Expandable desk
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsKathryn Cubrilovic, John Travis Wettroth, Brian William Wallace, Samuel Patterson, Yoshihito Nakagaki
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Abstract
Apparatuses, tables, and method of making the apparatuses and tables are disclosed for stowing and expanding a desk device. An exemplary apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a frame, a first surface slidably received by the frame in a horizontal plane between and including a stowed position and an expanded position, and a second surface slidably received by the frame between and including a stowed position and an expanded position.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a first surface slidably received by the frame in a horizontal plane between and including a stowed position and an expanded position;
- a second surface slidably received by the frame between and including a stowed position and an expanded position;
- a first motor configured to move the second surface in a vertical direction;
- and
- a switch configured to cause:
- the first motor to move the second surface vertically upward to the expanded position responsive to the switch being in a first position;
- and
- the first motor to move the second surface vertically downward to the stowed position responsive to the switch being in a second position.
A table comprising:
- legs;
- a frame supported by the legs;
- a first leaf slidably received by the frame in a horizontal plane between and including a stowed position and an expanded position;
- a second leaf slidably received by the frame between and including a stowed position and an expanded position;
- a first motor configured to move the second leaf in a vertical direction;
- and
- a switch configured to cause:
- the first motor to move the second leaf vertically upward to the expanded position responsive to the switch being in a first position;
- and
- the first motor to move the second leaf vertically downward to the stowed position responsive to the switch being in a second position.
A method of making a stowable table, the method comprising:
- providing a table frame;
- slidably receiving a first leaf horizontally within the table frame;
- slidably receiving a second leaf vertically within the table frame,
- wherein the first leaf is located above the second leaf when the stowable table is in a stowed condition,
- wherein the first leaf and the second leaf are horizontally aligned when the stowable table is in an expanded condition;
- providing one or more motors configured to move the first leaf or the second leaf;
- providing a switch configured to provide control signals to the one or more motors;
- and
- providing a sensor configured to provide control signals to the one or more motors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.