EP2713813A1 - Study/work station - Google Patents

Study/work station

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EP2713813A1
EP2713813A1 EP12735952.9A EP12735952A EP2713813A1 EP 2713813 A1 EP2713813 A1 EP 2713813A1 EP 12735952 A EP12735952 A EP 12735952A EP 2713813 A1 EP2713813 A1 EP 2713813A1
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study
tube
work
plane
support structure
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Egidio GIACOMETTI
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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
    • A47B41/00—School desks or tables
    • A47B41/02—Adjustable, inclinable, sliding or foldable desks tops
    • 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
    • A47B9/00—Tables with tops of variable height
    • A47B9/14—Tables with tops of variable height with pins coacting with holes

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  • the present invention relates to a study/work station.
  • a study/work station for pre-school and school age children; other applications, for example in work or domestic settings for adult users, are also possible and fall within the scope of the present invention.
  • the present invention is also related to a method for adjusting a study/work station as a function of the characteristics of the user.
  • Such problems are not limited to the school age population or to scholastic set- tings, but are also present in work and domestic environments, given the morphological differences from one person to the next.
  • the task of the present finding is therefore to obtain a study/work station which overcomes the problems of the devices of known type.
  • one object of the present finding is to obtain a study/work station which is easily adaptable to the morphological differences of a plurality of users.
  • Another object of the present finding is to provide a study/work station that can be easily correlated with the physical structure of the user.
  • Still another object of the present finding is to provide a study/work station which can be easily adapted to the variations of a user's morphological structure over time.
  • the present invention is therefore related to a study/work station that is characterized in that it comprises a study/work desk/table comprising a first abutment base, a first support structure, and a study/work plane, said first support structure comprising a first device for adjusting the height of said study/work plane and a second device for adjusting the tilt of said study/work plane, said first adjustment device also being associated with a first graduated reference scale of predefined heights of said study/work plane correctable with first anthropomor- phic parameters of a user of said study/work station.
  • the height of the desk can be easily adapted to the structure of the child intended to use it.
  • such height can be easily varied as a function of the growth of the child himself.
  • the study/work plane comprises a study/work surface and a third support structure for said study/work surface, said study/work surface being hinged along a first side to said third support structure and hinged, along a second side opposite the first side, to said second tilt adjustment device.
  • said first support structure comprises a first and a second tube associated with said first abutment base, and a third and a fourth tube tele- scopically slidable with respect to said first and second tube and constrained to said study/work plane, the sliding of said third and fourth tube with respect to said first and second tube causing a variation of the height of said study/work plane into pre-established positions with reference to said first graduated scale.
  • said second tilt adjustment device preferably comprises a fifth and a sixth tube telescopically slidable with respect to said third and fourth tube and hinged to said study/work surface, the sliding of said fifth and sixth tube with respect to said third and fourth tube causing a variation of the tilt of said study/work surface into pre-established positions.
  • said second adjustment device comprises a handle hinged on said first support structure and comprising a first and a second pin adapted to be coupled with corresponding holes present in said fifth and sixth tube at pre- established distances along the same, said handle being movable between a first lock position in which said pins engage said holes, locking the movement of said fifth and sixth tube, and a second release position in which said pins are disengaged from said holes, allowing the movement of said fifth and sixth tube with consequent variation of the tilt of said study/work surface.
  • said handle advantageously has a hole for accessing an adjustment head of said first height adjustment device, the actuation of said adjustment head causing a sliding of said third and fourth tube with respect to said first and second tube with consequent variation of the height of said study/work plane into pre-established positions with reference to said first graduated scale.
  • a particularly preferred embodiment of the study/work station according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a sitting station comprising a second abutment base, a second support structure, a sitting plane comprising a seat, a support structure for a back, said second support structure comprising a third device for adjusting the height of said sitting plane associated with a third graduated reference scale of predefined heights of said sitting plane correctable with third anthropomorphic parameters of user of said study/work station, said sitting plane comprising a fourth device for adjusting the depth of said seat associated with a fourth graduated reference scale of predefined depths of said seat correctable with fourth anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station, said support structure for a back comprising a fifth device for adjusting the height of said back associated with a fifth graduated reference scale of predefined heights of said back correctable with fifth anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station.
  • said second support structure preferably comprises a seventh tube associated with said second abutment base, and an eighth tube telescopically slidable with respect to said seventh tube and constrained to said sitting plane, the sliding of said eighth tube with respect to said seventh tube causing a variation of the height of said sitting plane into pre-established positions with refer- ence to said third graduated scale.
