Vertically Adjustable Patents (Class 108/96)
  • Patent number: 11918104
    Abstract: A height adjustable work surface includes a platform and a height adjustment assembly moveably connected to the platform. A leg assembly is connected to the height adjustment assembly and moveably connected to the platform. The leg assembly is moveable between a raised position, a lowered position, and at least one intermediate position. A locking assembly is moveably connected to the platform. The locking assembly is configured to engage the height adjustment assembly to selectively secure the leg assembly in the raised position, the lowered position, and the at least one intermediate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Colebrook Bosson & Saunders (Products) Limited
    Inventor: Alex Lau
  • Patent number: 11350740
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a foldable table shelf mechanism. The foldable table shelf mechanism comprises a storage board, a pair of folding frames, and one or more position-limited members. The storage board is configured to be changed to be alternatively in a folded state or in an unfolded state. The one or more position-limited members support the pair of folding frames to enable the storage board to be maintained in an open position when the storage board is in the unfolded state. The storage board parallelly falls frontward and finally abuts a front portion of a top surface of the table during a folding process of the storage board. After being folded, the storage board is convenient for transportation and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Luhao Leng
  • Patent number: 10738457
    Abstract: A support assembly for providing a high degree of lateral strength and integrity is presented herein. The support assembly includes a beam support bracket having a body and at least one elongated support member that is slidingly engaged with a corresponding lateral beam. The elongated support member of the beam support bracket is defined by spaced apart first and second support plates each including oppositely disposed edges which will mate with corresponding ledges, protrusions or reinforced corners within the lateral beam and bracket body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas G. Hendry
  • Patent number: 10640968
    Abstract: A building system that utilizes an improved beam and coupling system for building a frame or structure having improved strength and durability and improving performance and/or spanning distance of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Teffenhart, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10428515
    Abstract: A building information modeling (BIM)-based modular housing built with thin-wall channel steel can include columns and transverse beams adopt inward-flanging C-section steel or combined square steel arranged by oppositely buckling symmetric inward-flanging C-section steel. The columns and transverse beams are connected to each other together by base connectors, butting connectors, or crossed connectors. The joint is provided with webs, and can be used as a standard connector due to high strength, thereby realizing an internal-external nesting effect. A positioning groove arranged outside the joint and the inward-flanging C-section steel can be nested together in a concavo-convex manner, and then pressed and fastened by a fastening steel strip, thereby realizing effects of fastening and slippage prevention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: HENAN AUSPIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Tang, Qun Wei, Lushuang Wei, Ziqiao Cheng, Qiuye Gaoyang
  • Patent number: 10271667
    Abstract: A covering arrangement for a food bar has at least one covering element with front and rear sections, and two first side sections disposed between the front and rear sections along opposite outer edges. The rear section extends in a substantially vertical plane. The covering arrangement also has a mounting structure with at least first and second mounting elements extending in a substantially vertical direction. The covering elements are movable in a vertical direction relative to the mounting elements, allowing the covering elements to move between a lower closed position and an upper open position. The covering arrangement further comprises second side sections fixedly or detachably connectable to the food bar such that when a covering element is closed, the first side sections are disposed adjacent to, and in parallel with, the second side sections, and when the covering element is open, the second side sections act as side covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: PICADELI AB
    Inventor: Jonas Wallinder
  • Patent number: 9364087
    Abstract: The multi-purpose table is a table that is able to convert from a dinner table, to a cocktail table, to a Christmas tree. It shall be noted that the Christmas tree configuration for the multi-purpose table re-enacts a traditional Christmas tree. A pair of cross supports extends underneath a plurality of rings. A bottom ring surface of a lowest ring of the plurality of rings is also affixed to a plurality of telescoping legs. The plurality of telescoping legs is selectively attached to the lowest ring when in use as a cocktail table or a dining table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Sharperson
  • Patent number: 9351565
