Adjustable height desk with acoustical dome

• US 9,949,562 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2016
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xybix Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Xybix Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Carson, David R., Carson, Barry R., Holan, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): WILKENS, JANET MARIE
• Application Number:
  US15/247,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20170055695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 108 5001, 108 5002, 108147, 52 361, 52 362, 52 27, 312194-196, 3122233
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2021/066 with power or communication connection interface
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/06 characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0071 Booth like
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2220/13 Sound or noise reduction or dampening, e.g. built in via the furniture panels
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/20 Telescopic guides
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/3211 Structures with a vertical rotation axis or the like, e.g. semi-spherical structures
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/8218 soundproof enclosures
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/3235 having a grid frame
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/3294 with a faceted surface

Abstract

A novel workstation incorporating an acoustical dome for increased acoustic and visual privacy for the user. Preferred embodiments include an adjustable height workstation designed to be in electrical and data communication with other workstations, thus optimizing the workstation density in an open working environment without comprising user privacy.

Claims

1. A workstation, comprising;

an adjustable height desk, further comprising a raceway;

a privacy shield, wherein said privacy shield selectively interconnects with said raceway and wherein said privacy shield provides acoustic and visual privacy to the user; and

wherein said privacy shield is an acoustical dome.

2. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said acoustical dome is further comprised of triangular segments.

3. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said raceway further includes a plurality of built-in accessories.

4. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said raceway is mounted on top of the work surface and is adapted to accommodate a multiple circuit electrical distribution system and to permit the use of power strips, wherein said raceway is further adapted to conceal various accessories, wherein said accessories includes at least one of transformers, LED lights, fans, and air purifiers, wherein said raceway is further adapted to maintain access to cables within said raceway.

5. The workstation of claim 4, wherein said raceway further comprises an access door, said access door adapted to allow a user to access the interior of said raceway, wherein said access door is composed of the same material as an interior of said raceway.

6. The workstation of claim 1, wherein an angle of the workstation surface of said workstation is adjustable.

7. The workstation of claim 1, further comprising a modesty shield interconnected to said desk.

8. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said raceway further comprises a track and wherein said privacy shield selectively interconnects with said raceway by being inserted into said track.

9. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said raceway is adapted to allow the workstation to be in at least one of electrical and data communication with a plurality of other workstations, wherein said plurality of workstations will be interconnected using flexible cables, wherein said flexible cables are concealed in said raceway and attached to an underside of said work surfaces at predetermined 30°

intervals.

10. A workstation, comprising:

an adjustable height desk having a work surface bordered by a raceway, said raceway adapted to maintain access to cables within said raceway and to accommodate an electrical distribution system comprising at least one power strip, said raceway configured to conceal from view at least two accessories selected from the group consisting of transformers, LED lights, fans, and air purifiers, said raceway having at least one access door configured to allow a user to access an interior of said raceway; and

an acoustical dome comprised of triangular segments configured to substantially cover at least half of said work surface.

11. The workstation of claim 10, further comprising a modesty shield interconnected to said desk.

12. The workstation of claim 10, wherein said raceway further comprises a track.

13. The workstation of claim 10, wherein said raceway is in electrical communication with a plurality of other workstations, wherein said plurality of workstations are interconnected by cables that are concealed in said raceway and protrude through an underside of said work surface at predetermined intervals.

14. The workstation of claim 10, wherein an angle of the workstation surface of said workstation is adjustable.

15. The workstation as set forth in claim 10, wherein the at least two accessories comprise a LED light and a fan.

16. The workstation as set forth in claim 10, wherein the dome is insulated on an interior side of the dome with sound absorbing material.

17. The workstation as set forth in claim 10, wherein the dome is selectively removable from the work surface and is configured to extend over the raceway.

18. The workstation as set forth in claim 10, wherein said workstation has a temperature control.

19. A workstation, comprising:

an adjustable height desk having a work surface bordered by a raceway, said raceway adapted to maintain access to cables within said raceway and to accommodate an electrical distribution system comprising at least one power strip, said raceway configured to conceal from view at least two accessories selected from the group consisting of transformers, LED lights, fans, and air purifiers, said raceway having at least one access door configured to allow a user to access an interior of said raceway; and

an acoustical dome comprised of triangular segments configured to substantially cover at least half of said work surface, said dome having a border sized to rest in a groove on a periphery of the work surface.