Abstract: For a copier with a dual mode document handling system for handling both computer forms web (CF) and individual document sheets, there is provided a plural mode integral unit system easily mountable to an end of the copier for handling the input and/or output of both types of documents and providing improved work space. The system includes a first document stacking tray providing both an operator work space and a tray for individual sheets fed to or from the copier document feeder, and also defining a CF guide aperture therein for CF document feeding to or from the document feeder. The system also includes an integral second document stacking tray for properly supporting a fan-folded stack of CF in a operating position. This second tray is pivotally mounted to the first tray and compactly closable thereunder without interfering with the operation of the first tray to provide an attractive and compact closed unit.
Abstract: A portable tree seat and platform for standing is provided which is completely stable and avoids the drawbacks of the prior art tree seats which have a tendency to pivot or rock. The portable tree seat includes a substantially flat seat member, a screw threaded fastening member for threaded penetration of a post or tree, a V-shaped stabilizing member attached at its wide end to the seat member, and having a peg member connected to the lower end of the V-shaped member and having a penetrating point thereon for penetrating a post or tree to which the portable seat is adapted to be attached to. Thus, the seat member is totally adjustable in any direction to insure that the seat is always maintained in a horizontal plane relative to the ground and relative to its longitudinal and transverse axes, regardless of the tree angle or configuration.
Abstract: A data processing work station has a tubular framework that supports a keyboard support shelf in front of and below a video display support shelf and a pair of side shelves. The framework may be reconfigured into a compacted configuration for storage and shipment.
Abstract: A computer terminal work station assembly that includes a mobile mounting stand for a video display terminal (VDT), a keyboard, disc drive, printer paper and printer holding elements. The stand has two up-right joining members arranged so a work surface with the VDT immediately to the rear of the keyboard tilts away so that the screen of the VDT tilts from an angle of 90 degrees with reference to the work surface to 0 degrees with reference to the work surface. A printer paper support surface and printer support surface are located above and forward of the VDT to hold printer paper and a printer and to shield the VDT screen from any overhead light and other room reflections. A shelf is positioned below and diagonal to the work surface to hold the disc drive and provide ballast for the assembly.
Abstract: A stand for a display terminal and keyboard comprising a table-like plate for the terminal, titably mounted on a guide means, and a shelf for said keyboard which slides into and out of said guide means. The guide means is rotatably mounted on a carriage which rolls on a horizontal rail. The display terminal and the keyboard can be rotated in any direction and moved along the rail so that they are accessible to two users working beside the stand. Additionally, the keyboard may be moved independently toward and away from the display terminal to accommodate the user.
Abstract: A portable table assembly supports a terminal on the main table portion thereof, and a keyboard on the auxiliary table portion thereof. The tilt of the main table, the vertical heights of the main and auxiliary tables, and the linear distance between the main and auxiliary tables are adjustable by a user sitting in a normal position adjacent the auxiliary table. Locking casters on the bottoms of the mobile base for the table assemblies may be locked or unlocked also from the user's sitting position, and the combined center of gravity of the main and auxiliary tables overlies a central leg of the base. A handle mounted to the rear of the main table also stops the terminal from sliding off the rear of the main table, and provides for proper positioning of the cords leading to the terminal.
Abstract: This cabinet has a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally disposed, stationary shelves, which are closed at their rear ends and open at their forward ends. Slidably mounted between an adjacent pair of the stationary shelves is a movable, pull-out shelf, opposite sides of which are mounted on conventional roller brackets for movement between a retracted position in which the shelf is fully seated within the cabinet, and an extended position in which it projects horizontally from the front of the cabinet. The movable shelf is designed to simplify a cancelled check in-filing operation, and for that reason has a horizontally disposed, central recess for removably supporting thereon a check filing tray, and a pair of horizontally disposed, arm-supporting surfaces which are positioned adjacent opposite sides of the central recess.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 8, 1983
Date of Patent:
January 7, 1986
Assignee:
Astronics Corporation
Inventors:
Peter M. Braunschweig, Thomas J. Ruffles, Jr.
Abstract: A computer desk may be utilized with computer keyboard terminal equipment or other devices requiring manual manipulation by a user. The desk permits the efficient support of such devices without sacrifice of the desk top working surface available to the user. The computer desk provides a support surface immediately below the work surface on the desk top. This support surface extends toward the desk-user a greater distance than does the desk top work surface. Thus, there is no interference between the desk top work surface and the user's access to equipment emplaced upon the support surface. An extension of the support surface to the side provides additional support areas for associated computer devices or the like without sacrifice of desk top work surface area. Storage areas beneath the desk top work surface and the support surface are provided to store materials and devices of use to a user of the computer desk.
Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable television/video recorder stand incorporating a cassette-holder, wherein the two adjustable shelves adapted to receive the television set and the video recorder are arranged on two crossbars connected to each other by lateral uprights whose lower ends support a tray for storing video cassettes.
Abstract: The support comprises a horizontal resting deck for a respective step. A first wall including a vertical cylindrical portion is made rigid, on the convex side thereof, with said resting deck and extends above the latter. An additional wall including a vertical cylindrical portion extends fixedly below the resting deck with its concave side facing the convex side of the first wall. Said additional wall has an outer surface matching the outer surface of the first wall.
Abstract: The routing machine includes a template having a surface with indicia inscribed thereon which is mounted on a template supporting surface. A link member interconnects the template surface to a workpiece surface. The link member includes a router for engaging the workpiece surface and a follower to engage the indicia of the template surface. A pivotal attachment is made to the template surface such that the link member can be pivoted relative thereto. The link member further includes a mounting frame such that the link member is movable in an upward or downward direction relative to the frame to enable the workpiece to be at different heights relative to the template surface.
Abstract: The apparatus comprises two trays, each having track means to hold the slotted cards, placed in a stacked configuration and connected by support means. The upper tray can be pivoted from a position substantially parallel to the lower tray to a second, raised position angular to the first tray.
Abstract: A computer desk may be utilized with computer keyboard terminal equipment or other devices requiring manual manipulation by a user. The desk permits the efficient support of such devices without sacrifice of the desk top working surface available to the user. The computer desk provides a support surface immediately below the work surface of the desk top. This support surface extends toward the desk-user a greater distance than does the desk top work surface. Thus, there is no interference between the desk top work surface and the user's access to equipment emplaced upon the support surface. An extension of the support surface to the side provides additional support areas for associated computer devices or the like without sacrifice of desk top work surface area. Storage areas beneath the desk top work surface and the support surface are provided to store materials and devices of use to a user of the computer desk.
Abstract: A sectional display rack comprising a novel construction of horizontal rectangular trays and support legs, each tray and leg formed of plastic, wherein both upper and lower sides on each tray bottom wall are formed with upstanding ribs defining a space between the rib and the side wall into which a wing portion of each support leg is fitted and in which wedge shaped cams are provided on side walls of the tray to lock in corresponding recess or groove portions in the wing portions of the supporting leg to lock the leg in position. A spaced apart pair of wedge shaped cams is provided in each wall and the cams in the upper wall portion above the floor of the tray are offset from those cams formed in the lower wall. The advantages of these upright rib projections on the bottom walls and the locking tabs in the side walls in the tray are to provide a stable rack and to permit a low cost molding operation for manufacturing the attachment means comprising ribs, cams and recesses above and below the tray floor.
Abstract: A one-man portable multi-purpose construction table comprising an elevated frame supported on floor engaging legs. Three horizontal platform sites or table areas at staggered elevations accommodate central mounting of a lower miter saw having a workpiece receiving surface which is horizontally aligned with the other two higher platform sites for workpiece stability. Each of the higher platform sites comprise a hinged plate for releasably mounting a portable power router, a portable power saw or the like at the underside of the plate. A circuit and exposed switches are used to cause electrical power to be selectively delivered to any desired tool receiving site.
Abstract: A collapsible frame includes a plurality of legs adapted to engage a floor. The legs are connected by braces to rigidify the legs in an upstanding position. A plurality of arms are connected to the legs to form a plurality of vertically spaced support platforms. Each support platform is formed by a pair of the arms positioned in spaced parallel, horizontal relationship. The pairs of arms are located at selected elevations to provide upper and lower support platforms with at least one intermediate support platform between the upper and lower support platforms. The legs are suitably connected to facilitate assembly and disassembly of the music stand for storage and transportation. The support platforms are adapted to support musical instruments and related accessories, such as percussion instruments, for movement on the music stand to permit the instruments to be placed in selected positions and combinations for playing by the musician.
Abstract: An adjustable shelf device is used with a conventional filing cabinet, shelving or the like to readily form the cabinet space into various sized compartments to thereby permit efficient use of the cabinet space. The shelf device includes a pair of shelf structures which have overlapping vertical and horizontal shelves that are longitudinally shiftable relative to each other to permit adjustment of the overall length of the shelf device to thereby accommodate cabinets or shelving of various sizes. Vertical dividers project into registering openings in the overlapped portions of the shelf structure to releasably lock the shelf device in an adjusted position.
