Fold-up, movable desk with movable audiovisual equipment end portion

• US 5,403,082 A
• Filed: 12/29/1993
• Issued: 04/04/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Synsor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Synsor Corporation
• Inventors: Kramer, Edward J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Saether, Flemming
• Application Number:
  US08/174,755
• Time in Patent Office: 461 Days
• Field of Search: 312/249.13, 312/249.9, 312/223.3, 312/195, 312/241, 312/223.6, 312/313, 312/315, 108/112, 108/115, 108/95, 108/50, 108/69, 108/6
• US Class Current: 312/249.9
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0085 Supplementary support fixed on the edge of a desk or table
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 37/00 Tables adapted for other particular purposes glass cutting tables C03B33/03

Abstract

The desk includes a support frame and a work surface (24) which is similar to conventional size desk surfaces. The work surface (24) is movable between a retracted, vertical position and an extended working position in which it is substantially horizontal. To the rear of the work surface (24) are a plurality of equipment platforms (32, 34, 36) for support of various equipment, such as a computer, a monitor, and a printer. At one end of the desk is a rotating platform assembly (68) which is adapted to support a slide projector or the like. At the other end of the desk is a foldable, semicircular conference assembly (86) which can be folded to lie adjacent the other end of the desk.

Claims

1. A movable desk having an equipment-carrying capability, comprising:

a support frame;

wheels connected to the support frame so as to render the support frame movable;

a work surface member having a front edge and a rear edge, mounted on the support frame so as to define a top surface of the desk, the work surface member being movable between first and second positions, wherein in the first position, the work surface member is in a working orientation and in the second position, the work surface member is rotated upwardly from its first position into a substantially vertical orientation such that the overall width of the desk is decreased sufficiently to permit movement of the desk through a conventional doorway;

a pedestal assembly located generally toward one end of and beneath the work surface member, leaving an opening beneath the work surface member to accommodate the legs of a seated user when the work surface member is in its first position, the pedestal assembly being supported entirely by the support frame for movement between first and second positions without the pedestal assembly contacting a floor surface on which the desk is positioned, wherein the first position of the pedestal assembly is a retracted position entirely within the support frame and the second position is an extended position relatively outwardly and forwardly from the support frame but still connected thereto, wherein, when the pedestal assembly is in its second position, a front surface thereof is in approximately the same vertical plane as the front edge of the work surface when said work surface is in its working orientation;

means located at one end of the support frame, supported by a portion of the desk other than the work surface, for support of a projection apparatus, said support means being rotatable horizontally and movable vertically relative to the remainder of the desk, such that said support means is movable relative to the remainder of the desk when the desk remainder is in a selected position and also such that the desk remainder can be moved relative to the support means and hence the projection apparatus when the projection apparatus is in a selected position; and

a semicircular conference platform positioned at an opposing end of the support frame, wherein the semicircular conference platform includes two conference surface parts, one conference surface part mounted to be movable so as to lay adjacent the other conference surface part in one position and to be co-planar with the other part in another position, wherein the other part is movably connected to the support frame such that in one position, the other part, with the one part, lies adjacent the opposing end of the support frame, while in another position, the other part is substantially horizontal.

2. An apparatus of claim 1, including means for supporting the work surface member at a plurality of different angles when the work surface member is in its first position.

3. An apparatus of claim 1, including means at the rear of the desk defining a receptacle for power cords for equipment carried by the desk and a power outlet strip.

4. An apparatus of claim 1, including a plurality of platform members, each separate from the work surface member, extending for substantially the entire length of the desk along a rear edge of the work surface member, for support of various equipment.