Height adjustable table
AssigneeLinak A/S
InventorsAnn Mandt Hall, Todd Davis
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved height adjustable table which can assist and motivate the user to use the height adjustable table in a manner which increases health, calorie burn and well-being. This is done by logging how long the table has been in a standing and/or sitting range. The log can be used to calculate the calories burned during use. In another embodiment the log can be used to remind the user of the table to change position during the use of the table.
Claims20
A method for operating a height adjustable table comprising a linear actuator system, wherein the linear actuator system comprises at least one linear actuator, a table top, a control that comprises a weight of a user of the height adjustable table, an operating unit, a user interface, and a sit/stand level defining the border between a sitting range and a standing range of the height adjustable table, wherein the method comprises steps of logging a time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range;
- setting the weight of the user via the operating unit;
- and computing calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table based on the weight of the user and the logged time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range or/and the standing range, wherein computing the calories burned by the user is performed using a metabolic equivalent of a task value of a person sitting and/or standing.
A height adjustable table comprising a linear actuator system having at least one linear actuator, a control box having a control and communication interface, an operating unit having a control, a communication interface and a user interface, wherein the operating unit comprises a sit/stand level defining the border between a sitting range and a standing range of the height adjustable table, wherein the control comprises a weight of a user of the height adjustable table, wherein a weight of the user is set via the operating unit or is a default weight, and wherein the control of the operating unit comprises means for logging a time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range and computing calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table based on the weight of the user and the logged time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range or/and the standing range, wherein computing the calories burned by the user is performed using a metabolic equivalent of a task value of a person sitting and/or standing.
A method for operating a height adjustable table comprising a linear actuator system, wherein the linear actuator system comprises at least one linear actuator, a table top, a control, an operating unit, a user interface, and a sit/stand level defining the border between a sitting range and a standing range of the height adjustable table, wherein the method comprises steps of:
- logging a time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range;
- setting a weight and a height of a user via the operating unit;
- and computing calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table using the logged time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range and a body mass index of the user calculated using the set weight and height of the user.
A method for operating a height adjustable table comprising a linear actuator system, wherein the linear actuator system comprises at least one linear actuator, a table top, a control that comprises a weight of a user of the height adjustable table, an operating unit, a user interface, and a sit/stand level defining the border between a sitting range and a standing range of the height adjustable table, wherein the weight of the user is a default weight, and wherein the method comprises steps of logging a time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range;
- and computing calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table based on the weight of the user and the logged time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range or/and the standing range, wherein computing the calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table is performed using a metabolic equivalent of a task value of a person sitting and/or standing.
A height adjustable table comprising a linear actuator system having at least one linear actuator, a control box having a control and communication interface, an operating unit having a control, a communication interface and a user interface, wherein the operating unit comprises a sit/stand level defining the border between a sitting range and a standing range of the height adjustable table, wherein a weight and a height of a user is set via the operating unit, and wherein the control of the operating unit comprises means for logging a time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range and computing calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table using the logged time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range and a body mass index of the user calculated using the set weight and height of the user.
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