TABLE DEVICE

• US 20150096473A1
• Filed: 10/07/2014
• Published: 04/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: C + P Moebelsysteme GmbH & Co., KG
• Original Assignee: C + P Moebelsysteme GmbH & Co., KG
• Inventors: LEUKEL, Wieland, WALTER, Tobias, SCHALL, Sven
• Application Number:
  US14/508,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20150096473A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/50.02
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/00 Details of tables or desks drawers A47B88/00; feet for furniture in general A47B91/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 13/12 Transparent tops , e.g. with lighting means under the table top
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/06 characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables

Abstract

The invention is related to a table device (1) comprising a tabletop (2) with an upper side (3) and an underside (4), and also at least one table leg (5) connected to the tabletop (2). An inductive charging device (10) is arranged between the upper side (3) and the underside (4) of the tabletop (2) in the direction of the height (H). The table device (1) further comprises a control device (20) that is connected in a communicating manner to at least one touch panel (21) on the upper side (3) of the tabletop (2), which is arranged between the upper side (3) and the underside (4) of the tabletop (2) in the direction of the height (H), wherein cableless control signals (S) can be emitted from the control unit to external electrical devices.

Claims

1. Table device (1) comprising a tabletop (2) with an upper side (3) and an underside (4), and also at least one table leg (5) connected to the tabletop (2), an inductive charging device (10) being arranged between the upper side (3) and the underside (4) of the tabletop (2) in the direction of the height (H), characterized in that a control device (20) that is connected in a communicating manner to at least one touch panel (21) on the upper side (3) of the tabletop (2) is arranged between the upper side (3) and the underside (4) of the tabletop (2) in the direction of the height (H), wherein cableless control signals (S) can be emitted from the control unit to external electrical devices.

2. Table device according to claim 1, characterized in that the charging device (10) and the control unit (20) can be coupled to a power source by way of a shared connection cable (11), the connection cable being led in particular within the tabletop and through the table leg.

3. Table device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper side (3) of the tabletop (2) has a closed surface area, at least in the region of the charging device (10).

4. Table device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper side (3) of the tabletop (2) is planar.

5. Table device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper side (3) of the tabletop (2) is impermeable to fluids, at least in the region of the charging device (10).

6. Table device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the charging device (10) conforms to a standard for cableless charging.

7. Table device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit (20) is cablelessly connected in a communicating manner to an external receiver unit (31), the receiver unit (31) having cable interfaces (32, 33), converting cableless control signals (S) into cable-bound signals (K), and directing these cable-bound signals at least to one of the cable interfaces (32, 33).

8. Table device (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that the receiver unit (31) is connected in a communicating manner by way of a cable interface (32, 33) to at least one of the following devices:

monitor;

beamer/projector;

TV receiver;

digital signage system;

video-conference system;

audio output device;

or

transmission unit (40).

9. Table device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one indicating element, which is formed in particular as an LED, is integrated in the tabletop.

10. Table device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the distance between the upper side (3) and the underside (4) of the tabletop (2) is a maximum of 5 cm, preferably a maximum of 4 cm.

11. Table device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the tabletop (2) is produced from glass, mineral material, High-Pressure Laminate (HPL), a plywood board or a melamine-faced chipboard.