Operator workstation
AssigneeThe Foxboro Company
InventorsAlbert Rooyakkers, John Porter
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Abstract
An operator workstation has a worksurface and left and right upper support members extending upward from the worksurface. Multiple flat-panel display units are mounted between the support members above the level of the worksurface. The displays are mounted above one another, between the support members. Lower support members support the workstation in connection with a base mounted between the lower support members. The base has a substantially triangular cross-section, while the lower support members have a substantially triangular shape.
Claims26
An operator workstation comprising:
- a base;
- a worksurface;
- left and right support members coupled to said base and supporting said worksurface, wherein said support members have a substantially triangular shape with a vertex thereof disposed at said base;
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- an operator interface panel positioned below a pivotally mounted flat-panel display unit, said panel extending upward from said worksurface and forming an obtuse angle therewith.
An operator workstation comprising:
- a base having a substantially triangular cross-section;
- a worksurface;
- left and right support members coupled to said base and supporting said worksurface, wherein said support members have a substantially triangular shape with a vertex thereof disposed at said base, said support members including lower support members and upper support members, said upper support members intersecting said worksurface and extending therebelow;
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- an operator interface panel extending upward from said worksurface and forming an obtuse angle therewith, said operator interface panel including at least one human interface device, said upper support members being proximate to front left and right edges of said operator interface panel.
A combination of operator workstations comprising:
- a first operator workstation including
- a base having a substantially triangular cross-section;
- a worksurface;
- left and right support members coupled to said base and supporting said worksurface, wherein said support members have a substantially triangular shape with a vertex thereof disposed at said base;
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- an operator interface panel extending upward from said worksurface and forming an obtuse angle therewith;
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- a second operator workstation including
- a second worksurface;
- left and right second support members extending at least upward from said second worksurface;
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- a plurality of flat-panel display units mounted between said second support members and being upwardly vertically displaced from said second worksurface, said display units being vertically oriented with respect to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.