Adjustable height casegood and desk

• US 20050247239A1
• Filed: 05/04/2004
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Heckman Furniture Company, Hekman Furniture Co. (Howard Miller Company)
• Original Assignee: Hekman Furniture Co. (Howard Miller Company)
• Inventors: Newhouse, Thomas J., Hill, Douglas J., Crump, S. Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/838,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20050247239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/50.10
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/04 with vertical spindle
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 91/024 Foot attached to a rotating bolt supported in an internal thread

Abstract

A casegood such as a pedestal desk or credenza is provided with a height adjustment mechanism. The height adjustment mechanism is attached to an outer wall of the casegood. By rotating the height adjustment mechanism, the distance of the casegood'"'"'s work surface from the floor can be adjusted so as to provide an ergonomic and efficient work area.

Claims

1. A casegood comprising:

a vertical wall, the vertical wall having a top and a side, the top having a height;

a work surface mounted to the top; and

a height adjustment mechanism attached to the side for adjusting the height of the top, the height adjustment mechanism attached to the side.

2. The casegood of claim 1 where the height can be adjusted more than two inches.

3. The casegood of claim 2 further comprising a plurality of drawers attached to the vertical wall.

4. The casegood of claim 3 further comprising a removable enclosure surrounding a portion of the height adjustment mechanism.

5. The casegood of claim 4 where the height adjustment mechanism comprises a leg.

6. The casegood of claim 5 where the leg has a threaded portion.

7. The casegood of claim 6 where the height adjustment mechanism operates by rotation of the leg.

8. The casegood of claim 7 where the height adjustment mechanism includes an internally threaded cylinder attached to the side.

9. The casegood of claim 8 where the height adjustment mechanism includes a bracket, the bracket attached to the side.

10. The casegood of claim 9 where the height adjustment mechanism includes an internally threaded cylinder attached to the bracket.

11. The casegood of claim 10 where the height adjustment mechanism where the threaded portion is screwed through the internally threaded cylinder.

12. The casegood of claim 11 where the removable enclosure has a removable enclosure top, and the work surface covers the removable enclosure top.

13. The casegood of claim 12 where the work surface has an aperture located directly above the removable enclosure top.

14. The casegood of claim 13 where the bracket has a collar located above the height adjustment mechanism.

15. The casegood of claim 14 where the aperture is located directly above the collar such that a stanchion could extend through the aperture and engage the collar.

16. The casegood of claim 15 where the aperture has a operculum.

17. The casegood of claim 16 where the operculum has a grommet.

18. The casegood of claim 17 where the operculum has a plurality of grommets.

19. A desk comprising:

a plurality of vertical walls, the vertical walls having a top;

a work surface attached to the top; and

a plurality of height adjustment mechanisms where a height adjustment mechanism is attached to each vertical wall, the height adjustment mechanisms for raising and lowering the top.

20. The desk of claim 19 where each of the vertical walls has a side, and each height adjustment mechanism is attached to a side.

21. The desk of claim 20 where the side is exterior to the desk.

22. The desk of claim 21 where top has a height, and the height can be adjusted more than about two inches.

23. The desk of claim 22 further comprising a plurality of drawers attached to at least one side.

24. The desk of claim 23 further comprising a plurality of removable enclosures surrounding each of the height adjustment mechanisms.

25. The desk of claim 24 where each of the height adjustment mechanisms includes a leg.

26. The desk of claim 25 where the leg has a threaded portion.

27. The desk of claim 26 where each of the height adjustment mechanisms operates by rotation of the leg.

28. The desk of claim 27 where each height adjustment mechanism includes an internally threaded cylinder attached to the vertical sidewall.

29. The desk of claim 28 where each height adjustment mechanism includes a bracket, the bracket attached to the wall.

30. The desk of claim 29 where each height adjustment mechanism includes an internally threaded cylinder attached to the bracket.

