Personal workspace assembly

• US 10,233,659 B1
• Filed: 11/21/2016
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Steelcase Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Steelcase Incorporated
• Inventors: Holdredge, Russell T, Corcorran, Sean, Jones, David K, Kong, Duck Young, Krupiczewicz, Todd, Machin, Keith Robert, McKenna, Mark, Peterson, Gordon, Spoelhof, Mark William, Mydur, Pradeep, Battey, David J
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V
• Application Number:
  US15/357,376
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 108 5001, 108 5002, 108 42, 108152, 3122233, 522207, 522381, 2972171, 2972177, 297136, 297135, 297147
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/008 Tables or desks having means for applying electronic or electric devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 23/043 adjustable, foldable
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 5/00 Suspended or hinged panels forming a table; Wall tables bed tables A47B23/00; adapted for use in vehicles A47B31/06; in combination with other furniture A47B83/00; arm-rest tables for chairs A47C
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/7405 with free upper edge, e.g. for use as office space dividers
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2002/7483 Details of furniture, e.g. tables or shelves, associated with the partitions
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 1/125 Small buildings, arranged in other buildings E04H1/1272 takes precedence

Abstract

A lounge assembly comprising a lower wall assembly including first and second substantially planar wall sections, the first and second wall sections forming first and second internal surfaces, respectively, that form an angle and at least in part define an assembly space, a lounge chair assembly including a seat and a backrest, the seat including a front edge portion and the backrest including first and second side edges, the lounge chair assembly mounted at least in part within the assembly space with the seat at a first height with a front surface of the backrest facing away from the first internal surface and the first side edge spaced apart from the second internal surface and a worksurface member having a flat and substantially horizontal tabletop surface and a circumferential edge that defines a tabletop shape, the worksurface member supported within the assembly space at a second height above the first height of the seat with a rear portion thereof extending between the first side edge and an adjacent portion of the second internal surface.

Claims

1. A lounge assembly comprising:

a lower wall assembly including first and second substantially planar wall sections and a curved wall section between and connecting adjacent edges of the planar wall sections, the first and second wall sections forming first and second internal surfaces, respectively, that form an angle and at least in part define an assembly space;

a lounge chair assembly including a seat and a backrest, the seat including a front edge portion and the backrest including first and second side edges, the lounge chair assembly mounted at least in part within the assembly space with the seat at a first height with a front surface of the backrest facing away from the first internal surface and the first side edge spaced apart from the second internal surface; and

a worksurface member having a flat and substantially horizontal tabletop surface and a circumferential edge that defines a tabletop shape, the worksurface member supported within the assembly space at a second height above the first height of the seat with a rear portion thereof extending between the first side edge and an adjacent portion of the second internal surface, the worksurface member extending along at least a portion of the first internal surface and extending along at least a portion of second internal surface.

2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein a substantially unobstructed storage space is located below the worksurface member.

3. The assembly of claim 2 further including a substantially horizontal support member supported below the worksurface member, the storage space located between an underside of the worksurface member and a top surface of the support member.

4. The assembly of claim 3 wherein the support member is independent of the seat and is supported at a third height that is lower than the first height of the seat.

5. The assembly of claim 3 further including a panel wall member that forms a substantially flat surface that extends from an undersurface of the worksurface member to the top surface of the support member and that at least partially faces the storage space below the worksurface member.

6. The assembly of claim 5 further including a power receptacle mounted in the flat surface of the panel wall member to face the storage space.

7. The assembly of claim 6 wherein the backrest includes a backrest front surface, the spacing between the flat surface of the panel wall area and the first internal surface greater than the spacing between the backrest front surface and the first internal surface.

8. The assembly of claim 7 wherein the seat has a depth dimension and wherein an edge of the flat surface of the panel wall area immediately adjacent the seat is located proximate a midpoint of the depth dimension of the seat.

9. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the circumferential edge of the worksurface member includes substantially straight first and second side edge portions, the first side edge portion extending along the second internal edge and the second side edge portion forming an acute angle with the first side edge portion and spaced from the second internal edge.

10. The assembly of claim 9 wherein the first side edge portion is longer than the second side edge portion.

11. The assembly of claim 10 wherein the second side edge portion extends away from the first internal surface to a distal end that is adjacent the front edge portion of the seat when viewed in top plan view.

