Workstation with adjustable height work surface
AssigneeHekman Furniture Company
InventorsThomas Newhouse, Paul Jager, Robert Seaberg
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Abstract
A work station with an adjustable height work surface includes a telescoping height adjustment mechanism. Stabilizers, spaced apart from the telescoping height adjustment mechanism, prohibit rotation of the work surface. A pair of guide members is attached to support walls by way of slides. The slides allow movement of the work surface vertically prohibiting rotational movement of the work surface. The workstation is provided with sidewalls allowing the workstation to be used with other pieces in modular configuration.
Claims37
An article of furniture comprising:
- a work surface;
- a telescoping height adjustment mechanism attached to the work surface;
- and
- a first stabilizer to prevent rotation of the work surface.
An article of furniture comprising:
- a work surface;
- and
- a telescoping height adjustment mechanism attached to the work surface and extending through a first shelf, the telescoping height adjustment mechanism attached to a second shelf, the telescoping height adjustment mechanism having a junction between an upper portion and a lower portion, where the first shelf has a base, and the junction is located between the base and the work surface.
An article of furniture comprising:
- a first sidewall having a first sidewall top and a second sidewall having a second sidewall top, the first sidewall and the second sidewall oriented generally vertically;
- a generally horizontal work surface;
- and
- a height adjustment mechanism for automatically raising and lowering the work surface, the height adjustment mechanism located between the first sidewall and the second sidewall.
A furniture grouping comprising:
- a first furniture unit, the first furniture unit having a generally vertical first furniture unit vertical sidewall;
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- a workstation having a vertically moveable work surface and a vertical first workstation sidewall and a vertical second workstation sidewall, the work surface substantially contained between the first workstation sidewall and the second workstation sidewall, whereby the first furniture unit vertical sidewall can be juxtaposed with the first workstation sidewall.
The furniture group of 35 where the first furniture unit vertical sidewall abuts the first workstation sidewall.
The furniture group of 36 where the second furniture unit vertical sidewall abuts the second workstation sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.