By Telescoping Patents (Class 108/147.19)
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Patent number: 7594668Abstract: A medical cart is described and includes a work platform having a work surface and at least one compartment, a base, and a height adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of the work platform relative to the base. A medication module is described and includes a plurality of compartments. The medical cart can be joined with a medication module. In addition, a plurality of medication modules can joined to form a train. The medical cart and medication module can be used collectively and individually in a variety of methods for transferring medicine.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2008Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLCInventors: Radmond Vincent Arceta, Craig Kevin Rogers, Kevin Thomas Fitzpatrick, Bryan Scott Ritchie, Marin John Philpott, Christina Louise Fortner
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Publication number: 20090223425Abstract: The Freedom Work Bench/Station is designed to enable people with and without challenges, to work at the best of their ability. The bench is strong (2000#), adjustable (24?-36?), changed into a workstation to meet the needs of 1 person. It's designed for work on either side of the bench at the same time. The bench is either left or right handed or both. There is a sliding carriage unit on the lower frame that has 4-1300# rollers that can be used for tools or test equipment when fit with a pedestal. Wires and tubes can be run through this tube. Seat and footrest can be installed on the pedestal (all adjustable). It can be disassembled and moved through a small opening/doorway (2?) and reassembled. All together this makes for a unique work system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2008Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventor: Jerome Randall
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Patent number: 7574965Abstract: In the case of a height-adjustment device for a table (1) with three or more table legs (3.1 . . . 3.4) arranged in an edge region of the table, with respectively adjacent table legs (3.1 . . . 3.4) being connected to one another by a horizontal, hollow-profile connecting element (4.1 . . . 4.4), each of the table legs (3.1 . . . 3.4) comprises a telescopic mechanism for changing a length of the table leg (3.1 . . . 3.4), which mechanism can be adjusted by rotating a rotatably mounted adjusting element (7.1 . . . 7.4). A plurality of coupling elements (9.1 . . . 9.4) are accommodated within the connecting elements (4.1 . . . 4.4) and are arranged in such a manner that each of the adjusting elements (7.1 . . . 7.4) of the table legs (3.1 . . . 3.4) is mechanically synchronized with the adjusting elements (7.1 . . . 7.4) of the adjacent table legs (3.1 . . . 3.4) by means of separate coupling elements (9.1 . . . 9.4).Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: USM Holding AGInventors: Kurt Scherrer, Alexander Schärer
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Publication number: 20090145340Abstract: A device for facilitating use of a bathroom fixture according to various exemplary embodiments can include at least a first planar body and a second planar body having a pair of opposed legs extending from each planar body defining a first opening and a second opening for receiving and conforming to a configuration of a base of a bathroom fixture. An interlocking element may be interposed between at least the first planar body and the second planar body for interlocking and stacking at least the first and second planar bodies to form a raised platform adjustable to a predetermined height based upon a user's height for facilitating use of the bathroom fixture according to the user's height. A skid-resistance bottom surface may be provided on either the first planar body or the second planar body for securing the raised platform to an underlying surface to prevent movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2007Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventor: Goli Parvizian
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Publication number: 20090145342Abstract: A leg assembly for a table and notably for a desk including: a base resting on the ground; a cylindrical shaft with a vertical appearance, attached to the base; an upper sole surmounting the shaft and provided for supporting a platform. Said sole has hooking means positioned at a free end of the sole localized in the vicinity to a border of the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: STEELCASE SAInventor: Daniel Flanet
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Publication number: 20090072101Abstract: A drive for displacing and positioning at least two profile parts relative to each other, includes: a rotatable drive wheel, a motor coupled to a first profile part and to the drive wheel, a flexible material strip which is rigidly connected on at least one side to a second profile part, which material strip also engages on the drive wheel, and a guide for the flexible material strip connected in at least substantially stationary manner to the first profile part, wherein the distance between the guide and the drive wheel is greater than the distance between the point of engagement of the flexible material strip on the second profile and the drive wheel. The invention also includes a length-adjustable housing provided with the aforementioned drive and to an article of furniture, in the legs of which such drives are accommodated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: ACTIFORCE INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventor: Dirk Stoelinga
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Publication number: 20090044735Abstract: A telescopic column, in particular for height-adjustable tables, comprises a first member (1) and a second member (2) arranged telescopically relative to each other, wherein the first member (1) is provided with a rack (12) and the second member (2) with a gear wheel (5) in mesh with the rack. Configuring the rack as a plurality of holes (12) in the member (1) allows the column to be made of a thin sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2006Publication date: February 19, 2009Inventor: Jens Jorgen Nielsen
