Mobile technology cabinet

• US 8,662,605 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2012
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Capsa Solutions LLC
• Original Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Inventors: McRorie, Robert Grant, Kopczewski, Michael T., Montag, Sean David, Perkins, Jay F.
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, HANH VAN
• Application Number:
  US13/397,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20120212116A1
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 312271-272, 312/272.5, 312275-276, 3123194-3199, 312/325, 312/249.8, 312/249.13, 312/223.3, 312/223.6, 312 22- 30, 312/298, 312/300, 312/313, 312/315, 108/50.01, 108/50.02, 108 1- 10, 108 33- 41, 108/145, 108/147
• US Class Current: 312/276
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/10 Furniture specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/13 Trolleys, e.g. carts
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2202/56 Computers; Screens
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2205/003 with actuation mechanisms which drive the folding or unfolding operation
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2206/06 adjustable in height
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/02 involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable or convertible

Abstract

A mobile technology cabinet includes a compartment having a work platform mounted for rotational motion between a substantially vertical storage position and a deployed position. A monitor support is operatively connected to the work platform such that movement of the work platform between the storage position and the deployed position causes the monitor support to rise from a storage position to a deployed position. The work platform may be rotated relative to the cabinet to simultaneously deploy the work surface and to raise the monitor. A base supports the cabinet for movement on wheels. A frame extends from the base and supports a cabinet such that the cabinet is movable between a raised position and a lowered position.

Claims

1. A mobile technology cabinet comprising:

a compartment having a work platform mounted for rotational motion between a substantially vertical first storage position and a first deployed position, one end of the work platform rising from a first lower position to a second higher position as the work platform is rotated from the first storage position to the first deployed position;

a monitor support operatively connected to the work platform such that movement of the work platform between the first storage position and the first deployed position causes the monitor support to move from a second storage position to a second deployed position;

a monitor track and a work platform track, the monitor track receiving a first pivot pin that is fixed to the monitor support and the work platform track receiving a second pivot pin that is fixed to the work platform, wherein the second pivot pin pivotably connects the work platform to the monitor support.

2. The mobile cabinet of claim 1 where the monitor track extends substantially vertically.

3. The mobile cabinet of claim 1 where the work platform track extends substantially vertically and communicates with a substantially horizontal track portion.

4. The mobile cabinet of claim 1 wherein movement of the work platform between the first storage position and the first deployed position causes the first pivot pin to slide upward in the monitor track and the second pivot pin to slide upward in the work platform track.

5. The mobile cabinet of claim 1 wherein movement of the work platform between the first storage position and the first deployed position pushes the monitor support upward at the second pin.

6. The mobile cabinet of claim 3 wherein when the first pivot pin reaches an end of the monitor track and the second pivot pin reaches an end of the work platform track the second pivot pin moves into the horizontal track and the first pivot pin moves into a notch in the top of the monitor track.

7. The mobile cabinet of claim 1 further comprising a damper to slow the movement of the work platform between the first deployed position and the first storage position.

8. The mobile cabinet of claim 1 wherein the work platform is secured to a wall of the compartment such that movement of the wall causes movement of the work platform.

9. The mobile cabinet of claim 8 wherein the wall comprises a lower panel and an upper panel, the lower panel being pivotably connected to the compartment and the upper panel being pivotably connected to the lower panel, the work platform being connected to the upper panel.

10. A mobile technology cabinet comprising:

a base supported for movement on rollers;

a frame extending from the base and supporting a cabinet such that the cabinet is movable between a raised position and a lowered position, the cabinet having a first compartment where the first compartment has a work platform mounted for rotational motion between a substantially vertical first storage position and a first deployed position, one end of the work platform rising from a first lower position to a second higher position as the work platform is rotated from the first storage position to the first deployed position;

a monitor support operatively connected to the work platform such that movement of the work platform between the first storage position and the first deployed position causes the monitor support to move from a second storage position to a second deployed position;

a monitor track and a work platform track, the monitor track receiving a first pivot pin that is fixed to the monitor support and the work platform track receiving a second pivot pin that is fixed to the work platform, wherein the second pivot pin pivotably connects the work platform to the monitor support.

11. The mobile technology cabinet of claim 10 wherein the frame comprises a first upright comprising a lower section and an upper section where the upper section may slide relative to the lower section such that the cabinet is movable between a raised position and a lowered position.

12. The mobile technology cabinet of claim 11 where the upper section is mounted on a rail on the lower section.

13. The mobile technology cabinet of claim 11 further comprising a lift mechanism between the frame and the cabinet.

14. The mobile technology cabinet of claim 13 further comprising a foot pedal operatively connected to the lift mechanism for unlocking the lift mechanism.

15. The mobile technology cabinet of claim 10 wherein the cabinet comprises a second compartment movable with the first compartment for supporting a CPU.

16. The mobile technology cabinet of claim 11 comprising a power source in the base, the power source being connected to the cabinet by cables that extend from the base to the cabinet.

17. The mobile technology cabinet of claim 16 wherein the cables extend through collapsible channel such that the cables are substantially stationary as the cabinet is moved between the raised position and the lowered position.

18. A method of operating a mobile cabinet comprising:

storing a monitor and a work platform in a cabinet with the work platform in a compartment arranged in front of the monitor with the work platform and the monitor completely contained in the cabinet;

moving the work platform between a substantially vertical first storage position and a first deployed position to move a monitor support from a second storage position to a second deployed position, a monitor track receiving a first pivot pin that is fixed to the monitor housing and a work platform track receiving a second pivot pin that is fixed to the work platform where the second pivot pin pivotably connects the work platform to the monitor support;

rotating the work platform relative to the cabinet the movement of the work platform between the substantially vertical first storage position and the first deployed position causing one end of the work platform to rise from a first lower position to a second higher position as the work platform rotates from the first storage position to the first deployed position to simultaneously deploy a substantially horizontal work surface and to raise the monitor.