Accessory cart
View Patent ↗In the specification and drawings an accessory cart is described and shown with a base, a housing element that is connected to the base and extends upward from the base, and a platform, which is connected to the housing element with the height of the platform being automatically adjustable.
1. An accessory cart, comprising:
a base;
an automatically height-adjustable housing element connected to the base, said housing element extending upward from the base;
a work platform connected to said housing element,
an adjustable monitor arm and monitor support frame,
said accessory cart further comprising:
a computer processor, computer memory, and an input device, the input device configured to receive a user identifier, where the user identifier is associated in computer memory with a height of the housing element which will place the work platform at a predetermined ergonomic height for a user's height as determined from the user identifier;
whereby said accessory cart is configured, on receiving a user identifier from said input device, to automatically adjust said housing element to position said work platform at the predetermined ergonomic height.
2. The accessory cart of claim 1 further comprises a series of access cards, each access card readable by the input device, where each access card has stored thereon one of said user identifiers.
3. The accessory cart of claim 2 wherein said access cards are wirelessly readable by said input device.
4. The accessory cart of claim 1 where said user identifier comprises a user height.
5. The accessory cart of claim 3 when said electronic access card is storable in a cellular phone.
6. The accessory cart of claim 1 wherein said user's height comprises a user's seated height.
7. The accessory cart of claim 1 wherein said accessory cart further comprises a computer input device platform slidably coupled to the work surface.
8. The accessory cart of claim 1 wherein said accessory cart further comprises a computer monitor adjustably coupled to the work surface.
9. An accessory cart, comprising:
a base;
an automatically height-adjustable housing element connected to the base, said housing element extending upward from the base;
a work platform connected to said housing element,
a monitor arm adjustably coupled to the work platform;
said accessory cart further comprising:
a computer processor, computer memory, and an input device, the input device configured to receive a user identifier, where the user identifier is associated in computer memory with a height of the housing element which will place the computer monitor at a predetermined ergonomic height for a user's height, as determined from the user identifier;
whereby said accessory cart is configured, on receiving a user identifier from said input device, to automatically adjust said housing element to position said monitor at the predetermined ergonomic height.
10. The accessory cart of claim 9 wherein said accessory cart further comprises a database, said database containing a list of user heights and the associated height of the housing element.
11. The accessory cart of claim 9 wherein said accessory cart further comprises a database, said database containing a list of user identifiers and the associated user height.
12. The accessory cart of claim 9 wherein said input device comprises a computer keyboard, positioned at a negative angle with respect to the work platform.
13. The accessory cart of claim 12 wherein said input device further comprises a computer control panel positioned on the worksurface.
14. The accessory cart of claim 13 wherein said computer control panel further comprises a touch screen.
15. The accessory cart of claim 9 wherein said computer database is in wireless communication with said processor.
16. The accessory cart of claim 9 wherein said computer monitor is tiltable with respect to said work surface.
17. The accessory cart of claim 9 wherein said computer monitor is manually height adjustable with respect to said work surface.