Granted Patent B2

US 8,905,496 · App. 12/636,181 · Granted Dec 9, 2014

Abstract

Claims (22)

1. A work station comprising:

an upper support and a lower support adapted to be mounted to a surface;

an upper arm having a first end and a second end, the upper arm being rigid and non-articulated between the first end and the second end, and a lower arm having a third end and a fourth end, the upper arm being rigid and non-articulated between the third end and the fourth end, the first end of the upper arm being mounted to the upper support for pivoting motion about a first vertical axis and the third end of the lower arm being mounted to the lower support for pivoting motion about the first vertical axis such that the first arm and the second arm have a single degree of motion relative to the first vertical axis where the first arm and the second arm rotate about the first vertical axis simultaneously;

the second end of the upper arm and the fourth end of the lower arm being pivotably mounted to a track such that the track is mounted between the first arm and the second arm such that the track is limited to a single degree of motion relative to the first arm and the second arm where the track pivots relative to the first arm and the second arm about a second vertical axis, said track supporting a vertically displaceable carriage wherein the carriage supports at least one of a monitor and a work platform;

the upper support and the lower support are on a mounting bracket and each of the upper support and the lower support including an upwardly facing protrusion, the protrusions being vertically aligned, the upper arm and the lower arm include downwardly facing apertures that fit over the protrusions such that the downwardly facing apertures rotate relative to the upwardly facing protrusions to form the first vertical axis.

2. The work station of claim 1 wherein the carriage supports a work platform and the work platform supports a key board tray.

3. The work station of claim 1 wherein a lift system supports the carriage for vertical movement.

4. The work station of claim 1 wherein a box is mounted on the rear of the track.

5. The work station of claim 4 wherein the box includes a door that pivots about a horizontal hinge to create a horizontal work surface.

6. The work station of claim 1 wherein the upper arm and lower arm rotate about the first vertical axis through 180 degrees.

7. The work station of claim 1 wherein the track rotates relative to the upper arm and lower arm about the second vertical axis through 180 degrees.

8. The work station of claim 1 wherein wiring passes through at least one of said upper arm and said lower arm.

9. The work station of claim 8 further including a light connected to the wiring.

10. The work station of claim 1 wherein said carriage supports a lap top holder comprising a compartment that retains a lap top computer such that a monitor associated with the lap top computer extends out of the holder.

11. The work station of claim 1 further comprising a tray movably supported below the work platform.

12. A work station comprising:

a mounting bracket adapted to be mounted to a surface;

an upper arm having a first end and a second end, the upper arm being rigid and non-articulated between the first end and the second end, and a lower arm having a third end and a fourth end, the upper arm being rigid and non-articulated between the third end and the fourth end, the first end of the upper arm and the third end of the lower arm being mounted to the mounting bracket for pivoting motion about the a first vertical axis such that the first arm and the second arm have a single degree of motion relative to the mounting bracket where the first arm and the second arm rotate about the first vertical axis simultaneously through approximately 180 degrees such that the upper arm and the lower arm may be disposed adjacent the surface in a first position and a second position;

the upper arm being spaced from the lower arm a distance and the mounting bracket comprising an upper arm support comprising a first upwardly facing protrusion and a lower arm support comprising a second upwardly facing protrusion, the lower arm support being spaced from the upper arm support the distance, the first protrusion and the second protrusion being aligned on the vertical axis, the upper arm comprising a first aperture that fits over the first upwardly facing protrusion and the second arm comprising a second aperture that fits over the second upwardly facing protrusion such that the first and second upwardly facing protrusions define the first vertical axis and are free to rotate in the first and second apertures, respectively, and the first and second upwardly facing protrusions are freely vertically movable relative to the first and second apertures such that the first and second arms are mounted on the mounting bracket by simultaneously vertically dropping the first and second apertures onto the first and second upwardly facing protrusions, respectively;

a track supporting a vertically displaceable carriage, said track supporting at least one of a monitor and a work platform wherein wiring extends from the mounting bracket and passes through at least one of said upper arm and said lower arm and is connected to the at least one of the monitor and the work platform;

the second end of the upper arm and the fourth end of the lower arm being pivotably mounted to the track such that the track is mounted between the first arm and the second arm such that the track is limited to a single degree of motion relative to the first arm and the second arm where the track pivots relative to the first arm and the second arm about a second vertical axis approximately 180 degrees between a third position and a fourth position where the carriage faces away from the surface in both the third position and the fourth position.

13. The work station of claim 12 wherein a lift system supports the carriage for vertical movement.

Assignments (13)