Synergistic body positioning and dynamic support system

An adjustable height work station, wherein the height of said work station is adjustable between a seated work level and a lifted work level, comprising:

• support means for supporting a lifting means;
• work means supported on a bracket for providing a planar work surface area adapted to be adjusted from a seated work level through a standing work level;
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• lifting means for lifting said work means between a seated work level and a lifted work level and for maintaining said work means in a substantially horizontal orientation when said work means is transitioned from said seated work level and through said standing work level;
• a second lift means secured to a bracket on said work means below said lifting means, said second lift means for operating in conjunction with said lifting means for lifting said work means between a seated work level and a lifted work level and for maintaining said work means in a substantially horizontal orientation when said work means transitioned between said seated work level and said lifted work level;
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• air lift means for providing pneumatic assistance to said lifting means in lifting said work means between a seated work level and a lifted work level, air lift means secured to said work means and said support means and disposed adjacent said first and second lift means.

A work station system, comprising:

• an adjustable height work station, wherein the height of said work station is adjustable from a seated work level through a standing work level, wherein said adjustable height work station comprises:
• a base structure;
• a work area supported on a bracket having a substantially planar surface adapted to be adjusted from a seated work level through a standing work level;
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• a lift arm and a follower arm, said follower arm parallel to and disposed below said lift arm, said lift arm and said follower arm each having a first end and a second end, each of said first ends pivotally secured to said base structure and said second ends being pivotally secured to the frame of said work area, said first ends and said second ends are being pivotable through a range of motion to raise and lower said work area between a seated work level and a lifted work level while maintaining said planar surface in a substantially horizontal position throughout said range of motion;
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• a body positioning system positioned proximate said adjustable height work station, wherein said body positioning system comprises:
• a chair structure adapted to be adjusted from a seated work level through a standing work level;
• lower leg support assembly;
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• a support structure having a plurality of wheels for repositioning said support structure, wherein said support structure supports said chair structure and said lower leg support assembly in a co-linear orientation, and wherein the supported chair structure, in combination with the supported lower leg support assembly, is adjustable to provided a seated work position through a standing work position corresponding to the seated work level and lifted work level of said adjustable height work station, respectively.

A work station system, comprising:

• an adjustable height work station, wherein the height of said work station is adjustable between a seated work level and an elevated work level, the elevated work level being elevated with respect to the seated work level, wherein said adjustable height work station comprises:
• a work surface member supported on a frame by a suspension assembly that includes two spaced apart parallelogram support links, the work surface member having a substantially planar work surface adapted to be adjusted from a seated work level through a standing work level, and wherein the suspension assembly spaced apart parallelogram support links each have a first end pivotally coupled to a work station frame and each have a second end pivotally coupled to the planar work surface;
• wherein the adjustable height work station suspension assembly includes a work surface actuator assembly for selectively shifting a locking actuator assembly between a locked disposition and an unlocked disposition;
• a keyboard surface member operably, shiftably coupled to the work surface member;
• the suspension assembly being selectively shiftable through a range of motion to raise and lower said planar work surface from a seated work level through a standing work level while maintaining said planar work surface in a substantially horizontal disposition throughout said range of motion;
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• a body positioning system positionable proximate said adjustable height work station for cooperative interaction therewith for ergonomically positioning a user relative to the planar work surface, wherein said body positioning system comprises:
• a base member;
• a chair assembly operably shiftably coupled to the base member adapted to be adjusted from a seated work level through a standing work level;
• a lower leg support assembly operably shiftably coupled to the base member;
• the base member supporting said chair assembly and said lower leg support assembly in a co-linear disposition, and wherein the supported chair structure, in combination with the supported lower leg support assembly, is adjustable to provide a seated work position through a standing work position corresponding to the seated work level through a lifted work level of said adjustable height work station, respectively.

An adjustable height work station, comprising:

• a work surface member supported on a frame by a suspension assembly, the work surface member having a substantially planar work surface adapted to be adjusted from a seated work level through a standing work level;
• a keyboard surface member operably, shiftably coupled to the work surface member;
• the suspension assembly being selectively shiftable through a range of motion to raise and lower said planar work surface from a seated work level through a standing work level while maintaining said planar work surface in a substantially horizontal disposition throughout said range of motion;
• wherein the suspension assembly includes two spaced apart parallelogram support links, each having a first end pivotally coupled to a work station frame and each having a second end pivotally coupled to the planar work surface;
• where in the suspension assembly includes an actuator assembly selected from a list consisting of a locking compressed gas spring assembly, a powered hydraulic actuator, and a Dowered mechanical actuator, the actuator assembly being operably coupled at a first end to the work station frame and being operably coupled at a second end to the planar work surface, the actuator assembly fixing the planar work surface relative to the work station frame when the actuator assembly is in a locked disposition;
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• wherein the height of said work station is adjustable from a seated work level through an elevated work level, the elevated work level being elevated with respect to the seated work level.