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Publication number: 20080258514Abstract: A desk assembly and method of manufacturing the desk assembly. The desk assembly includes a frame supporting a top assembly. The frame includes two or more leg portions telescopically coupled to one another such that the top assembly is height adjustable. The top assembly is formed from a plastic molded base bonded to a high pressure laminate sheet to form a seamless panel. The seamless panel is straighted from a deformed state during the manufacturing process to a flat surface by adhering the panel to a substrate with adhesive and pressure. The top assembly may include an angled portion set off by a flowing arc to increase user comfort. The desk assembly may include a chair assembly integrally formed with the frame and one or more semi-transparent modesty panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Timothy J. Nichols, Errol Pearsons, Thomas M. Edwards, Leron Leist, Dale Allen Johnson, Bradley Keith Bransen, Joseph Robert Russell
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Patent number: 7424833Abstract: A telescopically moving structure (1) comprising a nut (2) mounted in a rotationally fixed manner in relation to a frame part, a spindle tube (3) with an external thread in engagement with the nut (2), which spindle tube (3) furthermore has an internal thread (4) with the opposite direction to that of the external thread, which internal thread (4) is in engagement with a non-rotational spindle (5) provided with an external thread, the spindle tube (3) being connected in a rotationally fixed manner, but in the axial direction in a slidable manner to a driving shaft (6), wherein the driving shaft (6) has an essentially polygonal cross section with a perimeter forming two opposite longitudinal tracks for engagement with torque-transferring rolling bodies which are journalled in a bushing fastened in the spindle tube (3) to thereby enable transfer of a large torque without the risk of seizure between the driving shaft (6) and the spindle tube (3).Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: IDE Associates (IOM) LimitedInventors: Preben Bo Fich, Christian Noergaard
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Publication number: 20080121150Abstract: A telescopic support is disclosed and has outer and inner leg parts. The outer leg part has: a tubular body defining a longitudinal axis and having an interior passage through which the axis extends centrally. The inner leg part has: a shuttle body part disposed at least partially in the tubular body; and rollers rotably mounted to the shuttle body to support the inner leg part for longitudinal reciprocating movement in the tubular body. The support can be secured to a base and topped with a work-surface defining member to form a height-adjustable table, as also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventor: Cesare PICCHIO
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Patent number: 7363666Abstract: A cross member that can be used with a bed frame or bed rails to provide support for a box spring and mattress. The cross member is attachable to the side rail of the bed by a snap-in system where the ends of the cross member are comprised of slide ends that interfit into receptacles located along the side rails. A leg is used to support a bed frame member that is self adjusting by a mechanism that can be unlocked by a person to drop the leg downwardly by gravity to contact the floor and is then lockable in that extended length.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Finger Lakes Intellectual Property, LLCInventors: Richard S. Polevoy, Howard Scott Ryan, Paul Eric Carlson
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Patent number: 7293510Abstract: A telescopic leg of a table consists of an outer tubular member, and an inner tubular member inserted in the outer tubular member; the outer tubular member is coupled to a top of a table, and has a bolt hole; the inner tubular member has a flat pressed side facing the bolt hole of the outer tubular member; a fixing bolt is passed through the bolt hole of the outer tubular member; the fixing bolt will closely touch the inner tubular member at a tail end thereof as well as making the inner tubular member tightly pressed against an inner side of the outer tubular member when it is turned tight; contact area between the fixing bolt and the inner tubular member is planar, and contact area between the inner tubular member and the inner side of the outer tubular member is also planar after the bolt is turned tight.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Chingdar Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jhen-Siang Wei Siao
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Patent number: 7246779Abstract: A telescopic leg has a housing with a lift cylinder or mechanical screw jack type lift and an external track for adjustably coupling to a member. Such telescopic legs can be used to define a variety of table base configurations by providing multiple angularly aligned tracks in each leg for receiving cross supports adjustably coupled to the tracks.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2003Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Suspa IncorporatedInventor: James E. Doyle
