Height adjustable support surface and system for encouraging human movement and promoting wellness

A system for adjusting the height of a workstation for use by a user, the system comprising:

• a frame;
• a worktop having an upper work surface, the worktop being vertically moveably attached to said frame and selectably adjustable in elevation to different positions that allow the user to assume different postures;
• at least one electrically-powered vertical-displacement drive mechanism connected between said frame and said worktop, said drive mechanism being arranged to selectively vertically displace the worktop with respect to said frame when said drive mechanism is activated;
• a processor programmed to:
• (i) control the drive mechanism to move the worktop to different positions;
• (ii) monitor at least one condition, wherein, when the at least one condition occurs, a worktop user is to be encouraged to move the worktop from a current position to another position that allows the user to assume a different posture and, wherein, the at least one condition includes the worktop remaining at a current position for a specific duration of time;
• (iii) when the at least one condition occurs, move the worktop through a substantially continuous sequence of displacements that end with the worktop substantially returning to the current position to serve as a reminder for a workstation user to initiate a change in worktop position from the current position to the another position;
• (iv) monitor for a change to the another position;
• and
• (v) upon detecting that the worktop has moved to the another position, repeating steps (ii) through (iv).

A system for adjusting the height of a workstation for use by a user, the system comprising:

• a frame;
• a worktop having an upper work surface, the worktop being vertically moveably attached to said frame and selectably adjustable in elevation to different positions that allow the user to assume different postures;
• at least one electrically-powered vertical-displacement drive mechanism connected between said frame and said worktop, said drive mechanism being arranged to selectively vertically displace the worktop with respect to said frame when said drive mechanism is activated;
• a processor programmed to:
• (i) control the drive mechanism to move the worktop to different positions;
• (ii) run a scheduling program to generate periodic height adjustment events, each height adjustment event indicating a time at which the worktop height should be changed from a current position to a different vertical position that allows the user to assume a different posture;
• (iii) generate reminders each time a height adjustment event occurs;
• and
• (iv) upon the occurrence of a height adjustment event, move the worktop through a substantially continuous sequence of displacements that end with the worktop substantially returning to the current position to serve as a reminder to a workstation user to initiate a change in worktop position from the current position to the different position.

A system for adjusting the height of a workstation for use by a user, the system comprising:

• a frame;
• a worktop having an upper work surface, the worktop being vertically moveably attached to said frame and selectably adjustable in elevation to different positions that allow the user to assume different postures;
• at least one electrically-powered vertical-displacement drive mechanism connected between said frame and said worktop, said drive mechanism being arranged to selectively vertically displace the worktop with respect to said frame when said drive mechanism is activated;
• a processor programmed to:
• (i) control the drive mechanism to move the worktop to different vertical positions;
• (ii) run a program to generate periodic height adjustment events, each height adjustment event indicating a time at which a current worktop position should be changed from a current position to another position;
• (iii) upon the occurrence of the height adjustment event, activating the drive mechanism to vertically displace the worktop according to prescribed oscillatory displacement instructions wherein the oscillatory displacement instructions include moving the worktop substantially continuously up and down wherein, at the end of the displacement, the worktop is substantially returned to the current position as a reminder to a workstation user to encourage the user to change a worktop height from the current position to the another position;
• (iv) after providing the reminder, monitor for a change in worktop height to the another position;
• and
• (v) upon detecting that the worktop has moved to the another position, repeating steps (ii) through (iv).