Children's tables
• A47C 12/00 - Step-stools
• B43L 1/04 - Blackboards
• B43L 1/00 - Repeatedly-usable boards or tablets for writing or drawing
• B43L 1/06 - Blackboards rigid
• B43L 1/10 - Writing surfaces thereof
• A47D 1/00 - Children's chairs