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Patent number: 7231676Abstract: A cross-rail support system for use with a bed frame to support a mattress having at least two adjustable support leg assemblies attached to two parallel and adjacent elongate beams. The overall width of the support system is adjustable by sliding the elongate beams relative to each other along their lengths. The placement of the two support leg assemblies is also adjustable by sliding the assemblies along the elongate beams and is independent from the total width of the support system. In addition, the leg assemblies maintain the parallel alignment of the elongate beams to each other and provide support to the mattress. The leg assemblies include telescopic extensions that have locking means, and at least one open ended groove that accommodates a locking means.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2006Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Hickory Springs Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Noah Moffat Cloer, Edward G. Alala, Michael D. Shrewsbury
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Patent number: 7228669Abstract: A suspended table assembly includes a first support and a second support that are vertically spaced from each other. A plurality of legs is provided. Each of the legs has a first end and a second end. Each of a plurality of first brackets is pivotally coupled to one of the first ends. The first brackets are attached to the first support. A plurality of second brackets is also provided. Each of the second brackets is pivotally coupled to one of the second ends and each of the second brackets is attached to the second support.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Inventor: Steven M. Yaraschefski
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Patent number: 7048238Abstract: A telescope support stand system for side cutaway view of the present invention in the contracted position. The telescope support stand system includes a base that is permanently secured to a floor, a lower tube attached to the base, an upper tube slidably positioned about the lower tube, an elevating unit within the lower tube for elevating the upper tube, and a support plate attached to the upper tube for mounting a telescope thereto. The outer tube preferably includes a plurality of alignment plates for providing a reduced friction guide surface for sliding about the lower tube.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Inventor: Vito Rotondi
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Patent number: 6923410Abstract: The present invention discloses a contractible table leg structure, comprising: an external sleeve; a folding rod, being a rod member with a cross section substantially in successive V-shaped turning surfaces, and having an included angle in the middle, a plurality of folding surfaces to define a plurality of interface corners, and the folding rod passing through the interior of the external sleeve; a bolt member, being secured on the external sleeve, and its inner end corresponding to the included angle of the folding rod; and when bold the bolt member being tightly secured, so that the folding rod produces a deformation stress to press the interface corner against the inner wall of the external sleeve and fix the position of the folding rod.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Inventor: Chien-Kuo Chang
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Patent number: 6883439Abstract: The disclosure describes a non-swiveling pneumatic lectern with a base, a hollow column secured to the plate, a sleeve secured to the interior of the column, an adjustable tube having an upper end and a bottom end wherein the first end slides inside the sleeve secured to the column, a pneumatic cylinder disposed within the column for vertically moving the support, an actuation device for engaging and disengaging the pneumatic cylinder, a locking knob for locking the tube at a designated height by pressing the sleeve against the tube, and a top lectern section with a pivotable shelf.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Inventor: Lorraine Moore
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Patent number: 6857378Abstract: A table has an adjustable support wherein the ratchet mechanism that locks the position of the tray with respect to the base may be moved to the unlocked position with the user's leg while the tray of the table is held by the user's hands. The table may also have a locking detent that extends entirely across the width of the support leg attached to the tray of the table to provide a strong, secure, and stable support when the table is used with heavy objects.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Randolph Tool Co., Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Franze, Donald L. Franze, Russ Goodman
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Patent number: 6843183Abstract: A telescoping assembly allows the length of an assembly to be readily adjusted. Desirably, the telescoping assembly is used in connection with a table to allow the height of the table to be easily adjusted. The telescoping assembly preferably includes one or more projections formed in telescoping members and the projections provide accurate, low friction contact areas between the telescoping members. Preferably, first and second plurality of projections are provided, and these plurality of projections can be located on either the same telescoping member or different telescoping members. The plurality of projections are preferably evenly distributed about the telescoping members and separated by a given distance, but the projections may be located in any suitable positions and the telescoping assembly can have any appropriate number of projections.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2002Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventor: Lynn Curtis Strong
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Publication number: 20040107882Abstract: A worktable consists of a pedestal having an upwardly extending tubular member and a cylindrical member telescopically slideable therein. Thumbscrews along the length of the tubular member are tightenable against the surface of the tubular member to lock the upper end thereof is at the desired elevation. A tabletop having a downwardly extending tubular collar is rotatably fitted around the upper end of the cylindrical member. A flexible sleeve fitted between the inner surface of the collar and the outer surface of the tubular member creates resistance to rotation of the tabletop with respect to the pedestal. Finally, an adjustable thumbscrew extending through the collar and against the outer wall of the flexible sleeve enables an operator to vary the resistance to rotation of the top with respect to the pedestal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2002Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Mark A. Zaremski, Albert Triplett
