Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With separable components – Surface separable from support entity
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-30
2001-09-18
Ramirez, Ramon O. (Department: 3632)
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With separable components
Surface separable from support entity
C248S221120, C248S222410, C248S222520
Reexamination Certificate
active
06289826
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND
This invention relates to a work station support and a mounted bracket for use in work station support.
In the modern office environment, a work station should be designed to provide an ergonomically acceptable and convenient environment for a worker. Included in the requirements is a need for work station supports which can carry shelves or screens to create the required holding space and space separation. “Work station” as used in this specification is intended to cover any operator area where there is a desk or top for enabling office type work to be undertaken.
There are many systems recognised for providing a stable support for shelves associated with a working environment for example, the universal shelf system disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,098,408, the means of providing a convenient fitting for a cantilever shelf as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,736,918 and the means of locking the shelf in position as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,324,379. Within the modem office environment it is desirable to provide a fitting for supporting a shelf or screen which can be engaged in position and once in position held or locked in place. It is also advantageous if assembly can be preformed without the assistance of a skilled artisan and preferably without requiring any tools.
PRESENT INVENTION
The present invention is directed to providing a work station support which is effective and secure in use but which may be easily assembled or dismantled for example allowing a work station to be adapted for changing conditions in the work place.
In one aspect the invention consists of a work station support comprising two mounting brackets arranged in use to be attached to a work station top at a spaced relationship, each mounting bracket having a fixing plate and an arm extending from said fixing plate, two separate key hole slots formed in said fixing plate at a locus about a centre of rotation of said fixing plate, the wider part of each key hole slot being adapted to engage over the head of a mounting stud in use and upon rotation of the fixing plate for the studs to be moved to the narrower part of each key hole slot for engaging the mounting bracket to the work station with the end of the arm when the fixing plate is in the engaged position locatable in an accessible position, said key hole slots being formed to require the fixing plates to be rotated in opposite directions to move to the engaged position, holding means at or adjacent the end of each arm support means engageable with said holding means when the mounting brackets are engaged in position with the fitted support means locking each mounting bracket in the engaged position.
In another aspect the invention consists in a mounting bracket comprising a fixing plate arranged to engage the surface of a work station top, an arm extending from said fixing plate with the end of the arm arranged in use to be located in an accessible position when the fixing plate is engaged with the work station top, holding means at or towards the free end of the arm, two separate key hole slots in said fixing plate, said key hole slots being formed on a locus about a centre of rotation of said fixing plates so that in use the wider part of each key hole slot may be engaged over the heads of mounting studs and the fixing plate rotated to move the studs to the narrower part of the key hole slot so that the fixing plate in use is engaged with the work station top.
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Formway Furniture Limited
Ramirez Ramon O.
Szumny Jon
Workman & Nydegger & Seeley
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