CA1106895A - Universal computer terminal mount and desk - Google Patents

Universal computer terminal mount and desk

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CA1106895A
CA1106895A CA343,095A CA343095A CA1106895A CA 1106895 A CA1106895 A CA 1106895A CA 343095 A CA343095 A CA 343095A CA 1106895 A CA1106895 A CA 1106895A
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work surface
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Malcolm B. Mcintosh
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B21/00Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
    • A47B21/007Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards with under-desk displays, e.g. displays being viewable through a transparent working surface of the table or desk
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47BTABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B21/00Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
    • A47B21/007Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards with under-desk displays, e.g. displays being viewable through a transparent working surface of the table or desk
    • A47B2021/0076Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards with under-desk displays, e.g. displays being viewable through a transparent working surface of the table or desk the screen being incorporated in the desk top

Abstract

ABSTRACT
A desk configuration in which the visual display unit and keyboard of a computer terminal are stored beneath the work surface thereof so as to provide maximum work space on the desk top, while providing optimum viewing of the visual display by utilizing otherwise unused space beneath the desk.
The unit is slidable from the storage position to an operating position in which the keyboard is extended out from beneath the desk and the visual display unit is visible through a transparent window in the work surface. Preferably the entire slidable unit is in the form of a moulded plastics shell having adjustable friction pads to hold and adjust the visual display unit.

Description

689s This invention relates to a desk configuration having a computer terminal mount operatively associated therewith.
Office desks incorporating stationary organizers, calculating machines, typewriters and the like are well known in the art. Numerous slidable units to carry type-writers, filing cabinets and the like in office desks have also been suggested, generally designed so that the type-writer or other equipment can be slid from an operable extended position external of the desk to an inoperable or retracted storage position within the framework of the desk.
Generally the storage position is designed so as to provide a maximum of knee space under the working surface of the desk.
Modern offices are making increasing use of computers and relatively small compact computer terminals have become common articles of office impedimenta and accessability thereto and storage thereof has become a matter of consider-able concern. A computer terminal differs from such equipment as a typewriter because it not only has a keyboard, in common with the typewriter, for access to the computer, but also has a visual display unit from which to read computer results.
Generally, but not essentially, the keyboard unit is detached from the visual display unit and generally smaller than the display unit. It is only used in conjunction with the display unit. Thus, when the keyboard is in its storage position the visual display is also in its storage position.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a desk configuration having a computer terminal operatively associated therewith.

~k ~'106895 Thus, by one aspect of the present invention there is provided a desk configuration comprising:
(a) a planar work surface portion having spaced longitudinal front and rear edges;
(b) means supporting said work surface portion; and (c) frame means, supported beneath said work surface for slidable movement between a storage position adjacent said front edge and an operative position adjacent said rear edge, for adjustably supporting a computer terminal visual display unit and keyboard therefor, such that said display unit and keyboard are located entirely beneath said work surface when said frame is in said storage position and said keyboard extends rearwardly from said work surface when said frame is in said operative position; and wherein at least a portion of said work surface is transparent so as to provide visual access to said visual display unit when said frame means is in said operative position.
The invention will be described in more detail here-inafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a desk configuration according to one embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a side view, partly in section, taken along II-II of Figure 3, of the embodiment shown in Figure l; and Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the embodi-ment shown in Figure 1.
As seen in Figure 1, a conventional office-type desk 10 is provided with a planar work top 11 supported by upstanding end portions 12 and 13 respectively and a modesty .' :'' ' ' .:

