EP1588647A1 - Anordnung zur Halterung von Gegenständen - Google Patents

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EP1588647A1
EP1588647A1 EP04101681A EP04101681A EP1588647A1 EP 1588647 A1 EP1588647 A1 EP 1588647A1 EP 04101681 A EP04101681 A EP 04101681A EP 04101681 A EP04101681 A EP 04101681A EP 1588647 A1 EP1588647 A1 EP 1588647A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B21/00—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
    • A47B21/03—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards with substantially horizontally extensible or adjustable parts other than drawers, e.g. leaves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B2200/00—General construction of tables or desks
    • A47B2200/0011—Underframes
    • A47B2200/002—Legs
    • A47B2200/0021—Tables or desks of the single column type
    • A47B2200/0023—Columnar component for computer, stand or trolley

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  • the invention relates to a system for support objects for interaction with a human comprising an amount intended to rest at one end on a floor, and at least one arm connected to the upright and able to support at least one of the objects.
  • the system can be used for support of one or more hardware elements of a substation work, play or control, such as a monitor or keyboard.
  • the invention also relates to a work comprising a piece of furniture having a worktop.
  • German Patent Application DE 196 42 425 A1 discloses a workstation consisting of a gallows central and holding elements related to this gallows and adjustable in height for the maintenance of various units functionalities of a data processing system.
  • the different holding elements or arms are pivoting or turns and the gallows rests on the ground via a foot.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a system which at least partially solves the problems of the state of the technique, and in particular a lighter system, more stable, and more convenient to use, in a certain measured.
  • the system according to the invention is characterized in that it further comprises means for fixing able to fix the system to an independent furniture of the system; the at least one arm being able to move by relative to the furniture once the system is fixed to the furniture.
  • the system according to the invention once fixed at furniture, is more stable, less expensive and more practical to a certain extent. Indeed, the system being kept in equilibrium, in a position given, thanks to the means of fixation, it is no longer necessary to provide with the system a massive foot necessary to stabilize the whole both from the point of view of the location of the center of gravity (stability static) and from the point of view of efforts and shaking inevitable engendered by the user when interacting mechanically with the elements supported by the set (dynamic stability), for example when moving a arm or when pressing successively the keys of a keyboard supported by the system.
  • the system according to the invention is also lighter and the transport of the parts that constitute it is by therefore less expensive.
  • the system according to the invention is able to attach to a piece of furniture, for example an office, and allows the user, for example from a computer, to sit at his desk and use this one at his convenience.
  • An object of the invention is also to provide a workstation more convenient to use.
  • the workstation comprising a piece of furniture having a worktop, is characterized in that it comprises in In addition to a system as described previously, the system being fixed to the furniture by the fixing means of the system.
  • the user can pass successively, quickly and easily, according to your needs, wishes or moods, use at his office from a computer to a use of his office to others purposes, whether for example to take the pen or the pencil and a sheet of paper (without being bothered by clutter of computer equipment), to drink a coffee (without risk of spilling it on the material computer) or even to receive one or more clients (without his visibility being hampered by his material computer science).
  • system according to the invention and the workstation according to the invention allow an extension office surface, easy, convenient and fast, and offers the possibility of flexible use of equipment computers, without these permanently flooding the office surface, and without these being excluded permanently.
  • the system according to the invention makes it possible to have, for example, the different elements of a computer system vertically, on a minimum floor space, and thus allows "saving square meters' of office surface.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic perspective view rider of a particular embodiment of the system 2 according to the invention when it is attached to a piece of furniture 16 (only shown in the drawing by the plan of dotted work).
  • System 2 includes an amount 4 provided at one end 6 with a base 8 (not essential).
  • three arms 15, two of which are each composed of two articulated segments 14 (represented in the part superior of the drawing), are fixed by means of sleeves 10 to the amount 4.
  • means of 12 constituted in this particular embodiment of a vise 12 clamping, come subject the system 2 and in particular the amount 4 to furniture 16 by via a sleeve 10 disposed around the upright 4.
  • FIG. 1 shows three arms 15, two of which articulated as explained above, respectively from below upstairs firstly for the support of a CPU, commonly called housing or tower, secondly for the support of a monitor or monitor and a keyboard and thirdly for the support of a display 22 for documents or briefcase, which can also be a phone support.
  • the plate 24 is intended for support of the central unit, the plate 18 is intended for monitor support and the tray 20 is for support of a keyboard.
  • two double arrows are shown in the drawing of FIG. 1, almost two joints of one of the arms 15 consisting of two segments 14 and intended for the support of a monitor and a keyboard.
  • These arrows illustrate the possibility for segments 14 of rotate around an axis, whether it is the axis of the amount 4 or the axis of articulation of the segments 14 between them, so to allow the user, for example sitting at the office 16, to move the monitor and keyboard by doing pivoting the segments 14 of arms 15.