    Abstract: A clamp for mounting a tray on a platform includes a base portion, a connector element coupled to the base portion, the connector element being adapted to form a detachable joint with the tray. The clamp also includes an extension portion coupled to the base portion, the extension portion having a spacing element for adjusting a clamping width based at least on a thickness of the platform. The clamping width is a distance between the tray and an element of the clamp. The clamp can be coupled to a tray having a corresponding connector element that forms the detachable joint with the clamp, to form a tray assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: ERGINNOV
    Inventors: Frederic Torrachi, Paul Conil
  • Patent number: 9279537
    Abstract: A supporting apparatus for supporting a display includes: a pillar body; a limiting unit connected to the pillar body to define a limiting space; a sliding unit movable on the pillar body; a mounting unit connected fixedly to the sliding unit and including a mounting seat for mounting the display; and a torsion coil spring that has a straight portion secured fixedly to the sliding unit and a coiled portion received in the limiting space. The torsion coil spring is retractable and extendable to convert between a retracted state, where the sliding unit is adjacent to the limiting space, and an extended state. When the torsion coil spring is converted from the retracted state to the extended state, the sliding unit is moved away from the limiting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Modernsolid Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Jui Hung
  • Patent number: 9107493
    Abstract: A pop-up rotatable tray assembly is disclosed herein. The pop-up rotatable tray assembly includes a base portion, a tray support structure rotatably coupled to the base portion, and a tray top member having a top surface. The tray top member is supported by the tray support structure, and the tray top member is configured to be adjustable between an elevated position and a retracted position. A tabletop assembly, which includes the pop-up rotatable tray assembly, is also disclosed herein. When the tray top member is disposed in the elevated position, the top surface of the tray top member is spaced apart from a top surface of a tabletop peripheral portion by a vertical distance. When the tray top member is disposed in the retracted position, the tray top member is substantially aligned with the top surface of the tabletop peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Sunjoy Industries Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Lianzhang Pan, Qi Zhu
  • Publication number: 20150083028
    Abstract: Systems and methods of assembly and manufacture of a modular laboratory furniture system having a selectively attachable upper framework assembly and easily adaptable configurations with integrated service distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Ron Bedard, Pierre Poirier
  • Publication number: 20150068432
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a teaching station that includes a lectern section and a desktop. A method for adjusting a lectern portion of a teacher's station is provided. The method may include releasing a lock wherein the lock, when engaged, fixes the position of the lectern portion with respect to the teacher's station. In response to releasing the lock, the method may further include adjusting a height of the lectern portion relative to a desktop portion of the teacher's station, while maintaining an angle of the of a table-top of the lectern portion in a fixed orientation with respect to the desktop. The method may further include applying the lock to fix the height of the portion of the table-top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Academia Furniture, LLC
    Inventor: Y. Isaac Wagner
  • Patent number: 8944398
    Abstract: A portable lift facilitation assembly assists in lifting a person from a seated position. The assembly includes a base and a top. A biasing member urges the top away from the base into an extended position. Extension arms are coupled to the base and the top. Each extension arm is extendable between a retracted position and an elongated position. A latch is coupled to the base and selectively secures the top to the base. A release is coupled to the base and operationally coupled to the latch for selectively releasing the latch from the top wherein the biasing member urges the top into the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Carol D. Miller
  • Patent number: 8939091
    Abstract: A display rack capable of being transformed between a first configuration, in which a plurality of rack boxes are arranged in tiers and a second configuration, in which the plurality of rack boxes are vertically arranged in line, the display rack comprising an upper rack having an upper rack box and an upper back plate for holding the upper rack box, a lower rack having a lower rack box and a lower back plate for holding the lower rack box, and a connection member for connecting the upper rack and the lower rack the connection member being rotatably supported at a horizontal line lower than the upper rack box on a front side of the upper back plate and a horizontal line higher than the lower box on a back side of the lower back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Tanax, Inc.