  • said back is slidably mounted on said sitting plane, the actuation of said fourth depth adjustment device for said back causing a substantially horizontal sliding of said back with respect to said sitting plane into pre- established positions with reference to said fourth graduated scale.
  • said back is slidably mounted on said support structure, the actuation of said fifth height adjustment device for said back causing a substantially vertical sliding of said back with respect to said support structure into pre- established positions with reference to said fifth graduated scale.
  • the present invention is also related to a method for adjusting a study/work station as described herein, which is characterized in that it comprises the detection of a first, a third, a fourth and a fifth anthropomorphic parameter of a user, and the adjustment of said first, third, fourth and fifth adjustment device as a function of predefined correlation tables.
  • the dimensions of the study/work station are adapted to the morphological structure of the user in an optimal manner.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a desk/table of a study/work station according to the present invention, in a first operative position
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the desk/table of figure 1 in a second operative position
  • FIG. 3 shows a front view of a first detail of the structure of the desk/table of figure 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective and sectional view of the detail of figure 3;
  • FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a second detail of the structure of the desk/table of figure 1 in a first operative position
  • FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of the detail of figure 5 in a second operative position
  • FIGS. 7a, 7b, and 7c show a perspective view of a chair of a study/work station according to the present invention, respectively in a first, second and third operative position;
  • FIGS. 8a and 8b show a plan view of a chair of a study/work station according to the present invention, respectively in said first/second (fig. 8a) and third (fig. 8b) operative position;
  • FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of a first detail of the structure of a study/work station according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 shows a perspective view of a second detail of the structure of a study/work station according to the present invention
  • - Figure 1 1 shows a perspective and sectional view of a third detail of the structure of a study/work station according to the present invention.
  • an embodiment of a study/work station comprises a study/work desk/table, desig- nated with the reference number 1 in its entirety.
  • the study/work desk 1 comprises a first abutment base 10 for its abutment against the ground, operatively connected to a first support structure 1 1 , and a study/work plane 12.
  • said first support structure 1 1 comprises a first device 1 11 for adjusting the height of said study/work plane 12 and a second device 112 for adjusting the tilt of said study/work plane 12.
  • the first adjustment device 1 11 allows varying the elevation from the ground of the study/work plane 12 while the second adjustment device 112 allows varying the tilt thereof, as illustrated in figures 1 and 2.
  • Another particular characteristic of the desk/table 1 is given by the fact that said first adjustment device 111 is associated with a first graduated reference scale 31 of predefined heights of said study/work plane 12, such heights correlatable with first anthropomor- phic parameters of a user of said study/work station according to a methodology that is better described below.
  • a preferred embodiment of said desk/table 1 provides that said study/work plane 12 comprises a study/work surface 120 and a third support structure 121 for said study/work surface 120.
  • said study/work surface 120 is preferably hinged along a first side (in particular the side turned towards the user) to said third support structure 121 and along a second side, opposite said first side, to said second device 1 2 for adjusting the tilt. In this manner, the tilt variation of the study/work surface 120 with respect to a horizontal plane is facilitated.
  • the first support structure 11 of the desk/table 1 preferably comprises a first 51 and a second 52 tube associated with said first abutment base 10, and a third 53 and a fourth 54 tube telescopically slidable with respect to said first 51 and second 52 tube and constrained to said study/work plane 12.
  • the third and fourth tube 53,54 slide inside the first and second tube 51 ,52.
  • the opposite solution (with the first and second tube respectively inside the third and fourth tube) is also possible.
  • the second tilt adjustment device 1 12 comprises a fifth 55 and a sixth 56 tube telescopically slidable with respect said third 53 and fourth 54 tube and hinged to said study/work surface 120.
  • the sliding of said fifth 55 and sixth 56 tube with respect to said third 53 and fourth 54 tube causes a variation of the tilt of the study/work surface 120 into pre-established positions.
  • the fifth and sixth tube 55,56 slide inside the third and fourth tube 53,54. The opposite solution (with the third and fourth tube respectively inside the fifth and sixth tube) is also possible.
  • a particularly simple and effective embodiment of the second adjustment device 1 12, illustrated in particular in figures 5 and 6, provides for the presence of a handle 60 hinged on the first support structure 1 1 .
  • the handle 60 advantageously comprises a first 61 and a second 62 pin, which are adapted to be coupled with corresponding holes 63 present in said fifth 55 and sixth 56 tube at pre-established distances along the same.
  • said handle 60 is movable between a first lock position (Fig. 5) in which said pins 61 , 62 engage said holes 63, locking the movement of said fifth 55 and sixth 56 tube, and a second release position (Fig. 6) in which said pins 61 , 62 are disengaged from said holes 63, allowing the movement of said fifth 55 and sixth 56 tube with consequent variation of the tilt of said study/work surface 120.
