Height adjustment mechanism and platform

• US 10,285,496 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2017
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Designa, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Designa, Inc.
• Inventors: Hu, Yajun
• Primary Examiner(s): Ing, Matthew W
• Application Number:
  US15/689,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20170360192A1
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 108147, 108 27, 24829212, 24829213
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/02 with vertical adjustable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/16 with means for, or adapted for, inclining the legs of the table for varying the height of the top, e.g. with adjustable cross legs

Abstract

An adjustable tray system is provided. The adjustable tray system may include a working table and a support member, where the support member may attach the working table with a supporting structure. The adjustable tray system may also include at least one adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism may couple the working table with the support member such that an angle is formed between the support member and the working table. The adjustment mechanism may also allow angular adjustment of the working table such that the working table pivots about a rotation point of the adjustment mechanism. The adjustable tray system may be used in conjunction with a height adjustment platform, such as for an adjustable keyboard tray of a height adjustable desk.

Claims

1. An adjustable tray system comprising:

a working table;

a support member, wherein the support member is configured to attach the working table with a supporting structure; and

at least one adjustment mechanism disposed at a juncture between the working table and the support member, wherein the juncture is in direct contact with the working table, wherein the at least one adjustment mechanism is configured to couple the working table with the support member such that an angle Φ

is formed between the support member and the working table, wherein the at least one adjustment mechanism is configured to allow angular adjustment of the working table relative to the support member such that the working table pivots about the juncture.

2. The adjustable tray system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one adjustment mechanism further comprises:

a ratcheting element attached to the support member;

an extension attached to the working table and configured to be received by the ratcheting element; and

a rotational shaft configured to position and secure the extension within the ratcheting element such that the extension and working table pivot about the rotational shaft.

3. The adjustable tray system according to claim 2, wherein the extension further comprises a spring-loaded pin and the ratcheting element further comprises a rack defining one or more teeth such that the working table and extension may pivot about the rotational shaft to be positioned at one or more angular positions via the spring-loaded pin engaging the one or more teeth defined by the ratcheting element.

4. The adjustable tray system according to claim 3, wherein the ratcheting element defines a reset position such that in an instance in which the spring-loaded pin of the extension rotates to the reset position, the spring-loaded pin may be compressed such that the extension and working table may be positioned at a resting position where the angle Φ

is formed between the support member and the working table.

5. The adjustable tray system according to claim 1, wherein the working table further comprises a recess defined by a top surface of the working table.

6. The adjustable tray system according to claim 5, wherein the recess is positioned perpendicular with respect to the support member and configured to position a device received therein.

7. The adjustable tray according to claim 1, wherein the working table further comprises a stopper positioned at an inner edge of the working table and configured to prevent translation of objects supported by the working table in an instance in which the working table pivots about a rotation point of the adjustment mechanism.

8. The adjustable tray according to claim 1, wherein the working table further comprises a decorative edge member wedged between a top surface and a bottom surface of the working table along at least a portion of an exterior edge of the working table.

9. A height adjustment platform comprising:

a first working table;

a bottom bracket;

at least one lifting arm;

at least one driving mechanism configured to drive and lock the lifting arm;

at least one control switch configured to control the driving mechanism, wherein two opposite ends of the lifting arms are separately coupled to the first working table and the bottom bracket, the driving mechanism is coupled to the lifting arm, and the angle is formed between the driving mechanism and the lifting arm,

a second working table positioned below the first working table;

a support member, wherein the support member is configured to attach the second working table with the first working table; and

at least one adjustment mechanism disposed at a juncture between the working table and the support member, wherein the juncture is in direct contact with the working table, wherein the at least one adjustment mechanism is configured to couple the second working table with the support member such that an angle Φ

is formed between the support member and the second working table, wherein the at least one adjustment mechanism is configured to allow angular adjustment of the second working table such that the second working table pivots about the juncture.

10. The height adjustment platform according to claim 9, wherein the at least one adjustment mechanism further comprises:

a ratcheting element attached to the support member;

an extension attached to the second working table and configured to be received by the ratcheting element; and

a rotational shaft configured to position and secure the extension within the ratcheting element such that the extension and second working table pivot about the rotational shaft.

11. The height adjustment platform according to claim 10, wherein the extension further comprises a spring-loaded pin and the ratcheting element further comprises a rack defining one or more teeth such that the second working table and extension may pivot about the rotational shaft to be positioned at one or more angular positions via the spring-loaded pin engaging the one or more teeth defined by the ratcheting element.

12. The height adjustment platform according to claim 11, wherein the ratcheting element defines a reset position such that in an instance in which the spring-loaded pin of the extension rotates to the reset position, the spring-loaded pin may be compressed such that the extension and second working table may be positioned at a resting position where the angle D is formed between the support member and the second working table.

13. The height adjustment platform according to claim 10, wherein the second working table further comprises a recess defined by a top surface of the second working table and configured to position a device received therein.

14. The height adjustment platform according to claim 10, wherein the lifting arm is rotatably coupled to the first working table and the bottom bracket;

when in use, both of the lifting arm and the bottom bracket rotate an angle ranging from 0 to 60 degrees.

15. The height adjustment platform according to claim 10, further comprising two lifting arms and at least one connecting rod, wherein the two lifting arms are positioned on opposite sides between the first working table and the bottom bracket, the connecting rod is positioned between the two lifting arms, and two opposite ends of the connecting rod are coupled to the two lifting arms.

16. The height adjustment platform according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the first working table and the second working table further comprises a decorative edge member wedged between a top surface and a bottom surface of the first working table or the second working table, respectively, where the decorative edge member is further positioned along at least a portion of an exterior edge of the first working table or the second working table, respectively.

17. The height adjustment platform according to claim 9, wherein the second working table further comprises a stopper positioned at an inner edge of the second working table and configured to prevent translation of objects supported by the second working table in an instance in which the second working table pivots about a rotation point of the adjustment mechanism.

18. The height adjustment platform according to claim 9, wherein the first working table further comprises a notch located along at least a portion of an exterior edge of the first working table.

19. A height adjustment platform comprising:

a first working table;

a bottom bracket;

at least one lifting arm;

a first elongate portion and a second elongate portion, wherein the first and second elongate portions have a same shape and are displaced parallel to each other;

a first joint device and a second joint device, wherein the first and second joint devices have a same shape and are displaced parallel to each other and are perpendicular to the first working table, wherein opposite ends of each of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion are coupled to the first joint device and the second joint device, respectively;

wherein the first and second elongate portions and the first and second joint devices are configured to move in a same plane during motion of the table height adjustment;

at least one driving mechanism configured to drive and lock the lifting arm;

at least one control switch configured to control the driving mechanism, wherein two opposite ends of the lifting arms are separately coupled to the first working table and the bottom bracket, the driving mechanism is coupled to the lifting arm, and the angle θ

is formed between the driving mechanism and the lifting arm,

a second working table positioned below the first working table; and

a stopper, wherein the stopper is configured to attach the second working table with the first working table continuously along an inner edge of the second working table.

20. The height adjustment platform according to claim 19, wherein the second working table is integral to the first working table.