Continuously adjustable computer console table
AssigneeHoneywell Information Systems Inc.
InventorsHelmut H. Henneberg, Ralph H. Arabian, Howard A. Grant
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Abstract
An article of furniture used to support a computer terminal or a similar object having means to continuously adjust in a stepless fashion the table top height through the operation of a single operating lever located just beneath the table top which can be operated from a seated or standing position. Swinging the operating lever in one direction in the horizontal plane releases an adjustable length gas spring controlling table top height, allowing for the raising or lowering of the table top which is followed by the return of the operating lever to its original position which locks gas spring at its new length and rigidly locks the table top at its adjusted height.
Claims11
A table having a continuously adjustable table top comprising:
- A. a table top;
- B. a frame;
- C. a lockable gas spring;
- D. a pair slides, each slide of said pair of slides having a long slideable member and a fixed member;
- E. a cantilevered support rigidly fastened to said table top, said cantilevered support being a U-shaped member comprising:
- 1. a left arm;
- 2. a back panel;
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- 3. a right arm;
- said back panel having a length less than but approximately equal to the width of said table top, and wherein said long slideable member of a first of said pair of slides is fastened vertically to the rear edge of said left arm and said long slideable member of a second of said pair of slides is fastened vertically to the rear edge of said right arm and wherein each of said fixed members of said pair of slides is fastened vertically to said frame;
- F. a lower spring bracket fastened to said frame and to a lower end of said lockable gas spring, said lower spring bracket for supporting said lockable gas spring, said cantilevered support, said table top and any article placed on said table top;
- G. an upper spring bracket fastened to the underside of said table top and to an upper end of said lockable gas spring, said upper spring bracket for bearing the upward force of said lockable gas spring against the underside of said table top, and wherein said lower spring bracket is fastened to said frame approximately midway the lateral distance between said fixed members of said pair of slides and wherein said upper spring bracket is fastened to the underside of said table top approximately midway the lateral distance between said long slideable members of said pair of slides thereby aligning said lockable gas spring vertically in a plane perpendicular to said back panel;
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- H. an unlocking means connected to said lockable gas spring, said unlocking means for controlling the length of said lockable gas spring when displaced to a first position allowing the lengthwise adjustment of said lockable gas spring and when displaced to a second position locking said lockable gas spring at its adjusted length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.