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Work station for use with flat monitors

  • US 5,651,594 A
  • Filed: 05/31/1995
  • Issued: 07/29/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A work station for a flat monitor comprising in combination:

  • a) a work station having a work platform and means for supporting said platform in spaced relationship to an underlying floor, said platform having an aperture defined therein, said platform and said means for supporting together defining a kneehole that generally extends beneath said aperture and that has a side opening in said work station for receiving the knees of a seated user at said work station; and

    b) a flat monitor support comprising;

    (1) a generally flat support member with opposed side portions and opposed front and rear end portions and having an upturned lip along said front end portions whereby a flat monitor can rest upon said support member and said lip when said front end portions are lower than said rear end portions;

    (2) hinge means pivotably connecting said rear end portions with said platform at a location thereof which is adjacent to said aperture so that said support member is downwardly pivotable into said knee hole at an inclined angle relative to said platform with said flat monitor being visible through said aperture by a seated user;

    (3) arm means pivotably downwardly depending from at least one of said side portions so that said arm means can extend vertically as said support member is so pivoted;

    (4) bracket means fixed to said work station generally below said aperture and including adjustable connecting means for movably and pivotably associating said bracket means with said arm means and for releasably clamping said arm means so that said inclined angle of said support member is fixable and is also adjustable by said adjustable connecting means; and

    (5) said bracket means comprising a pair of brackets, each said bracket being generally positioned below and in vertically spaced relationship to a respected said side portions, wherein each said bracket comprises in combination;

    (a) an elongated member having a vertically oriented elongated slot defined therein and having fastening means for fastening said member to said arm means for supporting;

    (b) a bolt and threaded nut means;

    (c) a brace body having a channel extending therethrough and having a side positioned for receiving a lower end portion of one said arm means defined on said body perpendicularly to said channel;

    whereby, when said bolt is slidably extended through said slot and said channel and is engaged with said nut means, said support member is adjustably fixable at an inclined angle by said bracket means.

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