Mobile workstation having power system with removable battery configured for drop-in engagement therewith
AssigneeStinger Industries, LLC
InventorsLee Melvin Harbin, Gary Coonan
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Abstract
A mobile workstation includes a frame having a wheeled base, a power system resident on the mobile workstation and a battery docking station having a holster which defines a guide. The mobile workstation further includes a removable battery assembly configured to dock with the battery docking station via engagement in the guide, and having a housing with a shape complementary to a shape of the guide and an external contour configured to mate with an internal contour of the guide.
Claims19
A mobile workstation comprising:
- a frame which includes a base having an upper side, a lower side and a plurality of wheels mounted at the lower side, the frame further including a mount for a computerized device at a location spaced from the base;
- a power system resident on the mobile workstation for supplying power to a computerized device positioned on the mount, the power system including a power bus and a battery docking station mounted to the frame at a location between the base and the mount and electrically connected with the power bus;
- the battery docking station further including a holster having an open end and an opposite blind end, and defining a guide extending from the open end to the blind end which includes a shape and an internal contour;
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- a removable battery assembly configured to dock with the battery docking station via engagement in the guide, and including a housing having a shape which is complementary to the shape of the guide and an external contour configured to mate with the internal contour of the guide.
A method of using a mobile workstation having a wheeled base, a frame coupled with the wheeled base and a computerized device mounted to the frame, the method comprising the steps of:
- powering the computerized device of the mobile workstation with a removable battery assembly docked with a battery docking station of a power system resident on the mobile workstation;
- decoupling the removable battery assembly from the battery docking station;
- docking a substitute battery assembly with the battery docking station, including engaging the substitute battery assembly in a guide defined by a holster of the battery docking station at a location between the wheeled base and the computerized device;
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- powering the computerized device of the mobile workstation with the substitute battery assembly.
A power system for a mobile workstation comprising:
- a power bus and a battery docking station configured to mount to a frame of the mobile workstation, electrically connected with the power bus;
- the battery docking station further including a holster having an open end and an opposite blind end, and defining a guide extending from the open end to the blind end which includes a shape and an internal contour;
- a removable battery assembly configured to dock with the battery docking station via engagement in the guide, and including a housing having a shape which is complementary to the shape of the guide and an external contour configured to mate with the internal contour of the guide;
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- a detector configured to detect user interaction with the removable battery assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.