Abstract: Disclosed is a support structure for holding house plants or the like in position to receive optimal sunlight at a window. The structure comprises a pair of elongate support members which rest on the window sill and extend upwardly and inwardly into the room. C-hooks attached to the base of the support members pass over the nosing of the window trim and prevent slippage; cables extend between eyes screwed into the window track and the top of the support members. The support members hold one or more shelves, each of which comprise a plurality of parallel rails extending horizontally between rail holding brackets. The brackets define holes dimensioned to interfit with the support members and to slide therealong. When a load is placed on the rails, vertical slippage of the shelves is prevented by a gripping action exerted by the rail holding brackets on the support members.
Abstract: A vibration dampening member for a sewing machine cabinet having metallic hinges for supporting a work surface in a raised position. The hinges are fastened so that they contact a resilient compound exhibiting magnetic properties which attracts the hinges to prevent the transmission of vibration between adjoining surfaces.
Abstract: A furniture construction having planar first and second frames attached to one another such that the planes of each of the frames is perpendicular to the plane of the other of the frames. Preferably, at least two second frames are provided in spaced relation for assuring rigidity and stability of the construction. A load supporting platform, such as a shelf, is retained on the article of furniture by use of a plurality of coplanar notches provided on at least one of the frames.
Abstract: A modular shelf unit capable of assuming a variety of horizontal widths and angular configurations. The aesthetically pleasing shelf unit is formed from two independent upstanding side supports each having a plurality of cantilevered shelves extending therefrom and cooperative with one another to provide an interdigitated, self-supporting shelf unit that is both expandable in the horizontal direction and rotatable about an axis common to each independent side support. The resulting shelf unit is an adjustable, self-supporting structure which is readily adaptable for use in available spaces in homes and offices.
Abstract: A shelf for a glove compartment of an automobile including first and second substantially horizontal shelf portions supported by substantially vertical U-shaped end portions within the glove compartment of an automobile. The shelf is adjustable to fit any size glove compartment by an overlapping axially extending slot on one of the shelf components sitting on top of a transverse slot in the other one of the shelf components receiving therethrough an elongated threaded shank retaining the components in adjusted relation. Because of the slot arrangement, one of the horizontal shelf components may be pivoted relative to the other and adjusted relative to the other in an axial direction to exactly fit the interior of a glove compartment.
Abstract: A free standing shelf unit including at least a pair of vertical supports adapted to support a plurality of vertically spaced shelves extending outwardly therefrom, each of said plurality of shelves being of progressively narrower width with respect to the shelf therebelow and positioned on said vertical supports by brackets angularly disposed with respect to both the width and length dimensions of the shelves.
Abstract: The embodiment of the invention disclosed herein is directed to an article support device having a base to support a frame member extending therefrom. A first group of bracket assemblies are secured to the frame member in alignment to support shelves extending thereacross. A second group of similar bracket assemblies are secured to the frame member to provide rigid coupling between the frame member and the base. The bracket assemblies comprise two similar bracket elements L-shaped in their plan view and L-shaped in their cross-section. The two bracket elements are positioned relative to one another to form a U-shaped cross-section with the two bracket elements overlapping at a bight portion. Apertures are formed in each of the bracket elements to overlap at the bight portion. The apertures are oversized and, when the bracket elements are overlapped, the effective diameter of the apertures is reduced to receive a fastener of appropriate size.
Abstract: Collapsible shelving employs a horizontal rectangular board. A first set of like smaller boards of the same width as the horizontal board but less than half the length are hingedly secured together end to end. A second like set of like smaller boards are also hingedly secured together end to end. The first board in each set is hingedly secured at one end to a corresponding end of the horizontal board. Means secured to aligned edges of all boards enable same to be detachably secured to a wall. In use the first boards in both sets are disposed vertically downward and thereafter the boards in both sets alternate in horizontal and vertical positions.
Abstract: A work cabinet, for mounting a sewing machine in different work positions and for housing the machine when not being worked, provides a drop shelf interiorly of the cabinet below the top working surface thereof for lowering the machine into the interior of the cabinet. The drop shelf carries a mount for the machine, by means of linkage which permits raising and lowering of the machine to different work positions. Pivotally fulcrumed on the drop shelf is a lever having a work arm and a power-input arm, the former underlying the machine mount so as to raise and lower the sewing machine when power, usually manual, is applied to the latter. The cabinet is well adapted to open-arm types of sewing machines, and is provided with a removable insert for its apertured top wall as an extender for the limited work surface of such top wall in the work positions of the machine.