    Inventor: Akihito Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140158026
    Abstract: An adjustable desk platform includes an upper platform defining a substantially planar work surface. A lower platform is located beneath the upper platform. At least one set of pivot arms connect the lower platform and the upper platform, the set of pivot arms including a primary pivot arm and a secondary pivot arm. The set of pivot arms is adapted to move the upper platform substantially in parallel with the lower platform between a fully raised position and a fully lowered position. A locking mechanism is associated with the set of pivot arms. The locking mechanism is adapted to releasably lock the upper platform in the fully raised position and in the fully lowered position. A keyboard tray is suspended below the upper platform, the keyboard tray adapted to support a computer keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Gemmy Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Daniel G. FLAHERTY
  • Publication number: 20140144352
    Abstract: According to principles of the present inventive concepts, a desktop workstation in configured to be supported on an existing work surface and enable adjustment of a height of a work surface between a lowered and a raised position. In a lowered position, the work surface is arranged at a height from the existing work surface that facilitates use by a user in a seated position and, in a raised position, the work surface is arranged at a height from the existing work surface that facilitates use by the user in a standing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: Christopher John Roberts
  • Publication number: 20140123883
    Abstract: An ergonomic desk includes adjustable legs for supporting a primary desk section, which in turn has a primary desk surface. A second desk section includes a second desk surface for supporting an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. In addition, the ergonomic desk includes arm support sections. The ergonomic desk supports the weight of the user's arms while correctly positioning the user to relax nerve bundles in the neck and upper back area. In addition, the ergonomic desk may be adjusted and sized to people of varying proportions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Suzanne M. Jennings, Robert W. Madsen
  • Publication number: 20140123881
    Abstract: A vertically adjustable platform system includes a lifting tower with a lifting mechanism. A first scissors mechanism is adjacent one face of the tower and a second scissors mechanism is adjacent the other face of the tower. A first platform is disposed on the upper end of the first scissors mechanism and a second platform is disposed on an upper end of the second scissors mechanism. A lifting mechanism has a first lifting element interconnected with the first scissors mechanism or the first platform for moving the first platform vertically. The lifting mechanism has a second lifting element interconnected with the second scissors mechanism or the second platform for moving the second platform vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SOUTH ESSEX FABRICATING INC.
    Inventors: Peter Quiring, David Knelsen Dyck
  • Publication number: 20130340655
    Abstract: Adjustable desk platform includes an upper platform defining a first substantially planar work surface; a lower platform defining a second substantially planar work surface; at least one set of pivot arms connecting the lower platform and the upper platform, the set of pivot arms including a primary pivot arm and a secondary pivot arm. The set of pivot arms is adapted to move the upper platform substantially in parallel with the lower platform between a fully raised position and a fully lowered position. A locking mechanism includes a plurality of perforations located in the primary pivot arm or the secondary pivot arm, a locking set fixed with respect to the upper platform or lower platform, the locking set including at least one anchor adapted to selectively engage at least one of the plurality of perforations, and a handle connected to the anchor by a linkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Gemmy Industries Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel FLAHERTY
  • Publication number: 20130312644
    Abstract: A computer peripheral support system includes a keyboard tray having a top surface, a left edge, a right edge, and a front edge, and is configured to retain a keyboard on the top surface thereof. A mouse platform is operatively coupled to the keyboard tray by a parallelogram arm, which includes a first end and a second end, and is configured to permit vertical elevation of the mouse platform relative to the keyboard tray. A locking mount is releasably attached to the keyboard tray and has an attachment portion coupled to the first end of the parallelogram arm. A ball pivot housing is operatively coupled to the mouse platform and includes an attachment portion operatively coupled to the second end of the scissor arm. A palm support is rotatably coupled to a circumferential portion of the mouse platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Heman Miller, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephan Copeland
  • Publication number: 20130000527
    Abstract: A device to be attached to the edge of a table comprises a table clamp (1) provided with a vertical hole (4) in which one leg of an angled tube (5) is fastened. The other leg of the tube (5) is horizontal and has at its outer end a tray mount (7), which receives in a pivotable, fixable and removable manner a centrally situated vertical pivot pin on the underside of a tray (10) on which food and beverages can be placed. By pivoting the tube in the table clamp and the tray in the tray mount the tray can be placed in the desired position and at the desired angle while allowing the table clamp to be positioned out of the way. By displacing and fastening the tube (5) in the table clamp (1) the tray can be vertically adjusted to permit a user to eat in comfort with the food within sight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Marija Änglavis
