Movable monitor and keyboard storage system for a worksurface

A worksurface assembly comprising:

• a worksurface;
• a support structure connected to the worksurface for elevating the worksurface above a floor;
• a frame suspended from the worksurface and having a cover pivotably connected to the worksurface and movable between an open position extending above the worksurface and a closed position aligned with the worksurface;
• a platform connected to the frame and moveable between stored and in-use positions in which the platform is located beneath the worksurface;
• a powered actuator directly carried by the platform and constructed to move the platform between the stored position and the in-use position, wherein the powered actuator is constructed to move with the platform as the platform moves between the stored position and the in-use position, and
• a pair of cover linkages movably connected between opposite ends of the cover and opposite sides of the frame, the cover linkages being engageable with the platform as driven by the actuator to move the cover to the open position, wherein the platform includes a first portion for supporting a display and a second position for supporting a keyboard such that the keyboard and the display are generally parallel to one another in a substantially vertical orientation when supported by the platform in the stored position,
• wherein one of the cover linkages includes a first cover bracket attached to one end of the cover, a first guide bracket having an upper end pivotally connected to the first cover bracket and a lower end pivotally mounted to a pivot bracket that is swingably secured to one side of the frame, the pivot bracket carrying first and second spaced rollers for receiving and engaging therebetween the platform in the stored position, the first guide bracket and the pivot arm being movably mounted on the one side of the frame along curved grooves formed therein, a back surface of the frame being provided with a roller retainer engageable and disengageable with the first roller;
• and
• wherein the other of the cover linkages includes a second cover bracket attached to another end of the cover, and a second guide bracket having an upper end pivotally secured to the second cover bracket and a lower end movably mounted to an opposite side of the frame along a vertically extending channel formed therein,
• whereby the actuator moves the platform from the stored position to the in-use position causing movement of the pivot bracket, the first guide bracket and the first cover bracket to pivot the cover to the open position with the first roller driven into engagement with the roller retainer to maintain the cover in the open position, and, at the same time, movement of the platform to the in-use position engages and rotates the second guide bracket to translate the second cover bracket and pivot the cover to the open position.

A method of forming a multi-purpose workstation having a frame with an uppermost worksurface comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a cover;
• b) pivotably connecting the cover to the worksurface of the frame such that the cover is generally aligned with the worksurface when the cover is located in a closed position, and such that the cover extends above the worksurface when the cover is in an open position;
• c) connecting a tray to the frame to allow translation between stored and in-use positions in which the tray is located beneath the worksurface;
• d) connecting an actuator to the tray such that the actuator is movable along with the tray during operation of the actuator to move a display and a keyboard together in a substantially vertical and parallel relationship to one another;
• e) providing a pair of cover linkages movably connected between opposite ends of the cover and opposite sides of the frame,
• wherein one of the cover linkages includes a first cover bracket attached to one end of the cover, a first guide bracket having an upper end d pivotally connected to the first cover bracket and a lower end pivotally mounted to a pivot bracket that is swingably secured to one side of the frame, the pivot bracket carrying first and second spaced rollers for receiving and engaging therebetween the tray in the stored position, the first guide bracket and the pivot arm being movably mounted on the one side of the frame along curved grooves formed therein, a back surface of the frame being provided with a roller retainer engageable and disengageable with the first roller;
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• wherein the other of the cover linkages includes a second cover bracket attached to another end of the cover, and a second guide bracket having an upper end pivotally secured to the second cover bracket and a lower end movably mounted to an opposite side of the frame along a vertically extending channel formed therein,
• f) engaging the cover linkages with the tray as driven by the actuator whereby the actuator moves the tray from the stored position to the in-use position causing movement of the pivot bracket, the first guide bracket and the first cover bracket to pivot the cover to the open position with the first roller driven into engagement with the roller retainer to maintain the cover in the open position, and, at the same time, movement of the tray to the in-use position engages and rotates the second guide bracket to translate the second cover bracket and pivot the cover to the open position;
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• g) securing the frame to a worksurface associated with the workstation.