Plastic desk with integral computer

• US 6,820,562 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2001
• Issued: 11/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aceelerated Performance, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Accelerated Performance Incorporated
• Inventors: Zodnik, Richard, Pelly, Charles, Goerner, Rick
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tuyen T.
• Application Number:
  US09/998,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20020097567A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• Field of Search: 108/50-1-, 248/917-924, 312/208--, 312/223--, 361/679-686
• US Class Current: 108/50.01
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2021/0076 the screen being incorporated in the desk top
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/00 Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0073 Desk with integrated computer
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/01 Furniture enclosures comprising or containing other furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 7/02 Stackable tables; Nesting tables
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 83/001 Office desks or work-stations combined with other pieces of furniture, e.g. work space management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support

Abstract

A desk that contains an integrated computer. The desk includes a screen and a keyboard that are attached to a frame. The desk may also have a backplane located in a slot of the frame. A portable transporter computer can be plugged into the backplane to couple the transporter with the screen and keyboard. A battery module may also be plugged into the frame to power the transporter, screen and keyboard. When the desk is not in use the battery module can be plugged into a charging station to recharge the batteries of the module.

Claims

1. A desk, comprising:

a frame;

a screen attached to said frame;

a keyboard attached to said frame;

a transporter computer plugged into said frame and coupled to said keyboard and said screen; and

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a backplane that is attached to said frame and coupled to said transporter computer, wherein said backplane includes a backplane identification that is unique to said backplane.

2. The desk of claim 1, further comprising a battery module plugged into said frame and coupled to said transporter.

3. The desk of claim 1, wherein said screen is attached to a cover that can rotate relative onto a table top of said frame.

4. The desk of claim 1, wherein said frame includes a table top and a plurality of legs that are constructed from a molded plastic material.

5. The desk of claim 1, wherein said transporter computer retrieves said backplane identification and transmits a network re-configuration command.

6. The desk of claim 1, further comprising a wireless transceiver coupled to said transporter computer.

7. The desk of claim 1, wherein said transporter computer contains a wireless transmitter.

8. The desk of claim 1, further comprising a lock that secures said transporter computer to said frame.

9. A desk, comprising:

a frame;

a screen attached to said frame;

a keyboard attached to said frame;

transporter computer means for plugging into said frame and being coupled to said keyboard and said screen; and

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backplane means for coupling said transporter computer means to said screen and said keyboard, wherein said backplane means includes a backplane identification that is unique to said backplane.

10. The desk of claim 9, further comprising battery module means for plugging into said frame and being coupled to said transporter computer means.

11. The desk of claim 9, wherein said screen is attached to a cover that can rotate relative onto a table top of said frame.

12. The desk of claim 9, wherein said frame includes a table top and a plurality of legs that are constructed from a molded plastic material.

13. The desk of claim 9, wherein said transporter computer means retrieves said backplane identification and transmits a network re-configuration command.

14. The desk of claim 9, further comprising a wireless transceiver coupled to said transporter computer means.

15. The desk of claim 9, wherein said transporter computer means contains a wireless transmitter.

16. The desk of claim 9, further comprising lock means for securing said transporter computer means to said frame.