  • a preferred embodiment provides that the handle 60 has a hole 64 for accessing an adjustment head 65 of said first height adjustment device 1 1 1 .
  • said adjustment head 65 By means of the actuation of said adjustment head 65, it is possible to cause, e.g. by means of a worm screw, a sliding of said third 53 and fourth 54 tube with respect to said first 51 and second 52 tube with consequent variation of the height of said study/work plane 12 into pre- established positions with reference to said first graduated scale 31.
  • the height of the study/work plane 12 is brought into a pre-established position with respect to said first graduated scale 31 , said pre-established position being correlated with the optimal height of the study/work plane 12 for a user having those specific anthropomorphic parame- ters.
  • the study/work station advantageously comprises a sitting station 2 comprising a second abutment base 20 for the abutment against the ground.
  • a second support structure 21 is associated with said abutment base 20 and with a sitting plane 22 comprising a seat 220.
  • the sitting station 2 also comprises a support structure 23 for a back 230.
  • said second support structure 21 comprises a third device 1 13-for adjusting the height of said sitting surface 22 which is associated with a third graduated reference scale 33 of predefined heights of said sitting plane 22 correlatable with third anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station.
  • the third adjustment device 1 13 optimizes the height of the sitting plane 22 as a function of specific anthropomorphic parameters of a user.
  • said sitting plane 22 comprises a fourth device 1 14 for adjusting the depth of said seat 220 which is associated with a fourth graduated reference scale 34 of predefined depths of said seat 220 correlatable with fourth anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station, while the support structure 23 for a back 230 comprises a fifth device 1 15 for adjusting the height of said back 230 associated with a fifth graduated reference scale 35 of predefined heights of said back 230 correlatable with fifth anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station.
  • said second support structure 21 can advantageously comprise a seventh tube 57 associated with said second abutment base 20, and an eighth tube 58 telescopically slidable with respect to said seventh tube 57 and constrained to said sitting plane 22.
  • said seat 220 is advantageously slidably mounted on said sitting plane 22.
  • the actuation of said fourth device 1 14 for adjusting the depth of said seat 220 e.g. comprising a worm screw, by means of the adjustment head 91 , causes a substantially horizontal sliding of said seat 220 with respect to said sitting plane 22 into pre-established positions with reference to said fourth graduated scale 34.
  • the back 230 can be slidably mounted on said support structure 23.
  • the actuation of said fifth device 1 15 for adjusting the height of said back 230 e.g. by means of the adjustment head 92, causes a substantially vertical sliding of said back 230 with respect to said support structure 23 into pre-established positions with reference to said fifth graduated scale 35.
  • the method for adjusting a study/work station provides that a first, a third, a fourth and a fifth anthropomorphic parameter of a user are detected, and subsequently said first 1 11 , third 1 13, fourth 1 14 and fifth 115 adjustment device are adjusted as a function of predefined correlation tables.
  • the anthropomorphic parameters can be the following: the dis- tance between the ground and the popliteal fossa of a user, with the person standing and without shoes on; the distance between the ground and the gluteal fold, with the person standing and without shoes on; the distance between the surface of the chair and the iliac crest, with the person seated; the distance between the ground and the olecranon tip of the elbow bent 90°, with the person standing and without shoes on.
  • Such parameters can be combined (e.g. summed together or subtracted from each other), providing a series of values correlated with precise references reported on the graduated scales 31-35.
  • the adjustment devices 111-1 15 are actuated in a manner so as to vary the dimensions (heights-depths) of the station as a function of the predetermined correlation between measured/processed values and graduated scales 31-35.
  • the materials with which the seat and the back are made are preferably of soft but not wrap- around type.
  • the adjustment heads 60, 90, 91 , 92 have the same shape, in a manner so as to allow the actuation thereof with a single tool adapted to be coupled with said heads. It should be underlined that the use of a tool for carrying out the adjustment, e.g. by assigned personnel, allows preventing improper or accidental variations of the adjustment by children. Solutions are nevertheless possible, particularly when the study/work station according to the invention is intended for adult users, in which the adjustment heads 60, 90, 91 , 92 are provided with devices (such as knobs or the like) that can be directly and manually actuated by the user.
  • devices such as knobs or the like
  • the technical solutions employed for the study/work station according to the present invention allow fully accomplishing the pre-established tasks and ob- jects.
  • the study/work station thus conceived is extremely versatile as a function of the extensive adjustment possibilities offered.
  • the presence of the graduated scales always allows optimizing the size of the study/work station as a function of the actual anthropomorphic parameters of the actual user.
