ELECTRIC DESK STAND

A lightweight electric desk stand includes a beam structure (10), a telescopic column (20) and a flank (30). The beam structure (10) includes a lower frame (11) and an upper frame (12). The lower frame (11) includes a bottom plate (111) and two risers (118) facing one another. The upper frame (12) includes a top plate (121) and two side plates (125) facing one another. The upper frame (12) is mounted on the lower frame (11). The side plate (125) and the riser (118) are connected to one another. The bottom plate (111) and the top plate (121) are spaced and facing one another. The telescopic column (20) is connected to two ends of the beam structure (10) and includes a motor (21). The flank (30) is disposed on an edge of the telescopic column (20) and covers an end of the beam structure (10).

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Description
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE Technical Field

The technical field of this disclosure relates to an electric desk stand, and more particularly to a lightweight electric desk stand.

Description of Art

To fit the physique, height and habit of different users, fixed tables have been gradually replaced by electric lifting tables with an adjustable height, which have become one of the mainstreams of today's design. After the height of the electric lifting table is adjusted, the users of different heights and physiques can use the table in a comfortable manner.

An electric desk stand, such as disclosed in Taiwan Pat. Nos. TWM486995, TWM504506 and TWM560241, includes a beam structure, a pair of telescopic columns and a pair of flanks, and the beam structure is mainly formed by two rectangular tubes connected in parallel to one another and spaced apart with an interval from one another, and an accommodating groove is formed between the two rectangular tubes.

However, the manufacture of the beam structure formed by connecting the rectangular tubes requires a cumbersome and complicated manufacturing procedure and the weight of the assembled electric desk stand is relatively heavy, which is not conducive to moving and transportation. In addition, the accommodating groove is an open space, so that the electric wire connected to each electrical component is exposed, which affects the overall aesthetic appearance. Further, the heavy weight of the electric desk stand prevents the material cost from being reduced effectively, which in turn affects economic benefits.

In view of the aforementioned drawbacks of the electric desk stand, the discloser of this disclosure based on years of experience in the related industry to conduct extensive research and experiment, and finally provided a feasible solution as disclosed in this disclosure to overcome the above drawbacks.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

Therefore, it is a primary objective of this disclosure to provide a lightweight electric desk stand that uses a configuration of frames to achieve the effects of maintaining high stability, reducing total weight, and lowering material cost.

To achieve the aforementioned and other objectives, this disclosure discloses a lightweight electric desk stand including a beam structure, a pair of telescopic columns and a pair of flanks. The beam structure includes a lower frame and two upper frames. The lower frame includes a bottom plate and two risers upwardly bent and extended from the bottom plate and configured to be facing one another. Each of the upper frames includes a top plate and two side plates downwardly bent and extended from the top plate and configured to be facing one another. Each upper frame is mounted on the lower frame. Each side plate is lapped to each riser. The bottom plate and each of the top plates are spaced from one another and configured to be facing one another. Each telescopic column is connected to two sides of the beam structure separately, and each telescopic column includes a motor. Each flank is installed on an edge of each of the telescopic columns and covers two ends of the beam structure.

This disclosure has the following effects. The design of the insert plate and the pull buckle is conducive to a quick removal or installation of the controller. The electric wire and the connector are concealed and stored between the lower frame and the upper frame to enhance the overall aesthetic appearance. The design of the hand access hole allows users to grab, plug or remove the connector with respect to the port by hands conveniently. With the design of the mounting opening formed on the bottom plate, the controller may be detached from the mounting opening without using any hand tools, thereby improving the convenience of installation or maintenance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lightweight electric desk stand combined with a desktop in accordance with this disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view showing a lower frame and a controller of this disclosure;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view showing a controller combined with a lower frame and each upper frame in accordance with this disclosure;

FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view and a partial blowup view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is another cross-sectional view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view showing a beam structure, a telescopic column and a flank in accordance with this disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a lightweight electric desk stand in accordance with this disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a front view of FIG. 7, showing a cross-sectional view of a beam structure; and

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of a controller being removed as depicted in FIG. 7.

 DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The technical contents of this disclosure will become apparent with the detailed description of embodiments accompanied with the illustration of related drawings as follows. It is intended that the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein are to be considered illustrative rather than restrictive.

With reference to FIGS. 1 to 8 for a lightweight electric desk stand of this disclosure provided for installing a desktop 8, the lightweight electric desk stand mainly includes a beam structure 10, a pair of telescopic columns 20 and a pair of flanks 30.

In FIGS. 2 to 5, the beam structure 10 mainly includes a lower frame 11 and two upper frames 12. The lower frame 11 and upper frames 12 are formed by metal plates and manufactured by the punching, blanking and bending processes. The lower frame 11 has a substantially U-shaped cross-section and mainly includes a bottom plate 111 and two risers 118 upwardly bent and extended from the bottom plate 111 and configured to be facing one another. Each upper frame 12 has a cross-section substantially in an inverted U-shape, and includes a top plate 121 and two side plates 125 downwardly bent and extended from the top plate 121 and configured to be facing one another. Each upper frame 12 is serially mounted on the lower frame 11, and each side plate 125 is lapped to each 118. The bottom plate 111 of the lower frame 11 and the top plate 121 of each upper frame 12 are spaced from one another and configured to be facing one another. Thus, the lower frame 11 and two ends of each upper frame 12 form a socket opening 13 respectively (as shown in FIG. 4).

Further, the lightweight electric desk stand further includes a controller 40 which is substantially a rectangular body, and the controller 40 has a plurality of ports 41 formed on two sides thereof respectively. In this embodiment, the controller 40 has an insert slot 42 formed on one side and a pull buckle 43 installed on the other side. The middle area of the bottom plate 111 of the lower frame 11 has a mounting opening 112 for installing and removing the controller 40. In addition, the bottom plates 111 on two sides of the mounting opening 112 respectively have a side cover 113 upwardly extended from the bottom plate 111, and each side cover 113 is provided for the controller 40 to be embedded and positioned. Each side cover 113 has an opening 114, and one of the side covers 113 has an insert plate 115 disposed on and extended from an edge of the mounting opening 112, and the insert plate 115 is used to be inserted to the insert slot 42 of the controller 40. The pull buckle 43 is operably buckled and secured to the bottom plate 111 on the periphery of the mounting opening 112. In addition, the outer side of each side cover 113 of the bottom plate 111 has a hand access hole 116. In addition, a positioning groove 117 is formed on two sides of the bottom plate 111 separately. Each riser 118 has a plurality of perforations 119 formed thereon and spaced from one another.

It is noteworthy that the details of the controller 40 as described above are provided for the purpose of explaining the technical characteristics of this disclosure only, but not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure, that is, adjustments or modifications of these characteristics can be made according to the need of actual use.

Further, the inner area of the top plate 121 of the upper frame 12 has a pair of lugs 122 extended outwardly therefrom, and each lug 122 is connected to a shock-absorbing gasket 14. In addition, a pair of elongated slots 123 is punched on the top plate 121 spaced from each lug 122, and each elongated slot 123 has a bent plate 124 formed therein. A through hole 126 is formed on the middle area of each side plate 125. A guide slot 127 is formed on the outer area of each side plate 125. In addition, each side plate 125 has a plurality of screw holes 128 and a plurality of perforations 129, and each screw hole 128 is arranged corresponding to the perforation 119. After each side plate 125 and each riser 118 are lapped, a screw element 15 may be used to pass through the perforation 119 and be screwed into the screw hole 128 (as shown in FIG. 5).

