Height adjustable device

• US 10,542,817 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2016
• Issued: 01/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ergotron Incorporated (Melrose Industries Plc)
• Original Assignee: Ergotron Incorporated (Melrose Industries Plc)
• Inventors: Swartz, Nicholas Robert, Lindblad, Shaun Christopher, Mensing, Jeffrey Randall
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilkens, Janet M
• Application Number:
  US15/762,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20180255919A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• Field of Search: 3122081, 3122233, 312306, 312312, 312196, 248421, 248562, 248588, 248585, 248431, 248432, 248439, 24828011, 24829211, 248919, 248920, 248923, 108145, 10814411, 108147, 108 93, 108 96, 108116-118, 108120, 108 43, 108138, 108 33, 108 39, 108 14, 108 4, 108 9, 108 10, 108 5002, 108 5001, 108146
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/02 with vertical adjustable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/0314 Platforms for supporting office equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/02 with balancing device, e.g. by springs, by weight
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/12 with flexible height-adjusting means, e.g. rope, chain
• 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

A height adjustable device can comprise: a base; a first scissor linkage assembly coupled to the base and having a first scissor joint; a second scissor linkage assembly coupled to the base and having a second scissor joint; a worksurface coupled to the first and second scissor linkages; a bracket movably coupled to the first scissor linkage and the second scissor linkage and movable relative to the worksurface; and a first energy storage member coupled to the worksurface and connected by at least one tension member to the bracket, wherein the first energy storage member is configured to bias the bracket in a horizontal direction.

Claims

1. A height adjustable device comprising:

a base;

a first scissor linkage assembly coupled to the base and having a first scissor joint;

a second scissor linkage assembly coupled to the base and having a second scissor joint;

a worksurface coupled to the first and second scissor linkages;

a bracket movably coupled to the first scissor linkage and the second scissor linkage and movable relative to the worksurface; and

a first energy storage member coupled to the worksurface and connected by at least one flexible tension member to the bracket, wherein the first energy storage member is configured to bias the bracket in a horizontal direction.

2. The height adjustable device of claim 1, further comprising:

a second energy storage member located at one of the first and second scissor joints, the second energy storage member configured to bias the worksurface upwardly; and

wherein the first energy storage member and the second energy storage member are configured to provide the height adjustable device with a constant lifting force throughout a vertical height adjustment range.

3. The height adjustable device of claim 2, wherein the second energy storage member is a torsion spring.

4. The height adjustable device of claim 2,

wherein the first energy storage member is a gas spring coupled to the worksurface, extending through an aperture in the bracket, and connected by the at least one tension member to the bracket, wherein the gas spring is configured to bias the bracket in a horizontal direction;

wherein the second energy storage member is a torsion spring located at one of the first and second scissor joints, the torsion spring configured to bias the worksurface upwardly; and

wherein the gas spring and the torsion spring are configured to provide the height adjustable device with a constant lifting force throughout a vertical height adjustment range.

5. The height adjustable device of claim 1, further comprising:

a second energy storage member located at one of the first and second scissor joints, the second energy storage member configured to bias the worksurface upwardly.

6. The height adjustable device of claim 5, wherein the first energy storage member and the second energy storage member are configured to provide the height adjustable device with a constant lifting force throughout a vertical height adjustment range.

7. The height adjustable device of claim 1, wherein the first energy storage member is a gas spring.

8. The height adjustable device of claim 7, further comprising a cradle member coupled to the worksurface and slidably coupled to the gas spring.

9. The height adjustable device of claim 7, wherein the gas spring includes a movable piston configured to extend through an aperture in the bracket.

10. The height adjustable device of claim 7, further comprising a pulley assembly coupled to the gas spring.

11. The height adjustable device of claim 10, wherein the at least one flexible tension member includes a first tension member, and the pulley assembly includes a first pulley wheel rotably engaging the first tension member, the first tension member connecting the bracket and the cradle member.

12. The height adjustable device of claim 11, wherein the at least one flexible tension member includes a second tension member, and the pulley assembly includes a second pulley wheel rotably engaging the second tension member, the second tension member connecting the bracket and the cradle member.

13. The height adjustable device of claim 1, wherein the first scissor linkage assembly includes:

a first arm member movably coupled to the base; and

a second arm member coupled to the first arm member at the first scissor joint, the second arm member rotably coupled to the base; and

wherein the second scissor linkage assembly includes;

a third arm member movably coupled to the base; and

a fourth arm member coupled to the third arm member at a second scissor joint, the fourth arm member rotably coupled to the base.

14. The height adjustable device of claim 1, wherein the base is configured in a U-shape.

15. The height adjustable device of claim 1, further comprising an enclosure bracket attached to a bottom surface of the worksurface, wherein first and second scissor linkage assemblies are rotatably attached to the enclosure bracket.

16. The height adjustable device of claim 1, wherein the first scissor linkage assembly includes a first roller configured to roll on the base and the first scissor linkage assembly includes a second roller configured to roll on the base.