An ergonomically designed space saving collapsible multi-function travel-friendly modular workstation assembly for supporting an electronic system, written reading material and the like, said modular workstation assembly comprising cooling and ventilation, wherein said workstation assembly being sized and configured to be space saving, said workstation being further adapted for assembly into a variety of assembly modules and comprising sub-assembly modules capable of being releasably connected to each other without the use of tools to form said modular workstation assembly or said variety of assembly modules, said sub-assembly modules comprising:
- (a) a first sub-assembly module forming a deployable and collapsible support unit, said support unit can be used as a standalone support unit assembly or as a sub-assembly module in combination with one or more of said sub-assembly modules to form an assembly module, wherein said support unit may be fitted with appropriate peripherals, the support unit comprising:
- (i) an upper housing and a lower housing, said upper housing and lower housing each comprising an open interior cavity, each said open interior cavity comprising at least one form-fitted cavity being sized and configured to house at least one accessory, component, component assembly and/or peripheral of said support unit mounted therein, said upper and lower housings cooperating to define a enclosed interior cavity therebetween in fluid communication with said open interior cavities of said upper and lower housings when said support unit is in a collapsed position wherein the top surface of said upper housing is substantially parallel relative to the bottom surface of said lower housing, further wherein optionally said support unit sub-assembly comprising a carrying handle wherein said workstation or said support unit may be carried with relative ease;
- (ii) an anti-skid mechanism comprising a substantially planar retaining platform that nests in a shallow recess on the top surface of said upper housing configured to prevent an electronic system or written reading material resting on said top surface of said upper housing from sliding, slipping or falling, wherein the retaining platform may be configured to span the entire width of said upper housing, said anti-skid mechanism further comprising a front end for positioning adjacent to a user, a back end opposite said front end, top and bottom surfaces, and opposite side ends, said font end of said retaining platform comprising at least one hinge arm comprising a central aperture, said hinge arm optionally comprising a rim-like outer ring connected by a plurality of radial spokes to a hub-like inner ring comprising a central aperture, wherein further optionally said front end comprises a hinge end;
- (iii) a hinge mechanism comprising a hinge pin, or pivot pin or hinge apparatus, wherein said upper and lower housings, and anti-skid mechanism being secured to each other via said hinge mechanism, wherein said hinge mechanism is configured to allow said upper housing to be angularly oriented relative to said lower housing, wherein further said hinge mechanism is configured to allow said anti-skid mechanism to be angularly oriented relative to said upper and lower housings;
- (iv) a self-locking tilt mechanism configured to angularly orient said upper housing relative to said lower housing from a collapsed substantially horizontal position to any angular position or from one angular position to another angular position or from any angular position to a horizontal position, the self-locking tilt mechanism comprising a tilt mechanism and a self-locking mechanism;
- (v) a cooling and ventilation system;
- (vi) a retractable mouse pad;
- (vii) a power management system comprising a plurality of power sources, an active power status indicator and a battery level indicator;
- (viii) a cable management system comprising cable-routing guides, straps or clips for neatly organizing service cables of said support unit;
- (b) a second sub-assembly module forming a telescopically extendable and collapsible telescopic rod, said telescopic rod can be used as a standalone telescopic rod assembly or as a sub-assembly module in combination with one or more of said sub-assembly modules to form an assembly module, wherein said telescopic rod may be fitted with appropriate peripherals, said telescopic rod comprising a plurality of tubular telescoping members of differing diameters such that they can be nested in one another in a telescopically coupled manner and movable longitudinally with respect to one another between extended and retracted positions, said tubular telescoping members comprising;
- (i) a base telescoping member of largest diameter comprising tube walls and longitudinal axis;
- (ii) a top telescoping member of the smallest diameter comprising tube walls and longitudinal axis, said top telescoping member being configured to be slidably moveable within an intermediate telescoping member of larger diameter immediately adjacent to it;
- (iii) at least one tubular intermediate telescoping member of decreased diameter comprising tube walls and longitudinal axis and located between said base telescoping member and said top telescoping member, said intermediate telescoping member being configured to be slidably moveable within said base telescoping member if it is adjacent to it or within another intermediate telescoping member of larger diameter immediately adjacent to it;
