(19)
(11) EP 0 145 410 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.05.1987 Bulletin 1987/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.06.1985 Bulletin 1985/25

(21) Application number: 84308242

(22) Date of filing: 28.11.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 05.12.1983 US 558159

(71) Applicant: HAUSERMAN INC.
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(72) Inventor:
  • Diffrient, Niels
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(54) Adjustable work station and accessories therefor


(57) 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.







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