  • the study/work station of the present invention can also be conveniently applied in work or domestic settings.

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Abstract

A study/work station is described, which is characterized in that it comprises a study/work desk/table (1) comprising a first abutment base (10), a first support structure (11), and a study/work plane (12), said first support structure (11) comprising a first device (111 ) for adjusting the height of said study/work plane (12) and a second device (112) for adjusting the tilt of said study/work plane (12), said first adjustment device (111) also being associated with a first graduated reference scale (31 ) of predefined heights of said study/work plane (12) correlatable with first anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station.

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Study/Work Station
The present invention relates to a study/work station. In particular, to a study/work station for pre-school and school age children; other applications, for example in work or domestic settings for adult users, are also possible and fall within the scope of the present invention. In addition, the present invention is also related to a method for adjusting a study/work station as a function of the characteristics of the user.
It is known that an incorrect position during work or study at a desk or table can cause problems for the user, even serious ones, due to the effects on the mor- phological structure of the user himself. It is therefore important that the dimensions of the work station, and especially of the table and/or chair, are as similar as possible to the structure of the user.
Such problem is particularly important for the stations used in school settings. In such environments, in fact, the size of the tables and chairs are generally the same, at least inside a same class. Considering that in the scholastic population, the individual morphological structure can vary considerably from person to person, the use of study stations (desks and chairs) with defined and standardized size does not allow meeting the needs of everyone from the standpoint of a correct correspondence between the morphological structure of the individual and the size of the stations; consequently, there are problems of correct position and posture at the desk.
In addition, also considering the physical growth of children, even if starting from a hypothetical correspondence between the user's physical structure and the size of the station, over time such correspondence would no longer hold true, with consequent periodic recurrence of the problem.
Such problems are not limited to the school age population or to scholastic set- tings, but are also present in work and domestic environments, given the morphological differences from one person to the next.
Study/work stations are known in which the dimensions, for example the height, of chairs and/or desks or tables can be varied. Nevertheless, the possibilities for adjustment are limited, and they are never correctable to the actual physical structure of the user.
On the basis of these considerations, there clearly emerges the need to provide a study/work station that allows eliminating or reducing to a minimum the abovementioned drawbacks.
The task of the present finding is therefore to obtain a study/work station which overcomes the problems of the devices of known type.
In particular, in the scope of this task, one object of the present finding is to obtain a study/work station which is easily adaptable to the morphological differences of a plurality of users.
Another object of the present finding is to provide a study/work station that can be easily correlated with the physical structure of the user.
Still another object of the present finding is to provide a study/work station which can be easily adapted to the variations of a user's morphological structure over time.
Not the least object of the present finding is to provide a study/work station that is easy to obtain at competitive costs.
The present invention is therefore related to a study/work station that is characterized in that it comprises a study/work desk/table comprising a first abutment base, a first support structure, and a study/work plane, said first support structure comprising a first device for adjusting the height of said study/work plane and a second device for adjusting the tilt of said study/work plane, said first adjustment device also being associated with a first graduated reference scale of predefined heights of said study/work plane correctable with first anthropomor- phic parameters of a user of said study/work station.
In this manner, due to the presence of the first device for adjusting the height of the study/work plane, as well as the presence of said first graduated reference scale of predefined heights of the study/work plane, it is possible to adapt the height of the plane itself to specific anthropomorphic parameters of the user, in a precise and quick manner. For example, in the scope of the same class, the height of the desk can be easily adapted to the structure of the child intended to use it. In addition, over time, such height can be easily varied as a function of the growth of the child himself.
Preferably, the study/work plane comprises a study/work surface and a third support structure for said study/work surface, said study/work surface being hinged along a first side to said third support structure and hinged, along a second side opposite the first side, to said second tilt adjustment device.
Advantageously, said first support structure comprises a first and a second tube associated with said first abutment base, and a third and a fourth tube tele- scopically slidable with respect to said first and second tube and constrained to said study/work plane, the sliding of said third and fourth tube with respect to said first and second tube causing a variation of the height of said study/work plane into pre-established positions with reference to said first graduated scale. In this case, said second tilt adjustment device preferably comprises a fifth and a sixth tube telescopically slidable with respect to said third and fourth tube and hinged to said study/work surface, the sliding of said fifth and sixth tube with respect to said third and fourth tube causing a variation of the tilt of said study/work surface into pre-established positions.
