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US 4,766,422 AGranted
Computer integrated desk
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorsRichard H. Wolters, Vince Kleyla, Arnold J. Hooton, Gregory L. Converse
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Abstract
A computer integrated desk having the VDT (visual display terminal), keyboard, disc drives and printer completely concealed within the desk when not in use and quickly convertible to a fully operable computer work station by exposing a keyboard at a central location, raising a flat screen VDT from beneath the work surface and accessing the disc drives and printer by opening a door.
Claims4
A computer work station or desk comprising, in combination:
- a work surface having an opening therethrough adjacent the front edge thereof;
- storage means connected to the underside of said work surface adjacent at least one side thereof;
- a desk pad covering said opening in said work surface and a keyboard tray mounted within said opening beneath said desk pad;
- means cooperating with said desk pad to raise said keyboard tray to an operating position within said opening in response to said desk pad being moved from a first position overlying said opening to a second position rearward of said opening,
- a flat VDT screen mounted to the rear of said work surface for relative movement therewith;
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- motorized elevating means associated with said VDT screen for moving said VDT screen from a position beneath said work surface to a viewable position above said work surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.