12. The assembly of claim 11 wherein the circumferential edge of the worksurface member further includes a substantially straight third edge portion that extends substantially from the distal end of the second side edge portion to the second internal surface and wherein the third edge portion forms an acute angle with the second internal surface.

13. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the lower wall assembly is opaque and includes a top surface, the assembly further including a semi-transparent screen member extending upward above the top surface of the lower wall assembly, the screen member including first and second substantially flat portions and a curved portion that connected the first and second flat portions and having a substantially uniform thickness.

14. The assembly of claim 13 wherein the lower wall assembly has a wall thickness that is greater than the uniform thickness of the screen member and wherein the screen member is centrally aligned with the wall thickness.

15. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the lower wall assembly includes a top surface that is at least as high as the tabletop surface of the worksurface member.

16. The assembly of claim 15 wherein the top surface of the lower wall assembly is substantially horizontal.

17. The assembly of claim 15 wherein the tabletop surface of the worksurface member is at substantially the same height as the top surface of the lower wall assembly.

18. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the lower wall assembly includes a top surface and the backrest includes a top end at a height that is at least as high as the top surface.

19. The assembly of claim 1 wherein each of the first and second wall sections and the curved wall section includes an external surface and wherein the external surfaces of adjacent wall sections form a substantially continuous shape where a first flat eternal surface curves into a second flat external surface and wherein the thickness of the wall assembly is substantially uniform between the internal and external surfaces.

20. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the seat and the backrest are mounted to the lower wall assembly and supported thereby so that a storage space exists between the seat and an ambient floor surface on which the lower wall assembly resides.

21. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the lower wall assembly includes a bottom surface, the assembly further including foot member that extend downward from the bottom surface of the lower wall assembly to an ambient floor surface to support the lower wall assembly above the floor surface.

22. A lounge assembly comprising:

a lower wall assembly having internal and external surfaces and a substantially horizontal top surface, the internal and external surfaces defining a substantially uniform lower wall thickness, the internal surface including at least a first concave portion between first and second substantially flat portions so that the internal surface defines a concave assembly space, the external surface exposed outwardly;

a lounge chair assembly including a seat and a backrest, the seat including a front edge portion and the backrest including first and second side edges, the lounge chair assembly mounted at least in part within the assembly space with the seat at a first height with a front surface of the backrest facing away from the first internal surface and the first side edge spaced apart from the second internal surface;

a worksurface member having a flat and substantially horizontal tabletop surface and a circumferential edge that defines a tabletop shape, the worksurface member supported within the assembly space at a second height above the first height of the seat with a rear portion thereof extending between the first side edge and an adjacent portion of the second internal surface, the worksurface member extending along at least a portion of the first internal surface and extending along at least a portion of second internal surface;

a substantially horizontal support member supported below the worksurface member, a storage space located between an underside of the worksurface member and a top surface of the support member; and

a power receptacle supported by the lower wall assembly adjacent to and facing the storage space below the worksurface member.

23. The assembly of claim 22 further including a panel wall member that forms a substantially flat surface that extends from an undersurface of the worksurface member to the top surface of the support member and that at least partially faces the storage space below the worksurface member, the power receptacle mounted in the panel wall member to face the storage space.

24. A lounge assembly comprising:

a lounge chair assembly including a seat and a backrest, the seat including front and back edge portions and the backrest including first and second side edges;

a support structure that supports the lounge chair in an upright position with the seat at a first height and the backrest extending upward from the back edge portion of the seat, the support structure including first and second internal surfaces, respectively, that form an angle, a worksurface member forming a substantially flat tabletop surface and having front and rear portions and a circumferential edge that defines a tabletop shape and includes a first lateral edge that extends from the rear portion of the worksurface member toward the front portion of the worksurface member, the worksurface member supported by the support structure to a first side of the backrest adjacent the first side edge and at a second height that is higher than the first height so that there is a vertical gap between the seat and the lateral edge of the worksurface member, the worksurface extending along at least a portion of the first internal surface and extending along at least of a portion of the second internal surface;

a substantially horizontal support member supported below the worksurface member, a storage space located between an underside of the worksurface member and a top surface of the support member; and

a power receptacle supported by the support structure between the worksurface member and the support member and facing the storage space.

25. The assembly of claim 24 wherein the horizontal support member is independent of the seat.

26. The assembly of claim 24 wherein the horizontal support member resides at a third height that is lower than the first height of the seat.