Preferably, said second adjustment device comprises a handle hinged on said first support structure and comprising a first and a second pin adapted to be coupled with corresponding holes present in said fifth and sixth tube at pre- established distances along the same, said handle being movable between a first lock position in which said pins engage said holes, locking the movement of said fifth and sixth tube, and a second release position in which said pins are disengaged from said holes, allowing the movement of said fifth and sixth tube with consequent variation of the tilt of said study/work surface. In this embodiment, said handle advantageously has a hole for accessing an adjustment head of said first height adjustment device, the actuation of said adjustment head causing a sliding of said third and fourth tube with respect to said first and second tube with consequent variation of the height of said study/work plane into pre-established positions with reference to said first graduated scale. A particularly preferred embodiment of the study/work station according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a sitting station comprising a second abutment base, a second support structure, a sitting plane comprising a seat, a support structure for a back, said second support structure comprising a third device for adjusting the height of said sitting plane associated with a third graduated reference scale of predefined heights of said sitting plane correctable with third anthropomorphic parameters of user of said study/work station, said sitting plane comprising a fourth device for adjusting the depth of said seat associated with a fourth graduated reference scale of predefined depths of said seat correctable with fourth anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station, said support structure for a back comprising a fifth device for adjusting the height of said back associated with a fifth graduated reference scale of predefined heights of said back correctable with fifth anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station.
In this case, said second support structure preferably comprises a seventh tube associated with said second abutment base, and an eighth tube telescopically slidable with respect to said seventh tube and constrained to said sitting plane, the sliding of said eighth tube with respect to said seventh tube causing a variation of the height of said sitting plane into pre-established positions with refer- ence to said third graduated scale.
Advantageously, said back is slidably mounted on said sitting plane, the actuation of said fourth depth adjustment device for said back causing a substantially horizontal sliding of said back with respect to said sitting plane into pre- established positions with reference to said fourth graduated scale.
Preferably, said back is slidably mounted on said support structure, the actuation of said fifth height adjustment device for said back causing a substantially vertical sliding of said back with respect to said support structure into pre- established positions with reference to said fifth graduated scale.
The present invention is also related to a method for adjusting a study/work station as described herein, which is characterized in that it comprises the detection of a first, a third, a fourth and a fifth anthropomorphic parameter of a user, and the adjustment of said first, third, fourth and fifth adjustment device as a function of predefined correlation tables.
In this manner, the dimensions of the study/work station are adapted to the morphological structure of the user in an optimal manner.
Further characteristics and advantages of the present invention will be clearer from the description of preferred but not exclusive embodiments, illustrated as an example in the drawing set, in which:
- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a desk/table of a study/work station according to the present invention, in a first operative position;
- Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the desk/table of figure 1 in a second operative position;
- Figure 3 shows a front view of a first detail of the structure of the desk/table of figure 1 ;
- Figure 4 shows a perspective and sectional view of the detail of figure 3;
- Figure 5 shows a perspective view of a second detail of the structure of the desk/table of figure 1 in a first operative position;
- Figure 6 shows a perspective view of the detail of figure 5 in a second operative position;
- Figures 7a, 7b, and 7c show a perspective view of a chair of a study/work station according to the present invention, respectively in a first, second and third operative position;
- Figures 8a and 8b show a plan view of a chair of a study/work station according to the present invention, respectively in said first/second (fig. 8a) and third (fig. 8b) operative position;
- Figure 9 shows a perspective view of a first detail of the structure of a study/work station according to the present invention;
- Figure 10 shows a perspective view of a second detail of the structure of a study/work station according to the present invention; - Figure 1 1 shows a perspective and sectional view of a third detail of the structure of a study/work station according to the present invention.
With reference to the enclosed figures, an embodiment of a study/work station according to the present invention comprises a study/work desk/table, desig- nated with the reference number 1 in its entirety.
The study/work desk 1 comprises a first abutment base 10 for its abutment against the ground, operatively connected to a first support structure 1 1 , and a study/work plane 12.
One of the particular characteristics of the desk/table 1 is given by the fact that said first support structure 1 1 comprises a first device 1 11 for adjusting the height of said study/work plane 12 and a second device 112 for adjusting the tilt of said study/work plane 12.
In other words, the first adjustment device 1 11 allows varying the elevation from the ground of the study/work plane 12 while the second adjustment device 112 allows varying the tilt thereof, as illustrated in figures 1 and 2.
Another particular characteristic of the desk/table 1 , closely associated with the preceding characteristic, is given by the fact that said first adjustment device 111 is associated with a first graduated reference scale 31 of predefined heights of said study/work plane 12, such heights correlatable with first anthropomor- phic parameters of a user of said study/work station according to a methodology that is better described below.
