Powered sit-stand desk
AssigneeThermogenesis Group, Inc.
InventorsRon Wiener, Andrew Rosenbaum, Cole Dalton
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Abstract
Sit-stand desk, such as conversion desks, provide a convenient option for desk work by users who desire the option to selectively sit or stand. Often, the vertical distance between a keyboard and monitor differs when in the sitting configuration versus the standing configuration. A sit-stand desk provided herein allows for a user to transition between a sitting configuration and a standing configuration with a single lifting mechanism with a programmable distance variation between the keyboard and monitor. Accordingly, a user may transition between the sitting configuration and the standing configuration without requiring readjustment of the relative distance between the monitor and keyboard.
Claims20
An adjustable-height computer desk, comprising:
- a base;
- a telescoping column, wherein the telescoping column comprises a first column attached to the base, a second column slidably attached to the first column, and a third column slidably attached to the second column;
- and
- a lifting mechanism, wherein a lifting force applied to one of the second column or the third column differentially lifts both the second column and the third column.
A method, for supporting multiple devices for interaction with a user, comprising:
- providing a keyboard support configured to support a computer input device for receiving manual inputs from a user;
- providing a monitor support configured to support a computer display device for presenting visual information to the user;
- providing the keyboard support and monitor support in a first position configured to accommodate the user performing at least one of providing inputs to the computer input device or receiving visual information from the computer display while seated, and having a first difference between the keyboard support and the monitor support;
- and
- providing the keyboard support and monitor support in a second position configured to accommodate the user performing at least one of providing inputs to the computer input device or receiving visual information from the computer display while standing, and having a second difference between the keyboard support and the monitor support, and wherein the first distance is different from the second distance;
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- wherein the keyboard support and monitor support move from the first position to the second position via a single lifting force applied to one of the keyboard support or the monitor support.
An adjustable-height computer desk, comprising:
- a base for supporting the adjustable-height desk;
- a telescoping column, wherein the telescoping column comprises a first column attached to the base, a second column slidably attached to the first column, and a third column slidably attached to the second column;
- a keyboard support configured to support a computer input device for receiving manual inputs from a user and attached to the second column;
- a monitor support configured to support a computer display device for presenting visual information to the user attached to the third column;
- wherein the keyboard support and monitor support, when in a first position, have a first height differential;
- and
- a lifting mechanism, wherein a lifting force applied to one of the second column or the third column differentially lifts both the second column and the third column to cause the keyboard support and monitor support to move from the first position toward the second position;
- and
- wherein the keyboard support and monitor support, when in a second position, have a second height differential different from the first height differential.
The adjustable-height computer desk, of claim wherein the horizontal distance of the monitor support between the first position and the second position, is greater than the horizontal distance of the keyboard support between the first position and the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.