  • This mechanism allows the user to discard computer equipment to better access the surface 16 or to bring back to him such equipment in order to to interact with them again.
  • Fig. 2 shows an example of sleeve 10 according to the invention, intended to be threaded around the upright 4, by the hollow central portion 30, and acting as a link between the amount 4 and an arm 15, of which a segment 14 is drawn (interrupted).
  • Fig. 3 shows another example of sleeve 10 according to the invention seen from above and radially composed of a part outer 26 for example steel.
  • Fig. 3 additionally shows branches 32 for the passage of any wiring 28 (whose sections in section are represented in hatched patterns) necessary for the correct functioning of supported objects, allowing to easily introduce the cables 28 and maintain them close to the amount 4 so as not to interfere the use of the system 2 according to the invention.
  • This system of branches 32 also has the advantage of being able to insert cables 28, even if they are terminated by large size cards. Pass the cabling 28 by the center of the amount 4 is also possible but can present difficulties of insertion in case of presence of plugs or plugs.
  • the sleeves 10 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 can in besides being provided with means of clamping or holding, such that for example one or more thumbscrews or maintenance, intended to help maintain an arm 15 to a certain height of the amount 4.
  • the arms 15 and sleeves 10 thus offer great freedom in the height arrangement of the arms 15 on the amount 4, for best meet the needs of the user.
  • other systems for securing or holding an arm 15 on the amount 4 can of course be used without deviate from the concept of the invention in question, as example a rail or slide system.
  • Fig. 4 shows an example of plateau 18, a particular embodiment of the system 2 according to the invention, for the support of a monitor, the tray 18 being accompanied by two branches 34 for the support of a keyboard.
  • branches 34 can either serve as a support for the keyboard when used, either serve as a support for the keyboard when it is not used.
  • the user can take the keyboard, put it on his desk 16, use it and put it back on the stand a once the use is complete.
  • Other provisions are of course possible for the support of a keyboard when this one is temporarily not used, whether via the branch 36 in "U" as shown in FIG. 5, or under the monitor, above it or at its side.
  • the at least one arm 15 is able to move relative to the amount 4, thanks to appropriate joints.
  • the at least one arm 15 is not suitable for move relative to the amount 4, but that's the amount 4 himself who is able to move in relation to the ground and furniture 16, for example thanks to joints or appropriate ball bearings.
  • An arm 15 may be able to rotate relative to the amount 4 in a plane perpendicular to the amount 4 (i.e. along an axis substantially parallel to the amount 4). However, it is also possible that an arm 15 can in addition, to move or rotate by rotation in a plane vertical, by radial translation (by a mechanism telescopic for example), by translation in height the amount 4 or a combination of rotations and translations, in some cases particular embodiments of the system 2 according to the invention.
  • system 2 is able to attach itself to the furniture 16 by a point of an arm 15, the fixing means 12 being located on this arm 15.
  • the fastening means 12 are intended and able to be arranged or connected to the amount 4 to a 4 amount place different from the end 6. This configuration ensures good stability.
  • the fastening means 12 are intended and capable of being arranged at a greater distance 30 cm from the end 6 (intended to rest on the ground) of the amount 4. This configuration ensures a better stability again.
  • the means of 12 are intended and able to be arranged or fixed furniture 16 at a height (relative to the ground or by referred to the end 6 of the amount 4 intended to rest on the ground) between 60 cm and 120 cm or between 70 cm and 90 cm cm, in order to be able to attach to this height to the furniture 16 and thus offer a very good stability and ease certain when setting up system 2 (it is not then no need to stoop to fix the amount 4 furniture 16).
  • Heights from 60 cm to 120 cm, and more especially heights from 70 cm to 90 cm correspond to the classic heights of the work plans 16 in relation to the ground, and thus to the heights of the edges of these work plans, where it possible and easy to fix the system 2 according to the invention.
  • system 2 can be a workstation, game, steering, command, surveillance or any other a position-like system in which a interaction with a human being takes place or can take place.
  • System 2 is not originally not intended for presentation or the exhibition of objects for example put on sale, the estate objects support for their presentation or their exposure being indeed very different from the field of support of objects intended for interaction with a human, in particular from the point of view of operational constraints, mobility or implementation.
  • the system 2 according to the invention does not exclude to support in addition to objects intended for interaction, objects purely such as a frame containing a photograph, not directly for active interaction, although this is not the main purpose of System 2 according to the invention.
  • Objects to be supported by the system 2 according to the invention can be any type of equipment computer (whether it is an input equipment data, data visualization or output of data, for example, whether they are wired or wireless or 28) or more generally office wiring, for example a central functional unit of a computer, a tower or a housing, a monitor with flat screen or not, a keyboard, a mouse, a printer, a scanner, a telephone, a modem, a fax machine, a cabinet, a personal information manager (personal information manager or PIM), a webcam, a calculator, a document display 22, a shelf, a paper tray, a footrest, a wrist rest or a lamp.
