Multi-tiered workstation assembly

• US 10,517,392 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2018
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Steelcase Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Steelcase Incorporated
• Inventors: Abraham, James Edward, Gillespie, Justin, Iacovoni, Joseph, Gillhespy, Kevin, McKenna, Mark, Hiyoshi, Yuka
• Primary Examiner(s): Rohrhoff, Daniel J
• Application Number:
  US15/978,834
• Publication Number:
  US 20180255921A1
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2021/064 with power rail running along the back of the desk top and projecting upwards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/02 with vertical adjustable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0046 Desks with double worktop of which one at least is separately height adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/00 Tables with tops of variable height lecterns with variable height A47B19/06; school forms or desks with variable height A47B39/02, A47B41/02; seats with variable height A47C3/20

Abstract

A multi-tiered work arrangement includes stacked horizontal planar surfaces that have footprints that enable stacking of the planar surfaces to provide work surfaces that are easily accessible to a user in both a sitting and a standing position. A first work surface can have a wide end and a narrow end, and a second work surface can have corresponding narrow and wide ends. The wide end of the first planar surface is substantially equivalent in length to the narrow end of the second planar surface such that the work surfaces can be stacked in use, providing two unobstructed work surfaces at different heights.

Claims

1. An arrangement with multi-height work surfaces comprising:

a leg arrangement configured to be supported on a ground surface, the leg arrangement comprising a first attachment feature at a first height above the ground surface and a second attachment feature at a second height above the ground surface, where the second height is greater than the first height;

a first work surface coupled to the first attachment feature and having a first footprint relative to the ground surface; and

a second work surface coupled to the second attachment feature and having a second footprint relative to the ground surface;

wherein the first footprint and the second footprint are distinct, and at least one of the first footprint and the second footprint has a depth dimension that varies in one portion of a length dimension from a depth dimension along another portion of the length dimension; and

wherein the space between the floor and the second work surface is at least partially unobstructed by the first work surface, wherein the second work surface at least partially overlaps the first work surface, and wherein a wide portion of the second footprint is adapted to stack above a narrow portion of the first footprint, and a narrow portion of the second footprint is adapted to stack above a wide portion of the first footprint, wherein access to the wide portion of each of the first and second work surfaces is unobstructed for use.

2. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the second work surface is co-planar with a top surface of the leg arrangement.

3. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the first height is selected to be at a height for using the first work surface while sitting.

4. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the second height is selected to be at a height for using the second work surface while standing.

5. The arrangement of claim 1, further comprising a second leg arrangement with a third attachment feature at the first height above the ground surface and a fourth attachment feature at the second height above the ground, wherein the first work surface is coupled to the third attachment feature and the second work surface is coupled to the fourth attachment feature.

6. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the second work surface includes a wide end and a narrow end.

7. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the first work surface includes a wide end and a narrow end.

8. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein a wide end of the second work surface at least partially overlaps a narrow end of the first work surface.

9. An arrangement with multi-height work surfaces comprising:

a leg arrangement configured to be supported on a ground surface, the leg arrangement comprising a first attachment feature at a sitting height above the ground surface and a second attachment feature at a standing height above the ground surface;

a first work surface coupled to the first attachment feature and having a first footprint relative to the ground surface; and

a second work surface coupled to the second attachment feature and having a second footprint relative to the ground surface;

wherein the first footprint and the second footprint are distinct, and at least one of the first footprint and the second footprint has a depth dimension that varies in one portion of a length dimension from a depth dimension along another portion of the length dimension; and

wherein the space between the floor and the second work surface is at least partially unobstructed by the first work surface, and wherein a wide end of the second work surface at least partially overlaps a narrow end of the first work surface.

10. The arrangement of claim 9, wherein the second work surface at least partially overlaps the first work surface.

11. The arrangement of claim 9, wherein the leg arrangement comprises first and second vertical mounting members, the first and second vertical mounting members offset a distance from one another, and each of the first and second work surfaces extend between the first and second vertical mounting members.

12. The arrangement of claim 11, further comprising a channel assembly extending between the first and second vertical mounting members.

13. The arrangement of claim 11, wherein the first and second vertical mounting members each include a plurality of horizontal rails.

14. An arrangement with multi-height work surfaces comprising:

a leg arrangement comprising first and second offset leg assemblies configured to be supported on a ground surface, the leg arrangement comprising a first attachment feature at a first height above the ground surface and a second attachment feature at a second height above the ground surface;

a first work surface coupled to the first attachment feature and having a first footprint relative to the ground surface and extending at least partially between the first and second offset leg assemblies; and

a second work surface coupled to the second attachment feature and having a second footprint relative to the ground surface and extending at least partially between the first and second offset leg assemblies;

wherein the first footprint and the second footprint are distinct, and at least one of the first footprint and the second footprint has a depth dimension that varies in one portion of a length dimension from a depth dimension along another portion of the length dimension; and

wherein the space between the floor and the second work surface is at least partially unobstructed by the first work surface, wherein the first and second work surfaces extend between the first and second offset leg assemblies and wherein each of the first and second work surfaces includes a wide end and a narrow end, and the wide end of the second work surface overlaps the narrow end of the first work surface, and the narrow end of the second work surface overlaps the wide end of the first work surface.

15. The arrangement of claim 14, wherein the second work surface at least partially overlaps the first work surface.

16. The arrangement of claim 14, wherein a wide end and a narrow end of each of the first and second work surfaces are joined by an edge portion that is at least one of angled and curved.

17. The arrangement of claim 14, wherein the first height is a sitting height and the second height is a standing height.