Scamp and housing therefor

• US 6,003,452 A
• Filed: 07/23/1998
• Issued: 12/21/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BBT Group
• Original Assignee: BBT Group
• Inventors: Moore, Lorraine
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, HANH VAN
• Application Number:
  US09/121,733
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• Field of Search: 108/6, 108/9, 108/10, 108/50.01, 108/92, 248/291.1, 248/299.1, 248/188.91, 248/454
• US Class Current: 108/92
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 17/00 Writing-tables
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 7/02 Stackable tables; Nesting tables
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/002 Combination of tables; Linking or assembling means therefor

Abstract

A scamp and scamp housing comprising a base with casters and a telescoping column attached to the base with a locking mechanism, and wherein an additional locking mechanism secures a podium to the column at a predetermined attitude, and wherein the housing includes two "U" shaped frames with a desktop attached to the top ends of the "U" frames, a shelf attached near the base of the "U" frames, and a slot provided in the shelf to accommodate the column of the scamp, such that the base of the scamp fits underneath the shelf, and the podium of the scamp fits underneath the desktop.

Claims

1. A scamp and scamp house wherein said scamp comprises:

a base, said base having a top side and a bottom side,

a column, said column having a first end and a second end, said column attached to said top side of said base at said first end, said column protruding upward from said base,

a podium, said podium having a top side and a bottom side,

a hinge, said hinge attaching said bottom side of said podium to said second end of said column, said hinge constructed and arranged to enable said podium to be rotated with respect to said column, and

locking means for preventing rotation of said podium when said locking means is locked and allowing rotation of said podium when said locking means is unlocked,

wherein the attitude of said podium may be adjusted by a user to conform to a given task;

wherein said podium has a top edge and a bottom edge, said podium further having a pad attached to said top side of said podium along said bottom edge of said podium to prevent objects placed on said top of said podium from falling to the floor when said podium is rotated into a non-horizontal attitude;

a desktop, said desktop having a top side, and a bottom side, said desktop further having a left edge and a right edge, and a left "U" frame fixedly attached to said bottom side of said desktop along said left edge of said desktop, and a right "U" frame fixedly attached to said bottom side of said desktop along said right edge of said desktop, said desktop and said frames forming a house, and

a shelf, said shelf having a left edge, a right edge and a front edge, said shelf positioned between said right "U" frame and said left "U" frame, said right edge of said shelf is fixedly attached to said right "U" flame, in proximity to the first end of the column, said shelf further having a slot on said front edge, said slot constructed and arranged to allow said scamp to fit within said house.

2. A scamp as in claim 1, wherein said base fitted with casters attached to said bottom of said base.

3. A scamp as in claim 2, wherein said base has four casters attached to said bottom of said base.

4. A scamp as in claim 1, wherein said column is telescoping.

5. The scamp as in claim 4, wherein said column has a height locking means for locking said telescoping column at a chosen height of said podium.

6. A scamp as in claim 1, wherein said scamp is fitted, and said house comprises;

a left beam and a right beam, each of said beams having a top side and a bottom side;

a pair of front columns, each of said front columns having a first end and a second end, each of said front columns is attached at said first end to said top side of each of said beams,

a pair of rear columns, each of said rear columns having a first end and a second end, each of said rear columns is attached at said first end to said top side of each of said beams adjacent and parallel to said front column, said front column and said rear column of said left beam form said left "U" frame, said front column and said rear column of said right beam form said right "U" frame.

7. A scamp house as in claim 6 wherein each of said beams is fitted with two casters positioned at opposite ends along said bottom side of said beams.

8. A scamp house as in claim 6 further comprising:

a back plate, said back plate having a right edge and a left edge, said left edge of said backplate is fixedly attached to said rear column of said left "U" frame, said right edge of said backplate is fixedly attached to said rear column of said right "U" frame.