Patents Assigned to Ergotron, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10667602
    Abstract: An apparatus for positioning an electronic display is described. The apparatus can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases, the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including for example, a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Hazzard, Robert William Fluhrer, Peter Segar, John William Theis, Mustafa A. Ergun, Scott Trish
  • Patent number: 10646033
    Abstract: A mobile workstation can include a head unit assembly. A worksurface can be coupled to the head unit assembly and configured to translate with respect to the head unit assembly between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A glide can be rotatably coupled to the head unit assembly and engaged with the worksurface. The glide can include a latch configured to translate with respect to a glide body of the glide. The mobile workstation can include a worksurface opening mechanism having a locking configuration and an unlocking configuration. The worksurface opening mechanism can include a latch release handle moveably coupled to the head unit assembly. Movement of the latch release handle can transition the worksurface opening mechanism between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration. A release assembly can selectively engage with the first latch. A lift system can bias the worksurface away from the head unit assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Christopher Lindblad, Jeffrey Randall Mensing, George Charles Willard Runger
  • Patent number: 10631630
    Abstract: A height adjustable device including a counterbalance mechanism configured to be affixed adjacent to a rear portion of a vertical support member, a worksurface configured to be affixed adjacent to a front portion of the vertical support member, and a mounting member configured to slidably couple the worksurface to the counterbalance mechanism; wherein a portion of the mounting member extends through an opening defined in the vertical support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Robert Swartz, Shaun Christopher Lindblad, David James Prince, Michael John Mullen, James Robert Lucas, Mustafa A. Ergun, Robert William Fluhrer
  • Patent number: 10602840
    Abstract: A height adjustable table can include a plurality of legs, a lower portion, a worksurface, a height adjustable surface, and a linkage. The worksurface can be supported by the plurality of legs and can include a fixed surface and a height adjustable surface. The fixed surface can be secured to at least one of the lower portion and the plurality of legs, and the fixed surface can define a recessed portion. The height adjustable surface can be movable between a raised position and a lowered position so that the height-adjustable surface retracts into the recessed portion when in the lowered position so that the height adjustable surface is coplanar with the fixed surface. The linkage can be configured to move the height adjustable surface between the lowered position and the raised position so that the height adjustable surface remains parallel to the fixed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ERGOTRON, INC.
    Inventors: Mustafa A. Ergun, John William Theis, Michael John Mullen
  • Patent number: 10542817
    Abstract: A height adjustable device can comprise: a base; a first scissor linkage assembly coupled to the base and having a first scissor joint; a second scissor linkage assembly coupled to the base and having a second scissor joint; a worksurface coupled to the first and second scissor linkages; a bracket movably coupled to the first scissor linkage and the second scissor linkage and movable relative to the worksurface; and a first energy storage member coupled to the worksurface and connected by at least one tension member to the bracket, wherein the first energy storage member is configured to bias the bracket in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Robert Swartz, Shaun Christopher Lindblad, Jeffrey Randall Mensing
  • Patent number: 10524565
    Abstract: In one example, a height adjustable desktop system is described that can include a work surface, a foot assembly and a linkage assembly that adjustably connects the work surface to the foot assembly allowing vertical adjustment of the work surface. The linkage assembly can include a pair of adjustment assemblies, each having a transverse linkage that maintains the work surface in a horizontal orientation as the work surface is elevated or lowered. A biasing mechanism, such as an extension spring or a torsion spring, biases the work surface toward the elevated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Mustafa A. Ergun, Thiem Wong, John William Theis
  • Patent number: 10476285
    Abstract: A tablet storage device includes a module on a cart frame that includes a wheeled base. A cart module defines a selectively accessible interior space having multiple storage slots within the interior space for holding tablets. In some cases a tablet storage device holds multiple tablets using two or more modules in a stacked arrangement on a wheeled base. Each module can hold a portion of the multiple tablets within storage slots within an interior space inside the module. The storage slots may have connectors for connecting to tablets, and the cart frame can have a network connection system that is adapted to provide a network connection for each tablet that is connected to one of the connectors. The cart frame may also have a power supply system for charging each tablet that is connected to one of the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Mustafa A. Ergun, Shaun Christopher Lindblad, Joseph Funk, William Dale Tischer, Peter Segar, David James Prince
  • Patent number: 10433638
    Abstract: A height adjustable device including a counterbalance mechanism configured to be affixed adjacent to a rear portion of a vertical support member, a worksurface configured to be affixed adjacent to a front portion of the vertical support member, and a mounting member configured to slidably couple the worksurface to the counterbalance mechanism; wherein a portion of the mounting member extends through an opening defined in the vertical support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: ERGOTRON, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Robert Swartz, Shaun Christopher Lindblad, David J. Prince, Michael John Mullen, James Robert Lucas, Mustafa A. Ergun, Robert William Fluhrer
  • Patent number: 10426261
    Abstract: A retention system for securing a portable electronic device to the work surface can include an elongated member. The elongated member can be adapted to couple with a work surface. The retention system can include a device clip. The device clip can be coupled to the elongated member. The device clip can be slidably engaged with the elongated member. The device clip can be adapted to engage with an edge of the portable electronic device located on the work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Theis, Michael John Mullen, Joshua Jerome Beissel, Saeb Salih Asamari, Thiem Chan Duong Wong
  • Patent number: 10411468