A preferred embodiment of said desk/table 1 provides that said study/work plane 12 comprises a study/work surface 120 and a third support structure 121 for said study/work surface 120. As seen in figure 2, said study/work surface 120 is preferably hinged along a first side (in particular the side turned towards the user) to said third support structure 121 and along a second side, opposite said first side, to said second device 1 2 for adjusting the tilt. In this manner, the tilt variation of the study/work surface 120 with respect to a horizontal plane is facilitated.
Also with reference to figures 3-6, the first support structure 11 of the desk/table 1 preferably comprises a first 51 and a second 52 tube associated with said first abutment base 10, and a third 53 and a fourth 54 tube telescopically slidable with respect to said first 51 and second 52 tube and constrained to said study/work plane 12. In the illustrated embodiment, the third and fourth tube 53,54 slide inside the first and second tube 51 ,52. The opposite solution (with the first and second tube respectively inside the third and fourth tube) is also possible.
In this embodiment, the sliding of said third 53 and fourth 54 tube with respect to said first 51 and second 52 tube causes a variation of the height of said study/work plane 12 into pre-established positions with reference to said first graduated scale 31 . In other words, once specific anthropomorphic parameters of the user are known, the height of the study/work plane 12 is brought to a pre- established value with reference to the first graduated scale 31 by means of the sliding of the third 53 and fourth 54 tube with respect to the first 51 and second 52 tube.
In the illustrated embodiment, the second tilt adjustment device 1 12 comprises a fifth 55 and a sixth 56 tube telescopically slidable with respect said third 53 and fourth 54 tube and hinged to said study/work surface 120. As seen in figure 1 and 2, the sliding of said fifth 55 and sixth 56 tube with respect to said third 53 and fourth 54 tube causes a variation of the tilt of the study/work surface 120 into pre-established positions. In the illustrated embodiment, the fifth and sixth tube 55,56 slide inside the third and fourth tube 53,54. The opposite solution (with the third and fourth tube respectively inside the fifth and sixth tube) is also possible.
A particularly simple and effective embodiment of the second adjustment device 1 12, illustrated in particular in figures 5 and 6, provides for the presence of a handle 60 hinged on the first support structure 1 1 .
The handle 60 advantageously comprises a first 61 and a second 62 pin, which are adapted to be coupled with corresponding holes 63 present in said fifth 55 and sixth 56 tube at pre-established distances along the same.
In addition, said handle 60 is movable between a first lock position (Fig. 5) in which said pins 61 , 62 engage said holes 63, locking the movement of said fifth 55 and sixth 56 tube, and a second release position (Fig. 6) in which said pins 61 , 62 are disengaged from said holes 63, allowing the movement of said fifth 55 and sixth 56 tube with consequent variation of the tilt of said study/work surface 120.
With particular reference to figures 3 and 4, a preferred embodiment provides that the handle 60 has a hole 64 for accessing an adjustment head 65 of said first height adjustment device 1 1 1 . By means of the actuation of said adjustment head 65, it is possible to cause, e.g. by means of a worm screw, a sliding of said third 53 and fourth 54 tube with respect to said first 51 and second 52 tube with consequent variation of the height of said study/work plane 12 into pre- established positions with reference to said first graduated scale 31.
In practice, once specific anthropomorphic parameters of a user are detected, by acting on the adjustment head 65, the height of the study/work plane 12 is brought into a pre-established position with respect to said first graduated scale 31 , said pre-established position being correlated with the optimal height of the study/work plane 12 for a user having those specific anthropomorphic parame- ters.
With reference to figures 7-1 1 , the study/work station according to the invention advantageously comprises a sitting station 2 comprising a second abutment base 20 for the abutment against the ground. A second support structure 21 is associated with said abutment base 20 and with a sitting plane 22 comprising a seat 220. The sitting station 2 also comprises a support structure 23 for a back 230.
In order to optimize the correct use, said second support structure 21 comprises a third device 1 13-for adjusting the height of said sitting surface 22 which is associated with a third graduated reference scale 33 of predefined heights of said sitting plane 22 correlatable with third anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station. In practice, the third adjustment device 1 13 optimizes the height of the sitting plane 22 as a function of specific anthropomorphic parameters of a user.
In addition, said sitting plane 22 comprises a fourth device 1 14 for adjusting the depth of said seat 220 which is associated with a fourth graduated reference scale 34 of predefined depths of said seat 220 correlatable with fourth anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station, while the support structure 23 for a back 230 comprises a fifth device 1 15 for adjusting the height of said back 230 associated with a fifth graduated reference scale 35 of predefined heights of said back 230 correlatable with fifth anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station.
In practice, with reference to figures 7a and 7b, by acting on the third 1 13, fourth 1 14, and fifth 1 15 adjustment device it is possible to vary the sitting height, the depth of the seat and the height of the back as illustrated in said figures, as a function of the morphological characteristics of the user.
