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US 12,708,198 B1Granted
Movable desk with adjustable lift and tilt
OwnerVictor Hugo Hernandezinventor
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Abstract
A movable desk includes an adjustable desktop, a vertical actuator for adjusting a vertical position of the adjustable desktop, wheel assemblies and a controller. Each of the wheel assemblies has an omnidirectional wheel and a motor coupled to the omnidirectional wheel, wherein the controller communicates with the vertical actuator and the motors of the wheel assemblies for controlling movements of the vertical actuator and the wheel assemblies.
Claims20
A movable desk, comprising:
- an adjustable desktop;
- vertical support members coupled to the adjustable desktop;
- a vertical actuator for adjusting a vertical position of the adjustable desktop;
- wheel assemblies coupled to bottom portions of the vertical support members wherein each of the wheel assemblies comprises an omnidirectional wheel and a motor coupled to the omnidirectional wheel;
- a controller in communication with the vertical actuator and the motors of the wheel assemblies for controlling movements of the vertical actuator and the wheel assemblies;
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- a memory coupled to the controller for storing a predetermined desk location;
- wherein the controller controls the vertical actuator to adjust the vertical position of the desktop and the controller controls the motors of the wheel assemblies to move the movable desk from a current location to the predetermined desk location.
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A movable desk, comprising:
- an adjustable desktop;
- vertical support members coupled to the adjustable desktop;
- a vertical actuator for adjusting a vertical position of the adjustable desktop;
- wheel assemblies coupled to bottom portions of the vertical support members wherein each of the wheel assemblies comprises an omnidirectional wheel and a motor coupled to the omnidirectional wheel;
- a controller in communication with the vertical actuator and the motors of the wheel assemblies for controlling movements of the vertical actuator and the wheel assemblies;
- a tilt actuator for adjusting a tilt angle of the adjustable desktop, wherein the tilt actuator is extendable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- a controller for controlling movements of the vertical actuator and the motors of the wheel assemblies;
- a memory coupled to the controller for storing user preferences for movable desk settings for a plurality of users;
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- a user identification interface coupled to the controller, wherein the controller controls the vertical actuator to adjust the vertical position of the adjustable desktop and adjusts the tilt actuator to adjust the tilt angle of the adjustable desktop to match the movable desk settings for a user from the plurality of users identified by data received by the controller from the user identification interface.
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A system for controlling a plurality of movable desks, comprising:
- a first desk of the plurality of movable desks comprising:
- an adjustable desktop;
- vertical support members coupled to the adjustable desktop;
- a vertical actuator for adjusting a vertical position of the adjustable desktop;
- wheel assemblies coupled to bottom portions of the vertical support members wherein each of the wheel assemblies comprises an omnidirectional wheel and a motor coupled to the omnidirectional wheel;
- a controller in communication with the vertical actuator and the motors of the wheel assemblies for controlling movements of the vertical actuator and the wheel assemblies;
- a wireless receiver in communication with the controller for receiving movement commands, and
- a memory coupled to the controller for storing a predetermined desk location;
- wherein the controller controls the vertical actuator to adjust the vertical position of the desktop and the controller controls the motors of the wheel assemblies to move the movable desk from a current location to the predetermined desk location;
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- a central management computing device in wireless communication with the first movable desk, wherein the central management computing device has a processor, a wireless transmitter, a management memory for storing a set of predetermined positions for the first movable desk, and a command user interface, the central management computing device transmitting the movement commands to move the first desk to the predetermined positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.