    Abstract: Techniques for distributing electrical power to a plurality of electrical loads can include coupling an existing group of electrical loads to a common power source through a load management system, measuring an aggregate group current drawn by at least the existing group of electrical loads and comparing the measured aggregate group current to an aggregate group current threshold value. When the measured aggregate group current exceeds the aggregate group current threshold value, increase a number of subgroups of the existing group, using subgroups that are formed without requiring information about individual current associated with the individual electrical loads, sequentially apply power to individual subgroups during non-overlapping time periods, sequentially measure at least a corresponding current drawn by the individual subgroups while power is applied to the subgroups, and sequentially comparing the measured current to a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventor: William Dale Tischer
  • Patent number: 10348089
    Abstract: A powered furniture system can include at least a first article of powered furniture having a control circuit, a first number of power outlets, and a first identification circuit, and a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets and a second identification circuit. A method of controlling power distribution in the system can include separately communicating with the first and second identification circuits over a communications channel, receiving data representing the first and second numbers of power outlets, determining, using the received data representing the first and second numbers of power outlets, a total number of power outlets in the system, and controlling application of power to the first and second numbers of power outlets using the determined total number of power outlets in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Pinewski, Nicholas Simon Hazzard, Jeffrey Aymond, William Dale Tischer, Jason Charles Jaeger
  • Patent number: 10283983
    Abstract: A charging station configured to charge a plurality of electronic devices, the charging station can include a charging cabinet having a first side, a second side, and a connecting member extending between the first and second sides; a first plurality of holes extending along the first side, the first plurality of holes being configured to receive a screw; a first plurality of slots extending along the second side, the first plurality of slots being configured to receive a tab; at least one shelf having a first end, a second end, and a shelf surface extending between the first and second ends, the first end of the shelf configured to be positioned adjacent the first side of the charging cabinet, the second end of the shelf configured to be positioned adjacent the second side of the charging cabinet, the at least one shelf including: a first tab extending from the second end of the at least one shelf, the first tab configured to be inserted into one of the first plurality of slots extending along the second sid
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T McCaffrey, Stuart Ripley Aldrich, Ronald Lee Elliott, James Timothy Clift, Pedro Antonio Carbajal
  • Patent number: 10267451
    Abstract: The invention includes a display positioning assembly comprising a support, a display supported by the support, and a balance mechanism carried by the display and operatively connected to the support. The invention also includes an article for selectively exposing a display comprising a generally planar support surface having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A balance mechanism operatively connected to a display may be positionable between a storage position proximate the first side of the generally planar support surface and an exposed position proximate the second side of the generally planar support surface. The invention also includes an assembly for arresting the free fall of an object. The assembly may comprise an outer slide in sliding or rolling engagement with an inner slide, and a brake comprising at least one pivot member may be coupled to the inner slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry C. Sweere, Mustafa A. Ergun, Robert William Fluhrer, Shaun Christopher Lindblad, Jeffrey M. Eliason, Joseph Funk
  • Patent number: 10186900
    Abstract: In an example, a method of controlling power distribution in a powered furniture system including a first article of powered furniture having a first controller and a first number of power outlets and a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets and a second controller can include determining a first total number of power outlets in the system, wherein the first total number of power outlets includes at least the first number of power outlets of the first article of powered furniture. The method can include controlling application of power to the first number of power outlets associated with the first article of powered furniture using the determined first total number of power outlets in the system, and transmitting the first total number of power outlets to a second controller of a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Pinewski, Nicholas Simon Hazzard, Jeffrey Aymond
  • Patent number: 10172450
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus for positioning an electronic display. The apparatus can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including for example, a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Hazzard, Robert W. Fluhrer, Peter Segar, John W. Theis, Mustafa A. Ergun, Scott Trish
  • Patent number: 10104957
    Abstract: Embodiments include an apparatus for positioning items such as an electronic display, a keyboard, and/or a work surface. The apparatus can be attached proximate an edge of a generally planar support member to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases the apparatus includes a display mount coupled to a support column and configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The support column may be movable with respect to support member between a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Mustafa A. Ergun, John Cain, Peter Segar, Shaun C. Lindblad
  • Patent number: 10039372
    Abstract: A height adjustable desk can include a work surface; and at least one leg assembly connected to the work surface. The at least one leg assembly can include: a first member; and a second member moveable relative to the first member along a longitudinal axis; and a counterbalance mechanism connected to the desk and configured to counteract a force exerted on the work surface. The counterbalance mechanism can include: a wheel; a gas spring having a cylinder and a moveable piston; a wheel moveably connected to the gas spring; and the tension member is connected to the leg assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Mustafa A. Ergun, Robert W. Fluhrer, Scott Trish, Jeffrey Mensing
  • Patent number: D871113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventor: James Robert Lucas
  • Patent number: D874902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventor: David James Prince
  • Patent number: D882510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventor: John William Theis