In FIGS. 6 to 8, the telescopic columns 20 are coupled to two ends of beam structure 10 respectively, and each telescopic column 20 includes a motor 21, a plurality of tube bodies 22 and a transmission mechanism (not shown in the figures), and the tube bodies 22 are adapted to sheathe on one another, and one of the tube bodies 22 is connected to the bottom side of the motor 21. The joint operation of the motor 21 and the transmission mechanism allows the tube bodies 22 to move relatively to one another. In addition, the motor 21 has a plurality of screw holes 211, and the motor 21 passes through the socket opening 13, and each tube body 22 is embedded and fixed in the positioning groove 117 by a cap bolt 23 passing the perforation 129 of each side plate 125 and being screwed to the screw hole 211 of the motor 21.

The motor 21 further includes an electric wire 212 and a connector 213 connected to an end of the electric wire 212. After the motor 21 is connected to the beam structure 10, the electric wire 212 and the connector 213 are concealed and stored in a space formed between the lower frame 11 and the upper frame 12. During installation or maintenance, users or technicians may stretch their hands into the hand access hole 116 to grab the connector 213, and plug and unplug the connector 213 with respect to the port 41.

Each flank 30 is installed on an edge of each telescopic column 20 and covers two end surfaces of the beam structure 20. Each flank 30 includes an edge plate 31 and a horizontal plate 32 bent and extended from the edge plate 31. A pair of connecting plates 33 are connected to an inner side of the edge plate 31, and a groove channel 331 is formed on each connecting plate 33. In addition, the horizontal plate 32 has a notch 321 formed on a position corresponding to each connecting plate 33. The notch is disposed on the outer periphery of the motor 21, and the connecting plates 33 clamp two sides of the motor 21 and is screwed to the screw hole 211 of the motor 21 by a cap bolt 34 passing through the groove channel 331 and the guide slot 127. In addition, two sides of the horizontal plate 32 have a shock-absorbing gasket 35 installed thereto.

In addition, the lightweight electric desk stand of this disclosure further includes a pair of support feet 50, and each support foot 50 is connected to an end of each tube body 22 away from the motor 21, so as to improve the stability of the desk stand.

In FIG. 1, the lightweight electric desk stand of this disclosure further includes a manual controller 60 having an electric wire 61 and a switch 62 electrically connected to the electric wire 61 and fixed on the lower surface of the desktop 8. The electric wire 61 enters from the through hole 126 of the upper frame 12 to the beam structure 10, and then plugged and connected into the port 41 of the controller 40.

In FIG. 9, the lightweight electric desk stand of this disclosure does not need any hand tool for installing, removing, or assembling the controller 40, regardless of during the process of installation or maintenance. During operation, the pull buckle 43 is pulled to separate the controller 40 from the lower frame 11, and then the controller 40 is removed from the mounting opening 112 to improve the convenience of installation or maintenance.

In summation of the description above, the lightweight electric desk stand of this disclosure surely achieves the expected objective of use, and overcomes the drawbacks of the related art, and complies with patent application requirements, and thus is duly filed for patent application. While this disclosure has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this disclosure set forth in the claims.

Claims

1. An electric desk stand, comprising:

a beam structure (10), comprising a lower frame (11) and two upper frames (12), and the lower frame (11) comprising a bottom plate (111) and two risers (118) upwardly bent and extended from the bottom plate (111) and configured to face one another, and each of the upper frames (12) comprising a top plate (121) and two side plates (125) downwardly bent and extended from the top plate (121) and configured to face one another, and each of the upper frames (12) mounted on the lower frame (11), and each of the side plates (125) lapped to each of the risers (118), and the bottom plate (111) and each of the top plates (121) configured to face one another and spaced from one another;
a pair of telescopic columns (20), coupled to two ends of the beam structure (10) respectively, and each of the telescopic columns (20) comprising a motor (21); and
a pair of flanks (30), disposed on an edge of each of the telescopic column (20) respectively and covering two ends of the beam structure (10).

2. The electric desk stand according to claim 1, further comprising: a controller (40), and a mounting opening (112) disposed on a middle area of the bottom plate (111) of the lower frame (11), and the controller (40) being installed or removed through the mounting opening (112).

