EP 0145410 A3 19870513 - ADJUSTABLE WORK STATION AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
Title (en)
ADJUSTABLE WORK STATION AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
Publication
Application
Priority
US 55815983 A 19831205
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0145410A2] A work station useful for conventional purposes and also particularly useful for utilizing electronic equipment such as computers, word processors and the accoutrements thereof is provided which includes a wide variety of adjustments such as leveling, elevation, angle and position, not only of work surfaces, but also of attached cabinets, printers, disc readers, etc., as well as individual adjustment of accessories such as video screens, line readers, phone pads, task lights, trays and the like, all to provide an ergonomically effective adjustable work station. Major component adjustment may be power driven. Wiring access is provided through outlets in a wiring tray (195) beneath the major work surface (85) which may be exposed by sliding or pivoting such work surface, such pivoting being at a point adjacent the user. The support for the work surface slide includes a slot or recess (200) by which wiring may connect to lateral support surfaces. The work station is modular in component and form, the major structural elements of which are two two-part telescoping adjustable legs (40) which are interconnected by two spaced apart beams (55, 56) providing an open slot therebetween. Each beam includes on the interior thereof a track (76, 77) forming vertically spaced rails (78, 79). Such rails support a wide variety of accessories either for adjustable clamping thereto or rolling therealong. One such accessory is a support for a video display screen which is mounted on rollers for free rolling along one of the tracks and which includes an adjustment for height, angle, and position with respect to the user, such adjustments being manual or power driven.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A47B 17/00 (2006.01); A47B 21/00 (2006.01); A47B 21/03 (2006.01); A47B 21/06 (2006.01); A47B 37/00 (2006.01); A47B 83/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR)
A47B 21/00 (2013.01 - KR); A47B 21/03 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 21/06 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 83/001 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 2021/066 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 2037/005 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 2200/0026 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 2200/0027 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 2200/0043 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 2200/0073 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 2200/0085 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 2200/0086 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 2200/0097 (2013.01 - EP); A47B 2200/13 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
- [X] FR 2523828 A1 19830930 - ROCHEBRUNE [FR]
- [A] FR 2373103 A1 19780630 - NAESS TURE [SE]
- [A] FR 2516769 A1 19830527 - KOENIG & NEURATH KG [DE]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0145410 A2 19850619; EP 0145410 A3 19870513; AU 3607384 A 19850613; DK 575084 A 19850702; DK 575084 D0 19841204; FI 844794 A0 19841205; FI 844794 L 19850606; JP S60156408 A 19850816; KR 850004200 A 19850711; NO 844839 L 19850606
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 84308242 A 19841128; AU 3607384 A 19841130; DK 575084 A 19841204; FI 844794 A 19841205; JP 25582384 A 19841205; KR 840007666 A 19841205; NO 844839 A 19841204