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Publication number: 20040060486Abstract: A table has an adjustable support wherein the ratchet mechanism that locks the position of the tray with respect to the base may be moved to the unlocked position with the user's leg while the tray of the table is held by the user's hands. The table may also have a locking detent that extends entirely across the width of the support leg attached to the tray of the table to provide a strong, secure, and stable support when the table is used with heavy objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Patrick L. Franze, Donald L. Franze, Russ Goodman
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Patent number: 6682030Abstract: A height-adjustable workstation main frame includes a pair of telescoping, adjustable legs and a rigid yet efficient fixing frame carried by the upper portions of the legs to provide lateral stability, increased weight bearing capacity and functional flexibility. The same telescoping leg structure is adaptable to receive a motor drive, a manual crank lift or a manually adjusted mechanism for establishing the desired height of the table top. Fore and aft stability is increased by the shape and interengagement of the telescoping inner and outer leg weldments and the use of duplicate, laterally aligned bearing slide assemblies interconnecting the inner and outer leg weldments of each telescoping leg.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Lista International CorporationInventors: Ronald J. Santoro, Richard A. Brinkman
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Publication number: 20030142468Abstract: A computer and wheeled carrier combination structure includes a wheeled carrier, the wheeled carrier having a wheel holder frame supported in between a base and a top cover plate thereof and a plurality of wheels respectively pivoted to protruded ends of the wheel holder frame outside the base for moving the wheeled carrier on the floor, a retractable upright vertically fastened to the wheeled carrier, a display module and an operation platform angularly adjustably pivoted to the upright at different elevations, the operation platform having a top keyboard hole holding a keyboard in flush with the top side of the operation platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2002Publication date: July 31, 2003Applicant: Enlight CorporationInventors: Ming-Hwa Chin, Kwei Jung Yang
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Patent number: 6581528Abstract: A table includes a telescopic leg unit and a positioning mechanism. The telescopic leg unit includes an inner leg post, a tubular outer leg post and a resilient tubular bushing. The positioning mechanism includes a press member, a support member, and an operating lever. The press member is movable in radial inward and radial outward directions relative to the leg unit. The support member is mounted securely on the outer leg post and is formed with a lever coupling hole that is aligned with the press member in a radial direction relative to the leg unit. The operating lever is operable so as to force the press member to move in the radial inward direction and abut against the tubular bushing, thereby enabling the tubular bushing to frictionally engage the inner leg post so as to resist movement of the inner leg post relative to the outer leg post.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2001Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Shin Yeh Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chuen-Jong Tseng
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Patent number: 6578501Abstract: A non-swiveling height adjustable podium comprising a base, a column, a cam locking pneumatic cylinder disposed within the column; a receiver tube having a first tube end slidingly disposed over a first end, and a second tube end; a top mount assembly having a right side, a left side, a front side, a speaker side, a top side, a bottom side, a receiver tube engaging structure secured to the bottom side for fixedly connecting the receiver tube to the top mount assembly, a top shelf having a sloping portion and a flat portion, and wherein the sloping portion is secured to the top mount assembly; a front panel secured to the front side and the flat portion; a support structure having a first part fixed to and extending from a position between the first tube end of the receiver tube and the second end of the receiving tube to a second part secured to the front panel; a left panel secured to the left side and to the front panel; a right panel secured to the right side and the front panel; an actuation structure forType: GrantFiled: July 3, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Inventor: Lorraine Moore
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Patent number: 6571720Abstract: A non-swiveling height adjustable podium comprising a base, a square or rectangular column, a cam locking pneumatic cylinder disposed within the square column; a square receiver tube having a first tube end slidingly disposed over a first end, and a second tube end; a top mount assembly having a right side, a left side, a front side, a speaker side, a top side, a bottom side, a receiver tube engaging means secured to the bottom side for fixedly connecting the receiver tube to the top mount assembly, a top shelf having a sloping portion and a flat portion, and wherein the sloping portion is secured to the top mount assembly; a front panel secured to the front side and the flat portion; a support structure having a first part fixed to and extending from a position between the first tube end of the square receiver tube and the second end of the square receiving tube to a second part secured to the front panel; a left panel secured to the left side and to the front panel; a right panel secured to the right side aType: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Inventor: Lorraine Moore