--- ~106895 board 14. At least a portion of the planar work top 11 is transparent in order to be able to view a visual display unit 15, such as a cathode ray tube of any known and conven-tional design, mounted therebelow as described in more detail h~!r~l~ldft~l.
Preferably a transparent panel 16 is provided in work top 11, although it will be appreciated that the entire work top 11 may be fabricated in a transparent material if desired.
A pair of parallel slide members 17, 18 are mounted on opposite sides of a terminal mount frame means 20 and adapted to receive slide means 19, such as rollers, mounted on the underside of work top 11, in such a manner that frame 20 can slide between an operative extended position as shown in solid lines in Figure 2 and a storage position, shown in phantom in Figure 2. Slide members 17,18 and slide means 19 may be of any conventional design and may comprise sliding abutting surfaces or a sliding surface and cooperating roller or wheel means, known per se. It will be appreciated that the location of slide members 17, 18 and slide means 19 is a matter of choice and may be reversed if desired, i.e. the slide members 17, 18 may be mounted on the underside of work top 11 and slide means 19 on opposite sides of terminal mount frame means 20.
The frame 20 may comprise a plurality of wooden or metallic lattic frame members secured to each other in conventional manner or, preferably, a prefabricated substantially rectangular shell (as seen in plan view and front elevation) having suit-ably smoothly rounded corners 21 and a rectangular rearwardly facing extension 22, as seen in Figure 2. The prefabricated shell may conveniently be moulded in a thermoplastic or ;

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thermosetting plastics material and may be reinforced with a fibrous material such as glass fibre. Adjustable pads 23 and 24 are mounted on opposite sides of the shell or frame 20 to clampingly hold and support the visual display unit 15 at any desired height and angle relative to the work top 11. In a preferred embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, bracket 25 is secured to the rear of the extension 22 for vertical adjustment relative thereto, to carry a detachable keyboard 26 for the computer terminal. It will, of course, be appreciated that, particularly in instances where height adjustment is not required or necessary, bracket 25 may be integrally formed with the shell moulding or be an integral part of the frame 20.
~ hen it is required to use the computer terminal it is a simple matter for the operator to pull the keyboard 26 out to the extended position shown in Figures 1 and 2, thus moving the display unit screen 27 to a position where it can be optimally viewed through transparent panel 16 in the work top 11 while affording an uncluttered work surface and utilizing otherwise unused space beneath the desk. Upon completion of the computation or the like, the keyboard and the frame can be pushed into the rest or storage position thereby affording a conventional desk.