3. The electric desk stand according to claim 2, wherein the controller (40) comprises an insert slot (42) disposed on one side thereof and a pull buckle (43) disposed on another side thereof, and an insert plate (115) is extended from an edge of the mounting opening (112), and the insert slot (42) of the controller (40) is inserted by the insert plate (115), and the pull buckle (43) is operably buckled to the bottom plate (111) on a periphery of the mounting opening (112).

4. The electric desk stand according to claim 2, wherein the bottom plate (111) comprises a side cover (113) respectively disposed on two ends of the mounting opening (112) and upwardly extended therefrom, and the controller (40) is embedded and positioned in each of the side covers (113).

5. The electric desk stand according to claim 4, wherein the controller (40) comprises a plurality of ports (41) disposed on two sides thereof respectively, and each of the side covers (113) comprises an opening (114), and each of the openings (114) is arranged corresponding to each of the ports (41).

6. The electric desk stand according to claim 5, wherein the bottom plate (111) comprises a hand access hole (116) disposed outside each of the side covers (113), and each of the motors (21) further comprises an electric wire (212) and a connector (213) coupled to the electric wire (212), and each of the connectors (213) and each of the ports (41) are pluggably and unpluggably through each of the hand access hole (116).

7. The electric desk stand according to claim 1, wherein a socket opening (13) is enclosed by the lower frame (11) and two ends of each upper frame (12), and each of the motors (21) passes through the socket opening (13).

8. The electric desk stand according to claim 7, wherein each of the telescopic columns (20) further comprises a plurality of tube bodies (22) adapted to sheathe on one another, and one of the tube bodies (22) is coupled to the motor (21), and a positioning groove (117) is disposed on two sides of the bottom plate (111) respectively, and each of the tube bodies (22) is embedded in each of the positioning grooves (117).

9. The electric desk stand according to claim 8, wherein the motor (21) further comprises an electric wire (212) and a connector (213) coupled to the electric wire (212), and the motor (21) is coupled to the beam structure (10), and the electric wire (212) and the connector (213) are concealed and stored between the lower frame (11) and each of the upper frames (12).

10. The electric desk stand according to claim 1, further comprising: a manual controller (60) with an electric wire (61), and a through hole (126) disposed on the side plate (125) of the upper frame (12), and the electric wire (61) passing from the through hole (126) to a position between the lower frame (11) and the upper frame (12).

11. The electric desk stand according to claim 1, wherein the top plate (121) of the upper frame (12) comprises a pair of lugs (122) extended outwardly, and each of the lugs (122) is coupled to a shock-absorbing gasket (14).

12. The electric desk stand according to claim 1, wherein each of the side plates (125) of the upper frame (12) comprises a guide slot (127), and each of the flanks (30) comprises an edge plate (31) and a horizontal plate (32) bent and extended from the edge plate (31), a pair of connecting plates (33) are coupled to an inner side of the edge plate (31), a groove channel (331) is disposed on each of the connecting plates (33) respectively, and the connecting plates (33) clamp two sides of the motor (21) and are screwed and secured with the motor (21) by a cap bolt (34) passing through each of the groove channels (331) and each of the guide slots (127).

13. The electric desk stand according to claim 12, wherein the horizontal plate (32) comprises a notch (321) disposed corresponding to each of the connecting plates (33) and disposed on an outer periphery of the motor (21), and a shock-absorbing gasket (35) is installed on two sides of the horizontal plate (32) respectively.

14. The electric desk stand according to claim 1, wherein a cross-section of the lower frame (11) and a cross-section of each of the upper frame (12) are substantially in a U-shape.

Patent History
Publication number: 20220378194
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 5, 2021
Publication Date: Dec 1, 2022
Inventor: Yu-Chang LIN (New Taipei City)
Application Number: 17/367,513
Classifications
International Classification: A47B 9/20 (20060101); A47B 21/02 (20060101); A47B 21/06 (20060101);