Convertible work station
OwnerMatthew Jelacic, Deborah Gansinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A convertible work station composed of chair and desk sections which are separated from each other in an active mode of the station and are combined in a storage mode to form a compact cube having square faces. The chair section is defined by a seat mounted between parallel front and rear side panels bridged by a square end panel to form an alcove, the rear side panel also being square and the front side panel being half square. The desk section is defined by a square desk top mounted on an L-shaped base formed by a square rear side panel hinged to the square rear panel of the chair section, and a half-square end panel.
Claims16
A convertible work station comprising:
- A. a chair section defined by a seat mounted between parallel front side and rear side panels bridged by an end panel to form an alcove, the rear side panel and the end panel each having generally square dimensions, the front side panel having generally half the dimension of the rear side panel;
- and
- B. a desk section defined by a square desk top mounted on an L-shaped base having a square rear side panel hinged to the rear side panel of the chair section, and an end panel having generally half the dimension of the rear side panel of the desk section, said station having an active mode in which the interhinged square rear side panels of the sections are in coplanar relation to create a front entry to the work station to permit a worker to occupy the seat and work on the desk top, said station being convertible to a storage mode in which the hinged chair section is turned ninety degrees to bring the front side panel thereof into line with the end panel of the desk section to create one square face of a compact cube whose other square faces are formed by the square desk top, the square end panel and the square rear side panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.