It is also possible to provide for the possibility to rotate the sitting surface around a vertical axis, as illustrated in figures 7c and 8a-8b.
With reference to figures 9-1 1 , said second support structure 21 can advantageously comprise a seventh tube 57 associated with said second abutment base 20, and an eighth tube 58 telescopically slidable with respect to said seventh tube 57 and constrained to said sitting plane 22.
The longitudinal sliding of said eighth tube 58 with respect to said seventh tube 57 causes a variation of the height of said sitting plane 22 into pre-established positions with reference to said third graduated scale 33, said sliding being able to be produced, e.g. by means of a worm screw, by acting on the actuation head 90 (fig. 10 and 1 1 ).
In addition, the rotation of said eighth tube 58 with respect to the seventh tube 57 causes the rotation of the sitting plane illustrated in figures 7c and 8a-8b. With reference to figure 9, said seat 220 is advantageously slidably mounted on said sitting plane 22. In this case, the actuation of said fourth device 1 14 for adjusting the depth of said seat 220, e.g. comprising a worm screw, by means of the adjustment head 91 , causes a substantially horizontal sliding of said seat 220 with respect to said sitting plane 22 into pre-established positions with reference to said fourth graduated scale 34.
Still with reference to figures 9 and 10, advantageously the back 230 can be slidably mounted on said support structure 23. The actuation of said fifth device 1 15 for adjusting the height of said back 230, e.g. by means of the adjustment head 92, causes a substantially vertical sliding of said back 230 with respect to said support structure 23 into pre-established positions with reference to said fifth graduated scale 35.
In practice, by acting on the various adjustment devices 11 1-1 15 it is possible to perfectly adapt the desk and/or seat to the characteristics of the user.
For such purpose, the method for adjusting a study/work station according to the present invention provides that a first, a third, a fourth and a fifth anthropomorphic parameter of a user are detected, and subsequently said first 1 11 , third 1 13, fourth 1 14 and fifth 115 adjustment device are adjusted as a function of predefined correlation tables.
For example, the anthropomorphic parameters can be the following: the dis- tance between the ground and the popliteal fossa of a user, with the person standing and without shoes on; the distance between the ground and the gluteal fold, with the person standing and without shoes on; the distance between the surface of the chair and the iliac crest, with the person seated; the distance between the ground and the olecranon tip of the elbow bent 90°, with the person standing and without shoes on. Such parameters can be combined (e.g. summed together or subtracted from each other), providing a series of values correlated with precise references reported on the graduated scales 31-35. Once the anthropometric measurements and relative processing have been made, the adjustment devices 111-1 15 are actuated in a manner so as to vary the dimensions (heights-depths) of the station as a function of the predetermined correlation between measured/processed values and graduated scales 31-35.
In order to further improve the ergonomics of the station, the materials with which the seat and the back are made are preferably of soft but not wrap- around type.
Preferably, the adjustment heads 60, 90, 91 , 92 have the same shape, in a manner so as to allow the actuation thereof with a single tool adapted to be coupled with said heads. It should be underlined that the use of a tool for carrying out the adjustment, e.g. by assigned personnel, allows preventing improper or accidental variations of the adjustment by children. Solutions are nevertheless possible, particularly when the study/work station according to the invention is intended for adult users, in which the adjustment heads 60, 90, 91 , 92 are provided with devices (such as knobs or the like) that can be directly and manually actuated by the user.
Even if not illustrated and not described in detail, it is also possible to provide for the presence of a second graduated scale of predefined tilts of the study/work surface 120 associated with said second device 112 for adjusting the tilt of said study/work plane 12, said second scale being correlatable with second anthropomorphic parameters.
The technical solutions employed for the study/work station according to the present invention allow fully accomplishing the pre-established tasks and ob- jects. The study/work station thus conceived is extremely versatile as a function of the extensive adjustment possibilities offered.
At the same time, the presence of the graduated scales always allows optimizing the size of the study/work station as a function of the actual anthropomorphic parameters of the actual user.
While particularly suitable for use in a scholastic setting, given the variety of morphological structures and the rapidity of variations due to the child's physical growth, the study/work station of the present invention can also be conveniently applied in work or domestic settings.
The study/work station thus conceived lends itself to numerous possible vari- ants, all falling within the scope of the present invention. In practice, the materials employed as well as the contingent shapes and sizes can be of any type according to requirements and the state of the art.

