Supporting rack

• US 9,578,960 B1
• Filed: 04/29/2016
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chen-Source Inc.
• Original Assignee: Chen-Source Inc.
• Inventors: Wu, Kuan-Yen
• Primary Examiner(s): Michener, Joshua J
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARNETT, DEVIN K
• Application Number:
  US15/142,503
• Time in Patent Office: 305 Days
• Field of Search: 211/26, 211/186, 211/189, 248/441.1, 248/346.01, 248/346.02, 108/50.01, 108/43, D064061-4065
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/0314 Platforms for supporting office equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/04 characterised by means for holding or fastening typewriters or computer equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0013 Desks with central bearing beams
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0066 Workstations
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 23/001 Trays, e.g. with foldable legs
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 23/04 supported from table, floor or wall
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 47/00 Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements A47B43/00, A47B45/00 take precedence; features for adjusting shelves or partitions A47B57/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 23/06 Serving trays service tables A47B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 23/0608 Lap trays
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 23/0641 provided with a plurality of openings, e.g. for carrying glasses, bottles or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations

Abstract

A supporting rack includes two foot members each including a hollow foot member body, a foot member cover covering the hollow foot member body and two binding members bilaterally and detachably fastened to the hollow foot member body to secure the foot member cover in place, two support members vertically adjustably mounted on the respective foot members and locked by the respective binding members, a tabletop detachably supported on the support members and adjustable with the support members relative to the foot members to the desired elevation and defining a receiving space between the two foot members beneath the bottom wall thereof for accommodating computer keyboard, mouse or other peripheral devices.

Claims

1. A supporting rack, comprising:

two foot members arranged in parallel, each said foot member comprising a hollow foot member body, a foot member cover and two binding members fastened to said hollow foot member body to secure said foot member cover to said hollow foot member body, said hollow foot member body comprising a plurality of mounting slots transversely located in a top wall thereof, an accommodation chamber defined therein and an opening defined in an inner lateral side thereof in communication with said accommodation chamber, said foot member cover being adapted for covering said opening of said hollow foot member body, said foot member cover comprising a cover base inserted through said opening into said accommodation chamber and a plurality of locating blocks symmetrically extended from two opposite lateral sides of said cover base at different elevations and engaged into the inside of said hollow foot member body, said two binding members being detachably fastened to said hollow foot member body at two opposite sides to secure said foot member cover to said hollow foot member body;

two support members vertically adjustably mounted on the respective said foot members, each said support member comprising a base panel suspended above the associating said support member, a plurality of mounting portions located at said base panel, two legs respectively and perpendicularly extended from two opposite ends of said base panel and respectively removably inserted through said mounting slots of said hollow foot member body of the respective said foot member into the associating said accommodation chamber, and two locating tips respectively inwardly extended from respective distal ends of said legs and selectively stoppable at an inner bottom wall of said hollow foot member body of the associating said foot member or one respective said locating block of said foot member cover of the associating said foot member; and

a tabletop detachably fastened to said support members in horizontal, said tabletop comprising a plurality of mating mounting portions bilaterally and symmetrically located on a bottom wall thereof and respectively detachably fastened to said mounting portions of said support members, said tabletop defining a receiving space between said two foot members beneath the bottom wall thereof.

2. The supporting rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein said hollow foot member body of each said foot member further comprises a plurality of locating holes located in the associating said accommodation chamber;

said foot member cover of each said foot member further comprises a plurality of through holes respectively defined in the locating blocks of the cover base thereof and respectively affixed to said locating holes of the associating said hollow foot member body with screws.

3. The supporting rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said foot member further comprises a first positioning unit located in said accommodation chamber of the said hollow foot member body thereof, and a second positioning unit located at each said binding member for fastening to said first positioning unit to secure the respective said foot member cover and the respective said hollow foot member body together.

4. The supporting rack as claimed in claim 3, wherein said first positioning unit comprises a plurality of mounting screw holes located in a bottom wall of said accommodation chamber;

said second positioning unit comprises a plurality of mounting through holes respectively fastened to the respective said mounting screw holes with respective screws.

5. The supporting rack as claimed in claim 3, wherein said first positioning unit comprises a plurality of plug holes symmetrically disposed at two opposite lateral sides in the associating said accommodation chamber;

said second positioning unit comprises a plurality of plug rods respectively press-fitted into the respective said plug holes.

6. The supporting rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein said foot member cover of each said foot member comprises a protruding block protruded from an outer wall thereof;

the supporting rack further comprises a shelf mountable on said protruding blocks of said two foot members for holding things beneath said tabletop, a U-shaped holder member fastened to an outer wall of said hollow foot member body of one said foot member, said U-shaped holder member defining therein a holding chamber, a circuit module mounted in said accommodation chamber of said hollow foot member body of the other said foot member, and a plurality of electrical jacks mounted in said hollow foot member body of the other said foot member and electrically connected to said circuit module.

7. The supporting rack as claimed in claim 6, wherein said hollow foot member body of the other said foot member comprises a plurality of engagement holes;

said holder member comprises a plurality of engagement blocks respectively press-fitted into the respective said engagement holes of the other said foot member.

8. The supporting rack as claimed in claim 6, wherein one said electrical jack is a power jack.

9. The supporting rack as claimed in claim 6, wherein at least one said electrical jack is a USB jack.

10. The supporting rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mounting portions of said support members are mounting through holes;

said mating mounting portions of said tabletop are mounting screw holes respectively fastened to said mounting through holes of said support members with respective screws.