  • Patent number: 8087737
    Abstract: An ergonomic radiology work station has front and back tables or work platforms that can be raised or lowered electrically to adjust for optimum posture and comfort of the user. Video monitors on the rear platform displays medical images. Interface equipment, e.g., keyboard and mouse, are situated on the front work platform. A pull-out sanitizer hood irradiates the keyboard and other interface devices with ultraviolet radiation after a radiology work session. An interlock arrangement ensures that the work platforms cannot be moved up or down when the hood is pulled out, and ensures that UV lamps in the hood are disabled when the hood is pushed back in to its home or withdrawn position. The hood with slide(s) and interlock(s) may be provided as a kit to retrofit an existing work station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: S&S X-Ray Products, Inc
    Inventor: Norman A. Shoenfeld
  • Patent number: 7984679
    Abstract: An improved table design, providing a simple, multiple terraced, multiple configuration, and fully collapsible display by means of simple mechanical adjustments to the table. The entire surface of the table is comprised of tabletops nested within tabletops, forming a contiguous unified horizontal tabletop surface. A means is provided for lifting each nested tabletop to a higher elevation, thus creating a terrace above the surface of the respective surrounding tabletop. Said means of lifting said nested tabletops having minimal downward protrusion from the horizontal plane of the bottom of the primary tabletop, whereby said table can be manufactured as a fully portable table if desired. Combinations of said nested tabletops and elevated tabletops at variable heights allow the user to create a multitude of possible configurations. An optional magnetically attractive material on, in, or near the vertical edge of each tabletop facilitates easy decoration of the table with magnetic items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Inventor: Richard Alexander McFee
  • Patent number: 7914563
    Abstract: A heat transfer pad includes a bladder and a pad port. The bladder has an outside perimeter, an inner face and an outer face enclosing a bladder interior. The pad port has a tubing segment with a proximal end which extends through the outside perimeter of the bladder into the bladder interior. A port seal is formed by bonding the inner and outer faces of the bladder to the proximal end of the tubing segment at a port bond point distal to the outside perimeter of the bladder in the bladder interior. The proximal end of the tubing segment is maintained unbonded to the inner and outer faces of the bladder between the port seal and the outside perimeter of the bladder, thereby defining a strain relief section of the bladder which resists occlusion of the pad port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Breg, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Mason, Mark E. Howard
  • Patent number: 7654208
    Abstract: An adjustable work surface comprises first and second decks that are pivotally connected by pivot arms. The pivot arms are located and configured so that the second deck can pivot relative to the first deck between a storage position and an extended position where the two decks are in substantially the same plane. The pivot arms are located and configured so that the upper surfaces of both decks are substantially parallel both in the storage position and the extended position. Preferably the forward wall of the first deck and the rear wall of the second deck are configured so the first deck supports the second deck in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Inventor: Jim W. Patten
  • Patent number: 7409914
    Abstract: A measuring system for calibrating a machine in which a base (10) is attachable to a surface of the machine and a housing (20) is mountable on the base, wherein at least one surface of the base and at least one surface of the housing are each provided with a complementary part of a mounting device, such that when the two parts of the mounting device are connected together, the housing may be aligned in any of a plurality of predetermined directions. The base includes a lifting mechanism (64) which when lowered allows the complementary parts of the mounting device (93, 95) of the housing (20) and the base (10) to be in contact and when raised causes them to at least partly break contact with one another. The level of the base (10) may be adjusted using a system of members and tapered rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Renishaw PLC
    Inventors: Stephen M. Angood, David R. McMurtry
  • Patent number: 7261214
    Abstract: For visually displaying product on the side wall of a product dump table, a store lead-in fixture includes a support structure, a mounting structure, and a presentation structure. The support structure is to be placed in confronting relation to the side wall of the product dump table. The mounting structure is to be placed in operative association with the top edge of the product dump table. The presentation structure is for visually displaying product on the side wall of the product dump table. With this arrangement, the presentation structure may comprise one or more product display shelves and/or one or more product hanging projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Mark A. Wagner, Joseph Brahar
  • Patent number: 6955130
    Abstract: A teaching center is provided with first and second upstanding frame sections separated by two or more lateral connectors to form a generally “H” shaped frame. The second upstanding frame section is vertically oriented and the first upstanding frame section is inclined from the vertical to permit the use of storybooks, chart paper or other items that lean back. The teaching center is provided with one or more shelves or storage devices between the first and second upstanding frame sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Inventor: James Joseph Phillips
  • Patent number: 6712008
