WO1999008566A1 - Support d'accessoires de bureau - Google Patents

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WO1999008566A1
WO1999008566A1 PCT/AU1998/000636 AU9800636W WO9908566A1 WO 1999008566 A1 WO1999008566 A1 WO 1999008566A1 AU 9800636 W AU9800636 W AU 9800636W WO 9908566 A1 WO9908566 A1 WO 9908566A1
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desk
abutment
abutment means
accessory
accessory support
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PCT/AU1998/000636
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Michael John Cotterill
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Cotterill Michael J
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Priority claimed from AUPO8525A external-priority patent/AUPO852597A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8627A external-priority patent/AUPO862797A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8632A external-priority patent/AUPO863297A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPP0949A external-priority patent/AUPP094997A0/en
Application filed by Cotterill Michael J filed Critical Cotterill Michael J
Priority to AU87197/98A priority Critical patent/AU735153B2/en
Priority to US09/485,554 priority patent/US6527235B1/en
Publication of WO1999008566A1 publication Critical patent/WO1999008566A1/fr

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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
    • A47B21/0371—Platforms for supporting wrists
    • 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
    • A47B17/00—Writing-tables
    • A47B17/03—Writing-tables with substantially horizontally extensible or adjustable parts other than drawers, e.g. leaves
    • A47B17/033—Writing-tables with substantially horizontally extensible or adjustable parts other than drawers, e.g. leaves with parts added to the original furniture to enlarge its surface
    • 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
    • A47B21/0314—Platforms for supporting office equipment
    • 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
    • A47B37/00—Tables adapted for other particular purposes
    • A47B2037/005—Tables specially adapted for laboratories
    • 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
    • A47B2200/0084—Accessories for tables or desks
    • A47B2200/0085—Supplementary support fixed on the edge of a desk or table

