Improvements to power outlets for benches
AssigneePoint Pod Pty. Ltd.
InventorsCameron James SINGER, Daniel Peter FREUND, Christopher Graham CONWAY LAMB
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Abstract
A concealable power outlet assembly for bench mounting including: a housing for mounting fast with an underside of the bench; a power outlet sub-assembly slideably received by the housing and including an upper portion; a sensor responsive to operative force applied to the upper portion; an extension assembly including an electric actuator responsive to the sensor for sliding the power outlet sub-assembly relative to the housing in response to application of force to the upper portion to thereby bring said sub-assembly to an extended configuration or to a retracted configuration.
Claims16
A concealable power outlet assembly for bench mounting comprising:
- a housing for mounting fast with an underside of the bench;
- a power outlet sub-assembly slideably received by the housing and comprising an upper portion, wherein the upper portion comprises a holder for supporting a portion of bench material flush with an upper side of the bench;
- a sensor comprising a load cell responsive to operative force applied to the upper portion;
- an extension assembly including an electric actuator responsive to the sensor for sliding the power outlet sub-assembly relative to the housing in response to application of operative force to the upper portion to thereby bring said sub-assembly to an extended configuration or to a retracted configuration;
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- a biasing arrangement spacing the sensor from the upper portion in the absence of the operative force wherein upon application of operative force to the holder the biasing arrangement is overcome for operation of the sensor by the upper portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.