    Abstract: A portable computer work station assembly for enabling a user to use one's computer in a comfortable position such as from a lounge chair or a bed. The portable computer work station assembly includes a base assembly including an elongate base member and leg members being securely attached to the elongate base member; and also includes an upright housing tower being securely mounted upon the base assembly and extending vertically; and further includes a height adjustment assembly being attached to the upright housing tower; and also includes a keyboard support assembly being adjustably attached to the height adjustment assembly; and further includes a central processing unit support member being attached to the housing tower; and also includes a monitor support assembly being adjustably attached to the height adjustment assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Inventors: Bruce C. Habenicht, Kathi Habenicht, Traci Habenicht
  • Patent number: 6637609
    Abstract: A portable storage apparatus that suspends from a stationary object and neatly collapses into a compact form for easy storage and transport, consisting of fabric backing with a tapered top end housing four rigid shelves evenly spaced in front with four support rods attached to shelves providing rigid support and secure attachment to the fabric backing along with locking mechanisms under each shelf to maintain a horizontal angle and enhance shelf stability. A continuous cord passes through holes on one side of rigid shelves, through a back support bar, through grommets, forming a loop with hook, and back down the other side. The suspension allows for adjustable hanging height along with additional stability and support. Once unfolded in a hanging position, two support rods slide into vertical support rod access channels sewn into fabric backing along either side in the back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventor: Michael Dale Stevens
  • Patent number: 6527235
    Abstract: A desk accessory support for use with a desktop has an upper surface, a lower surface and an edge extending between the upper and lower surfaces. The support includes a first abutment for abutting the upper surface, and a second abutment for abutting the lower surface. A connecting structure is configured for connecting the first and second abutments to each other. The first and second abutments and the connecting structure define a substantially U-shaped recess for receiving the edge of the desktop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Michael J. Cotterill
  • Patent number: 6526896
    Abstract: A multi-positional support mechanism for a computer mouse pad comprising a support adapted to be secured to a keyboard support tray to extend upwardly from the keyboard support tray, a bracket mounted to the support for pivoting about a generally horizontal tilt axis, and a mouse pad mounted to the bracket for pivoting about a turntable axis generally normal to the tilt axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Inscape Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Woronecki, David Ambrose Parshad, John R. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20030005863
    Abstract: A table assembly includes a table unit, a support grating, and a storage accessory in the form of a shelf member. The support grating includes a parallel pair of upright support rods mounted on the table unit, and a plurality of horizontal bars interconnecting the upright support rods and vertically spaced apart from each other. The shelf member includes a shelf board with a major shelf surface, a bracket unit mounted on the shelf board and having a retaining part that is transverse to the major shelf surface, and a hook unit mounted on the retaining part of the bracket unit for hooking removably with selected ones of the horizontal bars of the support grating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventor: Kao-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20030001464
    Abstract: A desk unit incorporating a concealed pull-out keyboard well comprises a work surface and a concealed keyboard platform mounted under a work surface. The work surface can have an apron on the lower front surface that conceals the keyboard platform. A movable section of the work surface at a front edge thereof is movable in a path that extends downwardly and under the front edge of the keyboard tray and then rearwardly under the keyboard tray, where the movable section can be stored or removed from the desk unit. When the movable section is thus positioned, the keyboard can be used or extended for use. This desk construction can be employed in a corner mounted desk, wherein the keyboard tray is mounted at an angle under a corner in the desk, or the invention can be employed in a conventional desk having a work surface with a straight front edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: James O. Kelley, Ralph J. Byma, Gregg J. Persons
  • Patent number: 6474243
    Abstract: In an adjustable desktop for a personal computer, having a keyboard an a monitor, wherein the desk comprises a telescopic column supporting a top, the telescopic column having a static component and a mobile component, wherein an adjustment of different height levels of the desk's top is achieved by a relative movement of the mobile component with respect to the static component, the essentially the features that the monitor is supported by a platform connected to the desk's top, said platform being pivotable about an axle which is aligned parallel to the front edge of the desk's top, wherein an alteration of the pivoting angle of the platform with respect to the desk's top is achieved by way of a Bowden cable movable in response to an adjustment of height of the desk's top, have the effect that a pre-determined angle of inclination of the head of a user when looking on to a monitor screen is independent of a given adjustable height level of the desk's top and is therefore indepe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Inventor: Peter Grohse
  • Patent number: 6419197