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Study/work station characterized in that it comprises a study/work desk/table (1 ) comprising a first abutment base (10), a first support structure
(11 ) , and a study/work plane (12), said first support structure (11 ) comprising a first device (11 1 ) for adjusting the height of said study/work plane (12) and a second device (1 12) for adjusting the tilt of said study/work plane
(12) , said first adjustment device (111 ) also being associated with a first graduated reference scale (31 ) of predefined heights of said study/work plane (12) correlatable with first anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station.
Study/work station according to claim 1 , characterized in that said study/work plane (12) comprises a study/work surface (120) and a third support structure (121 ) for said study/work surface (120), said study/work surface (120) being hinged along a first side to said third support structure (121 ) and along a second side, opposite said first side, to said second tilt adjustment device (112).
Study/work station according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said first support structure (11 ) comprises a first (51 ) and a second (52) tube associated with said first abutment base (10), and a third (53) and a fourth (54) tube telescopically slidable with respect to said first (51 ) and second (52) tube and constrained to said study/work plane (12), the sliding of said third (53) and fourth (54) tube with respect to said first (51 ) and second (52) tube causing a variation of the height of said study/work plane (12) into pre- established positions with reference to said first graduated scale (31 ).
Study/work station according to claim 2 and 3, characterized in that said second tilt adjustment device (1 12) comprises a fifth (55) and a sixth (56) tube telescopically slidable with respect to said third (53) and fourth (54) tube and hinged to said study/work surface (120), the sliding of said fifth (55) and sixth (56) tube with respect to said third (53) and fourth (54) tube causing a variation of the tilt of said study/work surface (120) into pre-established positions.
Study/work station according to claim 4, characterized in that said second adjustment device (112) comprises a handle (60) hinged on said first support structure (11 ) and comprising a first (61 ) and a second (62) pin adapted to be coupled with corresponding holes (63) present in said fifth (55) and sixth (56) tube at pre-established distances along the same, said handle (60) being movable between a first lock position in which said pins (61 , 62) engage said holes (63), locking the movement of said fifth (55) and sixth (56) tube, and a second release position in which said pins (61 , 62) are disengaged from said holes (63), allowing the movement of said fifth (55) and sixth (56) tube with consequent variation of the tilt of said study/work surface (120).
Study/work station according to claim 5, characterized in that said handle (60) has a hole (64) for accessing an adjustment head (65) of said first height adjustment device (111 ), the actuation of said adjustment head (65) causing a sliding of said third (53) and fourth (54) tube with respect to said first (51) and second (52) tube, with consequent variation of the height of said study/work plane (12) into pre-established positions with reference to said first graduated scale (31).
Study/work station according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a sitting station (2) comprising a second abutment base (20), a second support structure (21), a sitting plane (22) comprising a seat (220), a support structure (23) for a back (230), said second support structure (21 ) comprising a third device (113) for adjusting the height of said sitting plane (22) associated with a third graduated reference scale (33) of predefined heights of said sitting plane (22) correctable with third anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station, said sitting plane (22) comprising a fourth device (1 4) for adjusting the depth of said seat (220) associated with a fourth graduated reference scale (34) of predefined depths of said seat (220) correctable with fourth anthropomorphic parameters of a user of said study/work station, said support structure (23) for a back (230) comprising a fifth device (115) for adjusting the height of said back (230) associated with a fifth graduated reference scale (35) of predefined heights of said back (230) correctable with fifth anthropomorphic pa- rameters of a user of said study/work station.
8. Study/work station according to claim 7, characterized in that said second support structure (21 ) comprises a seventh tube (57) associated with said second abutment base (20), and an eighth tube (58) telescopically slidable with respect to said seventh tube (57) and constrained to said sitting plane
(22) , the sliding of said eighth tube (58) with respect to said seventh tube (57) causing a variation of the height of said sitting plane (22) into pre- established positions with reference to said third graduated scale (33).
9. Study/work station according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that said seat (220) is slidably mounted on said sitting plane (22), the actuation of said fourth device (114) for adjusting the depth of said seat (220) causing a substantially horizontal sliding of said seat (220) with respect to said sitting plane (22) into pre-established positions with reference to said fourth graduated scale (34).
10. Study/work station according to any one of the claims from 7 to 9, characterized in that said back (230) is slidably mounted on said support structure
(23) , the actuation of said fifth device (1 15) for adjusting the height of said back (230) causing a substantially vertical sliding of said back (230) with respect to said support structure (23) into pre-established positions with re- spect to said fifth graduated scale (35).
11. Method for adjusting a study/work station according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it detects a first, a third, a fourth and a fifth anthropomorphic parameter of a user and adjusts said first (11 1 ), third (113), fourth (114) and fifth (115) adjustment device as a function of prede- fined correlation tables.
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