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  • TITLE A DESK ACCESSORY SUPPORT
  • the present invention relates to means for supporting a keyboard, a VDU
  • the invention has been developed primarily for use with an office desk or work
  • the keyboard to be placed on the keyboard platform is generally associated with
  • monitor supports tend to occupy an excessive desk
  • the support including:
  • a first abutment means adapted to abut the upper surface
  • a second abutment means adapted to abut the lower surface; a connection means for coupling the first and second abutment means whereby
  • connection means is disposed adjacent to an edge of the desktop and the
  • first and second abutment means co-operatively grip the desktop
  • At least one accessory bearing means coupled to the first or second abutment
  • the first abutment means includes a substantially upper planar
  • connection means includes a planar portion extending between the
  • connection means is disposed to
  • abutment means spans the region defined by the connection means and the portion of
  • first and second abutment means include substantially parallel
  • the first abutment means includes a substantially planar upper fin
  • the second abutment means includes a bent planar lower fin having a first portion
  • connection means adjacent the connection means and extending away from both the connection means
  • connection means and the first portion
  • two abutment means extend away from the edge of the desktop and along at least a
  • the grip is a resilient clamping grip and the first and second abutment
  • the grip is an engaging grip.
  • first and second abutment means are substantially rectangular.
  • first and second abutment means are plates.
  • first and second abutment means are releasably connected
  • first and second abutment means are integrally formed plates.
  • the at least one accessory bearing means is coupled to the first or
  • second abutment means at a distance away from the desk edge.
  • an accessory bearing means is coupled to the second
  • abutment means by a cantilevered coupling extending from the second abutment
  • the cantilevered coupling includes a linkage assembly extending from
  • the cantilevered coupling allows adjustment of one of the position or
  • the linkage assembly is a pantograph assembly.
  • the bracket assembly presses at least a portion of the
  • second abutment means further into abutment with the lower surface when the
  • accessory bearing means is loaded with an accessory, and communicates the load to the first abutment means via a fulcrum at the edge of the desk pulling at least a portion
  • an accessory bearing means is
  • first abutment means and in use in a direction away from the desk edge.
  • the cantilevered coupling includes a post extending from the first
  • the desk accessory support further includes at least a second
  • accessory bearing means mounted to the post.
  • the cantilevered coupling includes a linkage assembly extending from
  • bracket assembly mounted to the first abutment means.
  • the cantilevered coupling allows adjustment of at least one of the
  • the linkage assembly is a pantograph assembly.
  • the bracket assembly presses at least a portion of the
  • first abutment means further into abutment with the upper surface when the accessory
  • bearing means is loaded with an accessory, and communicates the load to the second
  • an accessory bearing means is
  • the pedestal is also adapted to abut at least a portion of
  • the cantilevered coupling includes a post extending from the pedestal
  • the first abutment means in another preferred embodiment of the invention, the first abutment means
  • the first abutment means includes a raised formation adjacent the first abutment means
  • connection means and in use the raised formation provides a wrist rest for a user
  • Figure 1 is a top view of one embodiment of a desk accessory support according
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view along line 2-2 of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 of a desk accessory support similar to that
  • Figure 4 is a part side sectional view of another embodiment of a desk accessory
  • Figure 5 is a part side sectional view of another embodiment of a desk accessory
  • Figure 6 is the view of the embodiment of the desk accessory support in Figure
  • Figure 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a desk accessory
  • Figure 8 is a side view of another embodiment of a desk accessory support
  • Figure 9 is a side view of another embodiment of a desk accessory support
  • Figure 10 is a perspective view of a another embodiment of a desk accessory
  • Figure 11 is a perspective view of the embodiment in Figure 10 bearing a mouse
  • Figure 12 is a perspective view of a variation of the embodiment shown in
  • Figure 10 and 11 having a wrist rest attached to the keyboard platform;
  • Figure 13 is a perspective view of a variation of the embodiment shown in
  • Figure 14 is a perspective view of the embodiment shown in Figure 13, bearing
  • Figure 15 is a perspective view of the embodiment shown in Figure 13 and 14
  • Figure 16 shows a side view of another embodiment of a desk accessory support
  • Figure 17 shows another embodiment of a desk accessory support according to
  • the invention provided as a two-part assembly
  • Figure 18 shows the two-part assembly of figure 17 when in use
  • Figure 19 is a part perspective view of another embodiment of a desk accessory
  • Figure 20 is a part cross sectional side view of another embodiment of a desk
  • Figure 21 is a side view of a variant of the embodiment shown in Figure 20
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a keyboard support 1 for a
  • Support 1 includes a first mounting means in the form of a
  • Plates 11 and 12 are substantially parallel and, in combination, maintain support 1
  • panto graphic linkage mechanism 21 extends from a first pair of parallel brackets
  • a keyboard support platform 22 adjacent plate 12 to a second pair of like brackets 23.