    Abstract: A keyboard support system attaches to an edge of a work surface. The work surface includes a working surface and an underside. The keyboard support system includes a keyboard platform configured for supporting a keyboard. A U-shaped mounting bracket includes a top wall having a lower surface, a monolithic bottom wall and a middle wall interconnecting the top wall and the bottom wall. The bottom wall has an upper surface and a lower surface with a pair of integral, opposing guide rails projecting therefrom. Each guide rail has a length oriented substantially parallel to the bottom wall. The middle wall is configured to both resiliently bias the lower surface of the top wall against the working surface of the work surface and resiliently bias the upper surface of the bottom wall against the underside of the work surface, thereby clamping the work surface between the top wall and the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Group Dekko Services, LLC
    Inventors: Walter T. Kochanski, Curtis G. Berndt, Edward J. Keil, Phillip McCoy, Tracy Tolar
  • Patent number: 6189459
    Abstract: An auxiliary shelf that can be attached to existing operating room carts to provide additional sterile space upon which instruments may be placed for access during surgery. The auxiliary shelf is located above the main shelf area of the cart. The auxiliary shelf can be swivelled between a collapsed position parallel against the back of the cart when not in use to permit storage of the cart in less space. The vertical position of the shelf can be adjusted, and a lift assist is provided to reduce the effort required to raise the auxiliary shelf from the lower collapsed storage position to the horizontal use position above the main shelf of the cart. There also is provided special custom drape for placement upon the auxiliary shelf to provide a sterile covering for the auxiliary shelf. The drape includes several special features which permit it to be handled, placed upon the auxiliary shelf, and secured in place with minimal challenges to sterility and to maintain the sterile filed in the operating room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventor: Luciano S. DeAngelis
  • Patent number: 6148741
    Abstract: The table has a table top portion (A) intended for use as a working surface and a table top portion (B) intended for use as an additional supporting surface. The two table top portions (A,B) are adjustable in height conjointly or separately. The vertical member for supporting the table top comprises at least two tubular members arranged one into the other so as to be axially movable relative to each other, drive means adapted to impart an axial motion to the movable tubular members, and control means arranged so as to permit a conjoint height-adjustment of the two table top portions (A,B) or a separate height-adjustment of one of the two table top portions (A,B) relative to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: UNIFOR S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Motta
  • Patent number: 6135032
    Abstract: A computer desk comprises two support frames similar in construction to each other, an ascendible and descendible main desk top supported by the support frames, and an ascendible and descendible auxiliary desk top supported by the two support frames. The support frames are formed of a base tube, two support tubes, two movable support rods, a fitting member, a retaining member, an adjustment shaft, and an adjustment shaft, and an adjustment knob. The main desk top and the auxiliary desk top are mounted on the top ends of the movable support rods which can be raised or lowered by turning the adjustment knob clockwise or counterclockwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Wen-Shan Ko
  • Patent number: 6131523
    Abstract: A post with a series of generally parallel grooves defined therein and at least one shelf received, engaged, and supported by any of the grooves. A support frame has a base, a top, and cross-members disposed within and generally coextensive with the tubular post. A generally elastic sheet is disposed about the post to generally conform to the post sidewall and generally cover the grooves.An optional extension bar assembly has a collar receivable within any of the grooves and a bar with notches for receiving hangers. An optional connecting bar assembly has an elongated bar supported by two collars receivable within any of the grooves. Furthermore, there may be provided a holder for product information, and top and bottom housings mounted to the post with each containing a lighting assembly or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Crowley's Caseworks, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael W. Crowley
  • Patent number: 6053114
    Abstract: An adjustable storage rack for books includes a frame having a U-shaped horizontal base, a pair of upwardly extending support members and a brace connecting the upper ends of the support members. A plurality of adjustable shelves have end portions connected between the support members and are arranged in a spaced parallel stair-step configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventor: Robert Villanueva
  • Patent number: 5954409
    Abstract: A stressed modular desk system employs a core having an interior raceway and a substantially open top, whereby the raceway is accessible from above. Electronic equipment, such as computer monitors, can be mounted on a plurality of platforms, each platform being supported from a support structure which extends between opposite ends of the raceway core and which spans the raceway without significantly obstructing the open top of the raceway core. At least one of the platforms is supported in cantilevered fashion by the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: La Cour Incorporated
    Inventor: Paul M. LaCour
  • Patent number: 5927213