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Publication number: 20030033963Abstract: A table assembly has extruded motorized telescopic legs with an outer leg including adjustable feet which provide micro adjustment of the height of the table assembly. The combination of the telescopic support leg and adjustable feet provide macro and micro adjustment of the table to accommodate workers of different stature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2002Publication date: February 20, 2003Inventor: James E. Doyle
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Publication number: 20030024446Abstract: An adjustable height table includes a base frame, a slider frame assembly, a generally planar support surface and a lifting mechanism. The main portion of the base frame is formed by welding three tubular components to form an H-shape. Each of the end portions of the H-shape include a mounting to support a swiveling locking castor. Above each castor there extends from the H-shaped main portion, a vertically extending tubular post. The slider frame assembly preferably includes an H-shaped main portion formed of three tubular members. Four vertically extending hollow tubular column members are attached to the H-frame so that they may telescopingly engage the four vertically extending posts of the base frame. A generally planar support surface is attached to the top of the four vertically extending columns located on the slider frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: February 6, 2003Inventor: John S. Lanphear
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Patent number: 6494005Abstract: An inner leg telescopically fits within an outer leg and includes a motor coaxially mounted to an end remote from the outer leg. A drive screw is coupled to the motor shaft and extends through a drive nut in an axially extending drive nut riser. As the motor rotates the drive screw, the inner leg extends and retracts from the outer leg. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the drive nut riser is a hollow cylindrical tube extending substantially the length of the outer tube to position the drive nut near the intersection between the inner and outer legs when fully extended. Such an arrangement allows a motor to be coaxially mounted within the inner leg and, therefore, concealed and provides the desired extension and retraction of the legs for adjustment to different operative positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2001Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Suspa IncorporatedInventor: Dean A. Zimmerman
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Patent number: 6478269Abstract: A longitudinally adjustable leg assembly, comprising a holder (9, 12) which is adapted to be fixed to the underside of a table top (1); first and second elongate carrier elements (2, 3) which are directed away from the holder (9, 12) and cooperate by threaded engagement. The first carrier element (2) is mounted rotatably but axially immovably in the holder (9, 12) and one (2; 3) of the first and second carrier elements (2, 3) having an external thread and the other (3; 2) of the first and second carrier elements (2, 3) being a tube having an internal thread portion at one end in threaded engagement with the external thread. An electric motor is arranged for rotating the first carrier element (2). A device is arranged for interrupting the current to the motor when the leg assembly is in a limit position of maximum or minimum length.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Svenska Kenab Karlshamns ErgonomiInventor: Matts Forsberg
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Publication number: 20020148394Abstract: A telescoping assembly allows the length of an assembly to be readily adjusted. Desirably, the telescoping assembly is used in connection with a table to allow the height of the table to be easily adjusted. The telescoping assembly preferably includes one or more projections formed in telescoping members and the projections provide accurate, low friction contact areas between the telescoping members. Preferably, first and second plurality of projections are provided, and these plurality of projections can be located on either the same telescoping member or different telescoping members. The plurality of projections are preferably evenly distributed about the telescoping members and separated by a given distance, but the projections may be located in any suitable positions and the telescoping assembly can have any appropriate number of projections.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventor: Lynn Curtis Strong
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Publication number: 20020108544Abstract: A table with extendable legs includes at least one base and extendable leg having one end secured in the base so the leg can stand upright. A tabletop is mounted horizontally on the other end of the leg. The leg includes an external rod and a sleeve centrally inserted into and secured in the hollow external rod. The sleeve includes an inner thread formed in a free end of the sleeve. A hollow internal rod is movably received in the hollow external rod. A threaded spindle is screwed into inner thread and a first gear is securely attached to the free end of the threaded spindle. A Z-shaped handle includes one end having a second gear securely mounted to engage to the first gear to drive the threaded spindle to control the length of the extendable leg to control the height of the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2001Publication date: August 15, 2002Inventor: Hsiu-Ching Hsu