  • a keyboard support platform 22 adjacent plate 12 to a second pair of like brackets 23.
  • brackets 23 in the form of a support surface 30 is mounted to brackets 23 to selectively support a
  • opposed faces 11, 12 are disposed slightly
  • plates 11 and 12 and connecting portion 13 are integrally formed
  • Linkage mechanism 21 includes four parallel arms 35 which are arranged in two
  • linkage mechanism allows tilt and/or altitude adjustment of
  • platform 30 while in other embodiments platform 30 is fixed with respect to desk 2.
  • Linkage arms are connected to brackets 32 at a distance inwardly of connection
  • an inherently safe self locking system is provided. For example, if an
  • upper and lower surfaces 3 and 4 are L-shaped and
  • plate 11 includes longitudinally extending
  • edge 38 is disposed intermediate edges 33 and 34
  • edge 38 is adjacent to edge 34.
  • Plate 11 includes a slot 40 which extends longitudinally inwardly from edge 34
  • Slot 40 allows a cord extending between the
  • slot 40 is large whereby plate 11 is in the form of a frame extending inwardly from the
  • Support 1 is shown in Figure 1 mounted to the corner of the L-shaped surfaces
  • platform 30 is shown bridging the corner of desk 2, it is
  • platform 30 extends transversely beyond plates 11 and 12 and
  • a support 46 is illustrated
  • support 46 includes two parallel spaced apart longitudinally extending tracks 49
  • brackets are captively and
  • Platform 30 is slidably mounted to the tracks to allow longitudinal progression of platform 30 between an extended and retracted configuration with respect to desk 2.
  • At least one of tracks 49 include a
  • Platform 30 in some embodiments, has a sufficiently large surface area to
  • auxiliary platform 52 designated as auxiliary platform 52.
  • Auxiliary platform 52 includes plates 11 and 12 and portion 13, similarly to the
  • auxiliary platform 52 is
  • platform 52 is mounted to platform 30 rather than desk 2. Platform 52 is intended to support a mouse 54 or other input device. In this
  • the upper surface of the platform includes a neoprene layer 55 to
  • Platforms 30 and 52 can all be retrofitted to existing desks or other surface
  • platforms 30 and 52 are easily
  • Platforms 30 and 52 being cantilevered from plate 12 are self- locking and
  • FIG. 5 platform 30 is in the raised configuration and a downward force represented
  • Plates 75 and 76 are opposed and include respective flanges 77 and 78 which
  • each flange extends normally from
  • Flange 77 includes two spaced apart circular apertures 79 and corresponding
  • nuts 80 are omitted and apertures 79 are threaded.
  • Flange 78 includes two spaced apart parallel extending slots 81 which, in use
  • Respective bolts 82 are inserted through slots 81 and apertures
  • Plate 75 includes a mouse pad 83 in the top right hand corner. This allows a
  • substantially parallel plates 85 and 86 are integrally formed and are joined by an
  • Portion 87 flexes to allow a greater
  • Support 90 is similar to support 60, as illustrated in Figure 6, and corresponding
  • Figure 9 embodiment are spaced slightly further apart than those shown on Figure 6 to
  • Plate 11 and plate 12 both include spaced apart rubber feet 91 and 92 which are
  • Plate 11 also includes a rearwardly disposed spherical roller 93 which is
  • desk 3 includes a guide in the form of a transversely extending
  • Track 94 is maintained against desk 3 by way of a plurality of spaced apart screws 95.
  • Support 90 is easily transversely progressed by a user who simply needs apply
  • Support 90 is then progressed transversely, as required, and the
  • Platform 90 is then biased downwardly under the
  • plate 12 includes formations for selectively engaging
  • FIG. 1 but wherein a second load bearing platform 100 (in this case adapted to
  • first abutment means 11 (the upper plate) by means of a mounting post 102 spaced inwardly from edge connection 13.
  • mounting post 102 is provided with telescopic, airlift, or other height adjustment and
  • Figure 11 shows the embodiment of figure 10 when supporting a monitor on
  • platform 100 a keyboard on platform 30 and a mouse on upper plate 11.
  • Figure 12 shows an embodiment similar to that of figure 10 but wherein
  • keyboard support platform 30 is provided with a wrist support 103.
  • Figure 13 shows an embodiment wherein a monitor platform 100 is supported
  • upper plate 11 may be provided with a wrist support 103 and
  • the keyboard may be emplaced upon upper plate 11.
  • Figure 15 shows a further embodiment similar to that of figure 14 but wherein
  • mounting pillar 102 is provided with a laterally extending auxiliary platform 101
  • Figure 16 shows an embodiment in which a basket 104 and a task light 106 are
  • pillar 102 may be made of adjustable length and horizontal support arms may be
  • FIG. 17 shows an embodiment wherein a monitor support platform 100 is
  • base plate 105 is clamped onto a desk top by means of support 1 engaging base plate
  • FIG 19 illustrates an alternative embodiment to those shown in Figures 7 and
  • the embodiment in Figure 19 includes an upper plate 85 integrally connected to a
  • the bent plate 86 includes a
  • portion 86a disposed in a direction away from the upper plate 85, and a portion 86b
  • Plates 85 and 86 are resiliently biased
  • rubber pads 111 are provided on the upper surface of
  • the support 115 in Figure 20 includes an intermediate curved resilient
  • portion 87 formed in a manner to provide a raised formation with respect to upper
  • the wrist rest feature 87 is integrated with the upper plate 85 and
  • Finger 113 is a schematic representation of human
  • the embodiment of the accessory support 116 shown in Figure 21 is an
  • the support 116 includes a
  • Lower plate 86 bent into 3 portions 86c, 86d and 86e. Lower plate 86 is provided with
  • a lip portion 86d to assist the location of the accessory support 116 on a desk top.
  • bent portion 86c allows the desk accessory support 116 to be applied to thinner desk