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Claims (10)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A desk configuration comprising:
(a) a planar work surface portion having spaced longitudinal front and rear edges;
(b) means supporting said work surface portion; and (c) frame means, supported beneath said work surface for slidable movement between a storage position adjacent said front edge and an operative position adjacent said rear edge, for adjustably supporting a computer terminal visual display unit and keyboard therefor, such that said display unit and keyboard are located entirely beneath said work surface when said frame is in said storage position and said keyboard extends rearwardly from said work surface when said frame is in said operative position; and wherein at least a portion of said work surface is trans-parent so as to provide visual access to said visual display unit when said frame means is in said operative position.
2. A desk as claimed in claim 1 wherein said work surface includes a transparent panel in flush planar relation thereto to provide said visual access to said display unit.
3. A desk as claimed in claim 1 including means mounted on an underside face of said work surface, and cooperating with means secured to said frame means to provide said slidable movement.
4. A desk as claimed in claim 3 wherein said means mounted on the underside of said work surface comprises roller means, and said means on said frame means comprises slide channel means.
5. A desk as claimed in claim 3 wherein said means mounted on the underside of said work surface comprises slide channel means and said means on said frame means comprises roller means.
6. A desk as claimed in claim 1 wherein said frame means comprises a fibre reinforced moulded plastics shell having an aperture in a surface thereof adjacent said work surface to provide visual access therethrough.
7. A desk as claimed in claim 6 wherein said shell is substantially rectangular in shape.
8. A desk as claimed in claim 6 or 7 wherein said shell includes means to clampingly and adjustably secure said display unit in said shell.
9. A desk as claimed in claim 6 including bracket means on said shell to support said keyboard.
10. A desk as claimed in claim 9 wherein said bracket means includes means to adjust the vertical height thereof relative to said work surface.
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WO1986006575A1 (en) * 1985-05-10 1986-11-20 Johannes Rittel Display screen table
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US5699744A (en) * 1990-10-11 1997-12-23 Nova Solutions, Inc. Adjustable monitor support for flat monitors
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WO1985003035A1 (en) * 1984-01-16 1985-07-18 Roy Jeremy Lahr Splittable keyboard for word processing, typing and other information input systems
USRE34266E (en) * 1984-02-16 1993-06-01 Work station with underdesk display
EP0176521A1 (en) * 1984-02-16 1986-04-09 Engineered Data Products Inc Work station with underdesk display.
EP0176521A4 (en) * 1984-02-16 1987-01-22 Engineered Data Products Inc Work station with underdesk display.
US4755009A (en) * 1985-04-05 1988-07-05 Engineered Data Products, Inc. Work station apparatus for word processing equipment
WO1986006575A1 (en) * 1985-05-10 1986-11-20 Johannes Rittel Display screen table
FR2650740A1 (en) * 1989-08-10 1991-02-15 Lesbordes Dominique System enabling a television screen to be fitted into a desk
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US5290099A (en) * 1990-10-11 1994-03-01 Nova Manufacturing & Assembly, Inc. Adjustable monitor support
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US5125727A (en) * 1990-10-11 1992-06-30 Nova Office Furniture, Inc. Adjustable monitor support assembly
US5964164A (en) * 1990-10-11 1999-10-12 Nova Solutions, Inc. Adjustable monitor support for flat monitors
US5408939A (en) * 1990-10-11 1995-04-25 Nova Manufacturing & Assembly, Inc. Adjustable monitor support
US5699744A (en) * 1990-10-11 1997-12-23 Nova Solutions, Inc. Adjustable monitor support for flat monitors
US5377951A (en) * 1991-10-18 1995-01-03 Engineered Data Products, Inc. Adjustable computer workstation assembly and method therefore
US5410972A (en) * 1992-05-19 1995-05-02 Nova Manufacturing & Assembly, Inc. Adjustable monitor suspending assembly
US5572935A (en) * 1992-05-19 1996-11-12 Nova Solutions, Inc. Adjustable monitor suspending assembly
US5368377A (en) * 1992-11-16 1994-11-29 Continental Engineering Group, Inc. Flip-top computer workstation
WO1994018866A1 (en) * 1993-02-26 1994-09-01 Nova Manufacturing & Assembly, Inc. Adjustable monitor support
WO1995010205A1 (en) * 1993-10-12 1995-04-20 Nova Manufacturing & Assembly, Inc. Improved adjustable monitor support
US6170926B1 (en) 1995-04-19 2001-01-09 Fay D. Roberts Trapezoidal hidden-monitor computer desk modules and assemblies thereof
US6033045A (en) * 1995-04-19 2000-03-07 Fay D. Roberts Trapezoidal hidden-monitor computer desk modules and assemblies thereof
US5544594A (en) * 1995-05-31 1996-08-13 Nova Manufacturing & Assembly, Inc. Adjustable monitor support assembly
US5740743A (en) * 1995-05-31 1998-04-21 Nova Solutions, Inc. Preparation of monitor viewing apertures in a work station
US6019051A (en) * 1995-05-31 2000-02-01 Nova Solutions, Inc. Liner sleeve for monitor viewing aperture in a work station
US5655823A (en) * 1995-05-31 1997-08-12 Nova Solutions, Inc. Adjustable monitor support assembly
US6092883A (en) * 1995-05-31 2000-07-25 Nova Solutions, Inc. Work station for flat monitors
US5651594A (en) * 1995-05-31 1997-07-29 Nova Solutions, Inc. Work station for use with flat monitors
US6152046A (en) * 1995-05-31 2000-11-28 Nova Solutions, Inc. Liner sleeve for monitor viewing
US5597218A (en) * 1995-05-31 1997-01-28 Nova Manufacturing & Assembly, Inc. Monitor support structure for tilt angle adjustment
US5662395A (en) * 1995-06-07 1997-09-02 Nova Solutions, Inc. Underdesk computer desk structure with antireflecting viewing window
US6012694A (en) * 1998-01-27 2000-01-11 Sullivan Construction Company Monitor suspension system
FR2823428A1 (en) 2001-04-11 2002-10-18 Philippe Landa Work station serving as both a desk and design table has a rotating glass table element that can be positioned horizontally or inclined thus saving space by having a dual purpose
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