31. The desk of claim 30 where the threaded portion is screwed through the internally threaded cylinder.

32. The desk of claim 31 where each of the removable enclosures has a removable enclosure top, and the work surface covers all of the removable enclosure tops.

33. The desk of claim 32 where the work surface has a plurality of apertures, each aperture located directly above the removable enclosure top.

34. The desk of claim 33 where each bracket has a collar.

35. The desk of claim 34 where each aperture is located directly above the respective collar such that a stanchion could extend through the aperture and engage the collar.

36. The desk of claim 35 where each aperture has a operculum.

37. The desk of claim 36 where each where the operculum has a grommet.

38. The desk of claim 37 where the operculum has a plurality of grommets.

39. A height adjustment mechanism for a casegood, the casegood having at least one vertical wall, comprising:

a bracket having a length greater than its width, the bracket to be attached to the desk such that the length of the bracket extends vertically; and

a moveable leg attached to the bracket, so that the leg moves longitudinally.

40. The height adjustment mechanism of claim 39 further comprising an internally threaded cylinder attached to the bracket.

41. The height adjustment mechanism of claim 40 where the leg has a threaded portion, the threaded portion screwed through the internally threaded cylinder.

42. The height adjustment mechanism of claim 41 where the bracket has a bottom, and the leg when screwed into the internally threaded cylinder extends past the bottom.

43. The height adjustment mechanism of claim 42 where the bracket has a top, includes a collar, and the collar is located near the top.

44. A height adjustable casegood comprising:

a work surface having a top and a bottom;

a frame supporting the work surface, the frame having a top and a bottom;

a first height adjustment mechanism located near the bottom of the frame for raising the frame; and

a second height adjustment mechanism located near the top of the frame for raising the work surface relative to the frame.

45. The height adjustable casegood of claim 44 where the first height adjustment mechanism is partially enclosed within the frame.

46. The height adjustable casegood of claim 45 where the second height adjustment mechanism is partially enclosed within the frame.

47. The height adjustable casegood of claim 46 where a handle is attached to the work surface for actuating the second height adjustment mechanism to allow adjustment of the height of the work surface.

48. The height adjustable casegood of claim 47 where the second height adjustment mechanism is a torsion device.

49. A work station comprising:

a first work unit, the first work unit being either a desk or a casegood, having a first work surface;

a second work unit, the second work unit being either a desk or a casegood, having a second work surface; and

a return having a return surface, said return connected to and between the first work unit and the second work unit, the return surface being vertically adjustable between a lowered position in which the return surface is generally aligned with either the first work surface or the second work surface and a raised position in which the return surface is substantially above the first work surface and the second work surface.

50. The work station of claim 49 wherein said return surface is horizontally spaced from the first work surface and the second work surface when the return surface is in the lowered position.

51. The work station of claim 50 where the return surface is horizontally spaced from the first work surface and the second work surface by more than about one-half inch.

52. A sit-to-stand desk comprising:

a sit-to-stand work surface;

attachment means for attaching the sit-to-stand desk to a casegood;

a work surface height adjustment mechanism for moving the work surface between a first lower position and a second higher position; and

a sit-to-stand desk height adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of the first lower position relative to a floor.

53. The sit-to-stand desk of claim 52 further comprising a support attached to the sit-to-stand work surface.

54. The sit-to-stand desk of claim 53 where the attachment means are integral with the support.

55. The sit-to-stand desk of claim 54 where the work surface height adjustment mechanism is located at a first end of the support and the sit-to-stand desk height adjustment mechanism is located at a second end of the support.

56. The sit-to-stand desk of claim 55 where the sit-to-stand desk height adjustment mechanism telescopes within the support.

57. The sit-to-stand desk of claim 56 where the work surface height adjustment mechanism is a torsion mechanism.

58. The sit-to-stand desk of claim 56 where the work surface height adjustment mechanism includes a crank.

59. The sit-to-stand desk of claim 58 where the work surface height adjustment mechanism includes an electric motor.