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Abstract

Ce support d'accessoires de bureau, qui est conçu pour être utilisé avec un plan de travail possédant deux faces, supérieure et inférieure, comporte un premier organe de calage (11) conçu pour porter sur la face supérieure et un second organe de calage (12) conçu pour venir s'appliquer contre la face inférieure. Il comporte également un dispositif de raccordement (13) reliant les deux organes de calage susmentionnés (11, 12). Lorsque on utilise ce support, le dispositif de raccordement (13) est au contact du chant du plan de travail, lequel est maintenu entre les deux organes de calage (11, 12). Ce support d'accessoires de bureau comporte également au moins un équipement d'appui pour accessoire (30, 100).
PCT/AU1998/000636 1997-08-12 1998-08-12 Support d'accessoires de bureau WO1999008566A1 (fr)

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AU87197/98A AU735153B2 (en) 1997-08-12 1998-08-12 A desk accessory support
US09/485,554 US6527235B1 (en) 1997-08-15 1998-08-12 Desk accessory support

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AUPO8525A AUPO852597A0 (en) 1997-08-12 1997-08-12 A support for a desk
AUPO8525 1997-08-12
AUPO8627A AUPO862797A0 (en) 1997-08-15 1997-08-15 A support for a desk
AUPO8627 1997-08-15
AUPO8632A AUPO863297A0 (en) 1997-08-18 1997-08-18 A support for a desk
AUPO8632 1997-08-18
AUPP0949A AUPP094997A0 (en) 1997-12-15 1997-12-15 A support for a desk
AUPP0949 1997-12-15

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DE3840893A1 (de) * 1988-12-05 1990-06-07 Helmut Steinhilber Stehpult
US5302015A (en) * 1992-03-12 1994-04-12 Microcomputer Accessories, Inc. Adjustable keyboard drawer
US5351897A (en) * 1992-04-20 1994-10-04 Michael Martin Adjustable ergonomic support for computer keyboards
EP0642752A1 (fr) * 1993-09-10 1995-03-15 VAL-REX Société à Responsabilité Limitée: Support formant sous-main pour un tiroir destiné à recevoir, notamment un clavier informatique
DE4336141A1 (de) * 1993-10-22 1995-04-27 Gardex Ag Montagevorrichtung für eine an einer Arbeits- oder Tischplatte anbaubare Trageinrichtung, insbesondere eine Monitor-Trageinrichtung bzw. Monitor-Schwenkarm
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US5302015A (en) * 1992-03-12 1994-04-12 Microcomputer Accessories, Inc. Adjustable keyboard drawer
US5351897A (en) * 1992-04-20 1994-10-04 Michael Martin Adjustable ergonomic support for computer keyboards
EP0642752A1 (fr) * 1993-09-10 1995-03-15 VAL-REX Société à Responsabilité Limitée: Support formant sous-main pour un tiroir destiné à recevoir, notamment un clavier informatique
DE4336141A1 (de) * 1993-10-22 1995-04-27 Gardex Ag Montagevorrichtung für eine an einer Arbeits- oder Tischplatte anbaubare Trageinrichtung, insbesondere eine Monitor-Trageinrichtung bzw. Monitor-Schwenkarm
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