Ergonomic CAD (computer aided design) workstation
First Claim
1. A computer workstation comprising:
- a platform comprising a generally horizontal support surface large enough to support a monitor;
a table disposed frontally of the platform and comprising a flat support surface having a center expense large enough to support a computer keyboard and wings extending from laterally opposite sides of the center expense that are themselves sufficiently expansive to support auxiliary computer equipment that requires manual manipulation by a user while allowing a user who is situated frontally of the table and facing a monitor supported on the horizontal support surface of the platform to rest his or her forearms on the wings while manipulating the auxiliary equipment supported on the wings; and
a mechanism that operatively relates the table to the platform to allow the table to be positioned in a desired spatial relationship to the platform;
wherein the mechanism comprises;
a first pair of laterally spaced apart bars that are fastened directly to the underside of the platform and that extend frontally beyond a frontal edge of the platform;
a second pair of bars each of which is pivotally connected to a respective bar of the first pair for pivoting on the first pair about a common first pivot axis that is frontal of the frontal edge of the platform; and
means pivotally attaching the second pair of bars to the underside of the table to provide for the table to pivot on the second pair of bars about a common second pivot axis that is spaced frontal of and parallel to the first pivot axis.
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Abstract
A computer workstation stand has a platform having a generally horizontal support surface large enough to support a monitor. A table is disposed frontally of the platform and has a flat support surface with a center expanse large enough to support a computer keyboard and wings extending from laterally opposite sides of the center expanse that are themselves sufficiently expansive to support auxiliary computer equipment that requires manual manipulation by a user while allowing a user who is situated frontally of the table and facing a monitor supported on the horizontal support surface of the platform to rest his or her forearms on the wings while manipulating auxiliary equipment supported on the wings. A mechanism operatively relates the table to the platform to allow the table to be positioned in a desired spatial relationship to the platform. Specifically the mechanism allows the table to be tilted and elevated.
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11 Claims
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1. A computer workstation comprising:
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a platform comprising a generally horizontal support surface large enough to support a monitor;
a table disposed frontally of the platform and comprising a flat support surface having a center expense large enough to support a computer keyboard and wings extending from laterally opposite sides of the center expense that are themselves sufficiently expansive to support auxiliary computer equipment that requires manual manipulation by a user while allowing a user who is situated frontally of the table and facing a monitor supported on the horizontal support surface of the platform to rest his or her forearms on the wings while manipulating the auxiliary equipment supported on the wings; and
a mechanism that operatively relates the table to the platform to allow the table to be positioned in a desired spatial relationship to the platform;
wherein the mechanism comprises;
a first pair of laterally spaced apart bars that are fastened directly to the underside of the platform and that extend frontally beyond a frontal edge of the platform;
a second pair of bars each of which is pivotally connected to a respective bar of the first pair for pivoting on the first pair about a common first pivot axis that is frontal of the frontal edge of the platform; and
means pivotally attaching the second pair of bars to the underside of the table to provide for the table to pivot on the second pair of bars about a common second pivot axis that is spaced frontal of and parallel to the first pivot axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. For use at a computer workstation having a platform comprising a generally horizontal support surface large enough to support a monitor:
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a table adapted to be disposed frontally of the platform and comprising a flat support surface having a center expense large enough to support a computer keyboard and wings extending from laterally opposite sides of the center expense that are themselves sufficiently expansive to support auxiliary computer equipment that requires manual manipulation by a user while allowing a user who is situated frontally of the table and facing a monitor supported on the horizontal support surface of the platform to rest his or her forearms on the wings while manipulating the auxiliary equipment supported on the wings; and
a mechanism for operatively relating the table to the platform to allow the table to be positioned in a desired spatial relationship to the platform;
wherein the mechanism comprises;
a first pair of laterally spaced apart bars that are fastened directly to the underside of the platform and that extend frontally beyond a frontal edge of the platform;
a second pair of bars each of which is pivotally connected to a respective bar of the first pair for pivoting on the first pair about a common first pivot axis that is frontal of the frontal edge of the platform; and
means pivotally attaching the second pair of bars to the underside of the table to provide for the table to pivot on the second pair of bars about a common second pivot axis that is spaced frontal of and parallel to the first pivot axis. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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