    Abstract: Ergonomically, adjustable table with movable elements, in particular, for a mobility impaired person, comprising a frame (10) with a base (12) and at least two vertical members (14) secured thereto, and a stationary plate (16) secured to said vertical members. The table is characterized by having, at the rear, a first plate capable of vertical translation between a low retracted position and a hight work position at right angles to the stationary plate (16) and a second plate (20) capable of horizontal translation, arranged parallel and immediately above the stationary plate. The table is suitable for teaching applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Exess Technologie
    Inventor: Michel Leday
  • Patent number: 5829501
    Abstract: A complete workstation (10) comprising a workbench (12) and a worktable (14). A facility (16) is for supporting the worktable (14) upon the workbench (12), so that a person (18) can utilize the workbench (12) and the worktable (14) simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Inventor: Joseph A. DeVito
  • Patent number: 5758849
    Abstract: An assembly for supporting a computer and related equipment at a selected height including at least one vertically oriented fixed stanchion. At least one support tray is slidably situated on the fixed stanchion along a vertical axis for supporting a monitor. Finally, an elevation control assembly is included for allowing a user to adjust the height of the monitor and CPU support tray and further maintain the height thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Inventors: Khan Duc Bui, Khoi Doc Bui
  • Patent number: 5662056
    Abstract: A movable carriage board for use with an industrial sewing machine is disclosed. The carriage board designed to provide the operator of a sewing machine the space for the arrangement of cut parts comprises a stationary rod attached at two ends respectively to a support frame and a base frame of the sewing machine and an extension rod to which a flat board is secured by means of a fixing mechanism. The stationary rod and the extension rod are combined by a double pipe sleeve that is furnished with a fastening mechanism for changing the position and the elevation of the extension rod. The inventive carriage board is adaptable for laying short cut parts and hanging long cut parts on it, enhancing the working efficiency of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: China Textile Institute
    Inventor: Yuan-Kuang Lin
  • Patent number: 5617798
    Abstract: An all-purpose reusable adjustable cake support capable of being easily and thoroughly cleaned. A shaft is inserted into a mated hollow tube to form an adjustable pole. The shaft has perpendicular fins in spaced relation along the length of the shaft. The fins form a series of parallel slots running transversely to the lengthwise axis of the shaft. Each fin has a groove such that the aligned grooves form a channel that runs the length of the shaft. A knob-like projection integral with the tube extends into the interior of the tube. The shaft is inserted into the tube to the desired depth by aligning the channel with the knob-like projection. To lock the shaft in place at a desired pole length, the shaft is rotated so that the groove and projection are misaligned, such that the fins catch on the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Inventor: April J. Lytell
  • Patent number: 5570795
    Abstract: A display stand includes multiple support surfaces which can be configured to lie in a single plane to form a table top or in vertically spaced planes to form a multi-tiered display stand. The display stand includes a center section and one or more extensions which substantially surround the center section. The center section is supported by legs which are pivotally attached to the center section. The extensions include locking members disposed along an inner edge thereof for releasably engaging the outer edge of the center section or an adjacent inner extension. When the center section and extensions are locked together, they lie in a common plane to form a table top. When the extensions are disengaged from the center section and each other, the extensions can be lowered so as to rest on the legs in a vertically spaced relationship to one another. The height of the display stand can be adjusted by pivoting the legs inwardly and outwardly relative to the vertical axis of the display stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Inventor: Mark Colgrove
  • Patent number: 5567026
    Abstract: A rotating shelf display comprises a plurality of upstanding side walls defining an enclosure. The enclosure has a front half and a back half, with at least one of the side walls at the front half of the enclosure being transparent so that objects on the shelf can be seen from outside. Within the enclosure is a circular rotating shelf. The vertical axis of the shelf lies between the front half and the back half of the enclosure. The shelf comprises a disk having an outer edge and a rim upwardly extending about the outer edge. Disposed within only the back half of the enclosure are means for supporting the shelf for rotation about its vertical axis. The supporting means comprises at least three vertical members secured within the back half of the enclosure. Mounting pegs are detachably secured to each vertical member. An axle is affixed to each mounting peg. A roller is rotably attached to each axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Master-Bilt
    Inventor: Edward L. Lacewell
  • Patent number: 5542530
    Abstract: Adjustable shelving which may be suspended from a cross-member includes a plurality of shelves suspended at desired levels from at least four vertical suspenders. Each shelf has at least four apertures through which respective vertical suspenders pass. For each shelf, a set of adjustable shelf fasteners is used to support the shelf by releasably attaching fasteners to respective suspenders at the desired location to support respective corners of the shelves. The vertical suspenders may include a pair of ropes which may be inserted into a pair of apertures in the fasteners. The shelving may be enclosed in an exterior garment bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Richard's Homewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert C. Freelander