- (iv) at least one load bearing positive locking mechanism assembly for releasably locking and interconnecting at least two adjoining telescoping members, said load bearing positive locking mechanism removably housed within said recess at said top end of the telescoping member with the larger diameter;
- (v) at least one spring suitably sized biased between two adjoining telescoping members, the spring being configured to assist the extension of a telescoping member to its fullest extended capacity or a user desired length;
- (c) a third sub-assembly module forming a deployable and collapsible tripod, said tripod may be used as a standalone tripod assembly or as a sub-assembly module in combination with one or more of said sub-assembly modules to form an assembly module, wherein said tripod may be fitted with appropriate peripherals, the tripod comprising;
- (i) a stationary leg assembly comprising a tubular housing comprising top and bottom ends, a vertical axis and a tubular telescopic leg assembly rigidly attached to said bottom end of said tubular housing, the proximal end of said top end of said tubular housing comprising a U-shaped race-like internal annular channel disposed coaxially inside and circumscribing the inner diameter of said tubular housing configured to receive a quick connect-disconnect device, a first and second inverted U-shaped notches configured and sized to respectively fit the tubular connectors of the first and second moveable leg assemblies are disposed at said bottom end of said tubular housing of said stationary leg assembly, said first and second notches being disposed opposite each other, the axis of said first and second notches being respectively oriented respectively 120 degrees clockwise and counterclockwise from the axis of said tubular telescopic leg assembly of said stationary leg assembly, said first and second notches respectively engage said first and second tubular connectors of said first and second moveable leg assemblies;
- (ii) a first moveable leg assembly comprising a tubular barrel cam comprising top and bottom ends, a vertical axis, a tubular connector and a tubular telescopic leg assembly rigidly attached to the bottom end of said tubular barrel cam via said tubular connector, each tubular barrel cam further comprising a cam track, said cam tracks being suitable for engagement with a guide pin, said cam tracks further defining the movement of said tubular barrel cam during rotation, a third inverted U-shaped notch configured and sized to fit the tubular connector of the second moveable leg assembly is disposed at said bottom end of said first barrel cam of said first moveable leg assembly, the axis of said third notch being oriented 120 degrees clockwise from the axis of said tubular telescopic leg assembly of said first moveable leg assembly and configured to engage said tubular connector of said second moveable leg assembly;
- (iii) a second moveable leg assembly comprising a tubular barrel cam comprising top and bottom ends, a vertical axis, a tubular connector and a tubular telescoping leg assembly rigidly attached to the bottom end of said tubular barrel cam via said tubular connector, each tubular barrel cam further comprising a cam track, said cam tracks being suitable for engagement with a guide pin, said cam tracks further defining the movement of said tubular barrel cam during rotation, a third inverted U-shaped notch comprising a similar configuration and size as that of said first and second notches of said tubular housing of said stationary leg assembly is disposed at said bottom end of said first barrel cam of said first moveable leg assembly, the axis of said third notch being oriented 120 degrees clockwise from the axis of said tubular telescopic leg assembly of said first moveable leg assembly and configured to engage said tubular connector of said second moveable leg assembly;
- (iv) a guide pin a guide pin configured to extend through a hole in said tubular housing of said stationary leg assembly and cam tracks of said first and second tubular barrel cams, wherein said guide pin is configured to engage said cam tracks of said tubular barrel cams such that rotation of tubular telescopic leg assemblies of said first and second moveable leg about a common axis causes said tubular barrel cams of said first and second moveable leg to move vertically upward or downward while being rotatably moved between deployed and collapsed positions;
- (v) a quick connect-disconnect device operably positioned inside said U-shaped race-like internal annular channel of said tubular housing of said stationary leg assembly to lock and coaxially couple said telescopic rod to said tripod such that said telescopic rod is in fluid communication with said tripod;
- (d) wherein each said sub-assembly module comprising pre-equipped assembling mating connector or connectors for releasably connecting and interlocking said sub-assembly modules to one another to form said modular workstation assembly or said variety of assembly modules;
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- (e) wherein further said workstation is configured to be height-adjustable and provide multi-posture that permits a user to easily transition between sitting and standing work postures, and to selectively adjust the height of said workstation between multiple user selectable height positions and comfortably adjust said upper housing while working to prevent wrist, arm, neck or back pain.