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Patent number: 6401631Abstract: A folding table is provided with a foldable leg structure. The legs fold between a first working position and a second stored position. As the legs move towards the stored position, a pair of wheels associated with the legs structure are moved into operative position, enabling the table top to be rolled easily to storage.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2000Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Falcon Products, Inc.Inventors: Brian Kane, Brian Graham, Mark Kapka
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Patent number: 6382039Abstract: A telescopic system for a robot includes a frame for mounting a motor, a stationary module mounted on the frame and a rotational shaft rotating by the motor. The rotational shaft is mounted in the stationary module, and a movable plate is associated with the rotational shaft to ascend and descend according to a rotational motion of the rotational shaft. A movable module is mounted on the movable plate to expand away from and retract into the stationary module as the movable plate ascends and descends.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong-Won Choi
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Patent number: 6354231Abstract: A table leg supporting a table top vertically above the floor is adjustable between minimum and maximum heights and adapted to receive a castor at the lower end thereof. The castor alters the minimum height of the table leg to be greater than the maximum height of the table leg without the castor. A spacer is removably mounted on the lower end of the table leg without a castor for increasing its height to be at least equal to and preferably greater than the minimum height of the table leg with a castor. Thus, tables supported by legs with castors can be positioned adjacent tables supported by legs without castors, and the adjacent tables can be adjusted to the same height by adding spacers to the non-castored legs.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1999Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Anderson Hickey CompanyInventor: John F. Morris
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Patent number: 6327985Abstract: In order to simplify an arrangement of a desk which can integrate a mechanism to adjust a height of a top plate and a mechanism to adjust a level of a top plate, in a desk in which a height of a top plate can be varied within a predetermined range through a height adjust mechanism, the desk is so arranged that the top plate is supported by a plurality of expansible leg support posts, and the height adjust mechanism makes use of the leg support posts and can adjust an expansile amount of the leg support posts individually within the predetermined range through a little larger than the predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2000Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fritz Frenkler, Justus Kolberg
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Patent number: 6302037Abstract: A demountable component table system to improve handicapped access to standard proportioned furnitures common to public places. A table top component has symmetrically positioned cut-outs for foam rubber covered, demountable flexible steel rods to pass from their frame component sockets upwards to the area above the top component where they provide upper body and arm support for occupant utilization and management of the cubic space above the table top. Frame mounted rods with Velcro attachments and a vertically mounted rigid tubular pole which inserts through the table top component into its socket mount in the table frame allow for customized positioning of objects in the cubic space above the top. The front side edge of the top component is cantilevered towards the occupant's chest. Varied types of demountable legs allow for height adjustment in inch increments.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Inventor: Paul J. Del Frari
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Patent number: 6286441Abstract: A motorized height adjustable table having a support base, a top assembly including a substantially horizontally disposed work surface, and first and second powered drive assemblies for raising and lowering the work surface. The first and second drive assemblies have first and second electric motors and drivingly engage the top assembly for effecting vertical movement of the top assembly to adjust the height of the work surface. A controller is coupled to the first and second drive assemblies for simultaneously controlling the first and second electric motors. The controller senses a relative height displacement between the first and second drive assemblies and de-energizes the motor controlling for the leading drive assembly until the relative difference in height between the first and second drive assemblies is substantially zero.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1999Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Steelcase Development CorporationInventors: Roger D. Burdi, Richard H. Baker, John W. Ooms
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Patent number: 6250594Abstract: A device to adjust the height of panels, more particularly, the height of working tables includes at least one console (12) which is mounted to a stand and fitted with at least two vertical translational lifting elements (14). A lid or cover (13) is screwed on the console (12). An opening is formed between the console (12) and the lid or cover (13) which is adapted to receive a profile section of a frame. The profile section is clamped between the lid and the console when the lid is screwed to the console. The lifting elements (14) are located in holes (121) in the console (12). The lifting elements (14) are inserted in the holes (121) in such a way that they can not rotate.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1999Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Inventor: Joachim Niehaus