Height adjustable desktop
AssigneeOffice Kick, Inc.
InventorNathan Mark Poniatowski
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Abstract
A height adjustable desktop includes an upper work surface platform, and a base platform, which configured to rest on an existing desk, platform, surface, or table. The height adjustable desktop further includes a height adjustment mechanism that includes two sets of two arms that connect at pivot points along their lengths so that the arms configured to move in a scissoring motion to raise and lower the upper work surface platform. The height adjustable desktop also includes two actuators that apply a force to the two sets of two arms, the actuators each containing feedback sensors that provide data regarding the current position and distance each actuator has extended, retracted or moved.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving an input signal to raise or lower an upper work surface platform of a height adjustable desktop,
- wherein the height adjustable desktop includes:
- the upper work surface platform,
- a first actuator including a first feedback sensor that provides a first data regarding a current position of the first actuator,
- a second actuator with a second feedback sensor that provides a second data regarding a current position of the second actuator;
- receiving the first data regarding the current position of the first actuator;
- receiving the second data regarding the current position of the second actuator;
- and
- sending control signals to the first and second actuators corresponding to the input signal to raise or lower the upper work surface platform, the control signals accounting for the first and second data regarding the current positions of the first and second actuators such that the first and second actuators extend or contract in unison regardless of loads carried by the first and second actuators.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions for causing a processor to:
- receive an input signal to raise or lower an upper work surface platform of a height adjustable desktop,
- wherein the height adjustable desktop includes:
- the upper work surface platform,
- a first actuator including a first feedback sensor that provides a first data regarding a current position of the first actuator,
- a second actuator with a second feedback sensor that provides a second data regarding a current position of the second actuator;
- receive the first data regarding the current position of the first actuator;
- receive the second data regarding the current position of the second actuator;
- and
- send control signals to the first and second actuators corresponding to the input signal to raise or lower the upper work surface platform, the control signals accounting for the first and second data regarding the current positions of the first and second actuators such that the first and second actuators extend or contract in unison regardless of loads carried by the first and second actuators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.