Multi-media workstation having a master rail system
AssigneeForecast Consoles, Inc.
InventorWilliam G. Haberman
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Abstract
A multi-media workstation having a master rail system for permitting horizontal adjustment of the various components of the workstation. The workstation generally includes a console having a work surface and a master rail system for supporting various audiovisual equipment. The master rail system includes a rail extrusion connecting at least two frames and having a longitudinal slot formed in at least one of its surfaces. The various components of the workstation each include a finger engaged in the longitudinal slot of the rail extrusion, wherein the component is able to be horizontally translated along a length of the rail extrusion.
Claims13
A multi-media workstation comprising:
- at least two substantially vertical frames having an upper mounting surface thereon;
- a rail mounted to said mounting surface of said vertical frames and connecting said frames, said rail including a first upper surface, a second upper surface, a lateral surface, a first longitudinal slot formed in at least one of said first upper surface, a lateral surface and a second longitudinal slot formed in said second upper surface, said second upper surface being formed at a downward angle with respect to said first upper surface;
- a desktop unit having a finger engaged in said first longitudinal slot of said rail, wherein said desktop unit is able to be horizontally translated along a length of said rail;
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- a console box for supporting a first piece of audiovisual equipment, said console box having a finger engaged in said second longitudinal slot of said rail, wherein said console box is able to be horizontally translated along a length of said rail.
A multi-media workstation comprising:
- at least two vertical frames having an upper mounting surface thereon;
- a rail extrusion mounted to said mounting surface of said vertical frames and connecting said frames, said rail extrusion having as upper surface, a lateral surface and a longitudinal slot formed in each of said upper surface and said lateral surface;
- a desktop unit having a finger engaged in said longitudinal slot of said lateral surface of said rail extrusion, wherein said desktop unit is able to be horizontally translated along a length of said rail extrusion;
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- a vertical support stand for supporting a piece of audiovisual equipment, said vertical support stand having a finger engaged in said longitudinal slot of said upper surface of said rail extrusion, wherein said support stand is able to be horizontally translated along a length of said extrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.