  • equipment computer whether it is an input equipment data, data visualization or output of data, for example, whether they are wired or wireless or 28
  • office wiring for example a central functional unit of a computer, a tower or a housing, a monitor with flat screen or not, a keyboard, a mouse, a printer, a scanner, a telephone,
  • the system 2 according to the invention allows a cleaning also easier and faster of the work plan of a furniture 16 or an office since less equipment the clutter or no equipment encumber it.
  • the floor on which the amount 4 is intended to rest can for example be the floor of a room.
  • the amount 4 intended to rest on a floor in one end 6 can be for example a column with base 8 or foot, to distribute the weight on the ground, or without foot, and that it can possibly be telescopic, which can to a certain extent facilitate its transport, thanks to its smaller size.
  • Arms 15 and arm segments 14 of system 2 according to the invention can be telescopic or not and can rotate in one or more axes.
  • a arm 15 can be connected to the upright 4 in a fixed manner (the amount 4 itself then can be conceived as fit to rotate relative to furniture 16 via a system of ball bearings for example) or in order to allow rotation on one or two axes, via a ring or a sleeve 10, adjustable in height or not, and able to be tight on the amount 4 by screw for example.
  • there may be one or more arms 15 and these may be provided with a terminal support adapted to the type object to bear.
  • the arms 15 capable of supporting at least one of the objects can be equipped for example with a tray (as per for example those illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 4 and indicated by the reference numbers 18, 20, 22 and 24), a tray with side walls or caisson, a fastener, a hook, a display 22, an inclined plate with a stop groove or a combination of the elements mentioned above.
  • the trays may for example be steel, with or without an intermediate layer more flexible than steel for improve the adhesion of objects.
  • system 2 according to the invention is modular in this sense that the arms 15 can be added or subtracted according to the arrangements desired by the user, a user not being the other, some using lots of computer accessories and some less.
  • the trays can be equipped with a system of adjusting their inclination in relation to the horizontal to compensate for arm flexion due to the weight of the supported objects.
  • the weight of a particular monitor can in effect be important, and require such adjustment.
  • the fastening means 12, able to fix the system 2 to furniture 16 independent of the system 2 can be by example consisting of a vice with screw tightening, optionally integral with a sleeve 10, adjustable in height on the amount 4 and able to be removed, for subject the amount 4 to the furniture 16, or a system fastening by suction or casing.
  • the fixing the amount 4 to furniture 16 can be made at edge of the furniture 16 or the worktop of the furniture 16, on a foot of furniture 16 or any other place thereof.
  • the invention also relates to a post for the work for example characterized in that it includes a system 2 as previously described, and a desk 16, that is to say a piece of furniture 16, the system 2 being fixed at office 16 by the fastening means 12.
  • the invention also relates to a method of workstation work involving use office equipment 16 including a step consisting of to move at least one arm 15 supporting at least one of equipment in such a way as to exclude or one of the equipment a point of the work plan a office 16; the at least one of the office equipment 16 is supported by a system 2 comprising an amount 4 intended to rest at one end 6 on a floor; and the at least one arm 15 connected to the amount 4 and able to support the at least one of the equipment; fastening means 12 able to fix system 2 in office 16; the at least one arm 15 being fit to move relative to the office 16 once the system 2 attached to the office 16.
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FR2931431A1 (fr) * 2008-05-22 2009-11-27 Gilbert Schaeffner Chariot multifonctions

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EP0457957A1 (de) * 1990-05-25 1991-11-27 Helmut Steinhilber Vorrichtung zur Befestigung einer vertikalen Stützsäule an einem Möbelstück
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US5704298A (en) * 1996-04-05 1998-01-06 Haworth, Inc. Computer workstation
DE29808054U1 (de) * 1998-05-05 1998-07-16 Althen Heidrun Dipl Designer Verkettete Schreibtischanordnung
FR2773963A1 (fr) * 1998-01-29 1999-07-30 Bextra Support d'equipements de bureau de type multimedia
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EP0457957A1 (de) * 1990-05-25 1991-11-27 Helmut Steinhilber Vorrichtung zur Befestigung einer vertikalen Stützsäule an einem Möbelstück
DE19539275A1 (de) * 1995-10-21 1997-04-24 Baumann Hans Dr EDV-Stativ
US5704298A (en) * 1996-04-05 1998-01-06 Haworth, Inc. Computer workstation
FR2773963A1 (fr) * 1998-01-29 1999-07-30 Bextra Support d'equipements de bureau de type multimedia
DE29808054U1 (de) * 1998-05-05 1998-07-16 Althen Heidrun Dipl Designer Verkettete Schreibtischanordnung
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WO2009127341A1 (de) 2008-04-06 2009-10-22 Fritz Arendt Modular zusammengesetztes möbelstück
FR2931431A1 (fr) * 2008-05-22 2009-11-27 Gilbert Schaeffner Chariot multifonctions

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