Portable motor vehicle work station

• US 6,426,869 B1
• Filed: 10/26/1999
• Issued: 07/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gerald White
• Original Assignee: Gerald White
• Inventors: White, Gerald
• Primary Examiner(s): FEILD, LYNN DIANA
• Application Number:
  US09/427,567
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• Field of Search: 361/683, 108/44, 108/45, 108/42, 312/223.3, 312/235.1, 312/183, 224/275, 224/929
• US Class Current: 361/679.01
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/001 of tables or trays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1628 Carrying enclosures containing additional elements, e.g. case for a laptop and a printer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/929 Article carrier for electrical device

Abstract

The present invention is a portable work station which is designed to be used in motor vehicles. The work station is a cabinet which is capable of being secured to a passenger seat of the motor vehicle, preferably by an attached securing means. There is provided a computer tray which is adapted to be releasable attachable to the work surface of the work station and capable of being received within the interior of the work station. An alternate embodiment of the present invention provides a computer tray which is attached to an articulated cantilever system which, when the lid to the main compartment is opened, projects and presents the computer tray and any computer which is secured thereon.

Claims

1. A portable work station for use in a motor vehicle comprising:

a) a cabinet which has an interior chamber and a pivotally attached work surface which covers the interior chamber, said cabinet further having a securing structure which is adapted to secure the cabinet to a motor vehicle seat, said cabinet further having a secondary storage compartment located at a back section of the cabinet, said cabinet further having;

i) a bottom portion,

ii) a base having a front end and a back end, said back end being fixed to the bottom portion of the cabinet, said front end further comprising an adjustable portion, said adjustable portion being substantially perpendicular to said base,

iii) said cabinet having a front section, said adjustable portion being slideably engaged with said front section of said cabinet such that the angle of the cabinet with respect to the base may be adjustable; and

b) a cantilever arm system attached to the interior chamber and is further attached to a support tray, said cantilever arm system further having a pair of arm mechanisms, one for each of a front and back side of the support tray, said cantilever arm systems further having a lid arm which is attached at a first end to a bottom surface of the work surface and pivotally attached at a second end to a first end of a push arm, a second end of the push arm being pivotally attached to the support tray, a hydraulic arm which is pivotally attached at a first end to the interior chamber and pivotally attached at a second end to the support tray, and a support arm which is pivotally attached to the support tray and extends and attaches to a mid-portion of the hydraulic arm; and

c) a computer tray which is attached to the support tray by a pair of bearing race tracks,

whereby when the work surface taken from a closed position to an open position, the support tray is force upward and outward by the cantilever arm system, and the computer tray is extendible outward by the pair of bearing race tracks.

2. The portable work station of claim 1 in combination with a portable computer.

3. The portable work station of claim 2 wherein said portable computer may rest on the cabinet and be secured to said cabinet with Velcro material.