BSR/BIFMAX5.5-201XANSI/BIFMAX5.5-2014Desk/TableProducts-TestsAmericanNationalStandardforOfficeandInstitutionalFurnishingsANSI/BIFMAX5.5-2014AmericanNationalStandardApprovalofanAmericanNationalStandardrequiresverificationbyANSIthattherequirementsfordueprocess,consensus,andothercriteriahavebeenmetbythestandardsdeveloper.Consensusisestablishedwhen,inthejudgmentoftheANSIBoardofStandardsReview,substantialagreementhasbeenreachedbydirectlyandmateriallyaffectedinterests.Substantialagreementmeansmuchmorethanasimplemajority,butnotnecessarilyunanimity.Consensusrequiresthatallviewsandobjectionsbeconsidered,andthataconcertedeffortbemadetowardtheirresolution.TheuseofAmericanNationalStandardsiscompletelyvoluntary;theirexistencedoesnotinanyrespectprecludeanyone,whetherhehasapprovedthestandardornot,frommanufacturing,marketing,purchasing,orusingproducts,processes,orproceduresnotconformingtothestandard.TheAmericanNationalStandardsInstitutedoesnotdevelopstandardsandwillinnocircumstancesgiveaninterpretationofanyAmericanNationalStandard.Moreover,nopersonshallhavetherightorauthoritytoissueaninterpretationofanAmericanNationalStandardinthenameoftheAmericanNationalStandardsInstitute.Requestsforinterpretationsshouldbeaddressedtothesecretariatorsponsorwhosenameappearsonthetitlepageofthisstandard.CAUTIONNOTICE:ThisAmericanNationalStandardmayberevisedorwithdrawnatanytime.TheproceduresoftheAmericanNationalStandardsInstituterequirethatactionbetakenperiodicallytoreaffirm,revise,orwithdrawthisstandard.PartiesinterestedinAmericanNationalStandardsmayreceivecurrentinformationonallstandardsbycallingorwritingtheAmericanNationalStandardsInstitute.PublishedbyBIFMACopyright©2014AllrightsreservedNopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinanyform,inanelectronicretrievalsystemorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionbythepublisher.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaANSI/BIFMAX5.5-2014AmericanNationalStandardforOfficeandInstitutionalFurnishingsDesk/TableProducts-TestsSponsorBIFMA678FrontAve.NW,Suite150GrandRapids,MI49504-5368Phone:(616)285-3963email@bifma.org’sInstructions.............................................................................................173.3ClearanceBetweenAdjustingPrimaryandSecondarySurfaces...................................173.4Figures............................................................................................................................173.5FigureSymbols...............................................................................................................173.6Tolerances......................................................................................................................173.7PretestInspection.............................................................................