Chairs and seats – With table – desk – or easel – Chair-secured standard supports table
Patent
1998-03-31
2000-03-21
Nelson, Jr., Milton
Chairs and seats
With table, desk, or easel
Chair-secured standard supports table
29718801, 29742325, 2973441, 297257, A47B 3900
Patent
active
060393920
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL AREA
The subject invention relates to a desk, especially for but not limited to school environments, comprised of a stand and a desktop supported by the stand. The desk includes preferably also an integrated chair. The desk according to the invention is meant to be placed together with other desks of the same type in different configurations.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
Traditional classroom furniture arrangement in rows and columns is not ideal since the students see the backs of other students' heads or don't see them at all. Even if the desks are arranged in a horseshoe, most students will be sitting ergonomically incorrectly, turned at an angle towards the teacher. Neither is the use of large round tables an acceptable solution since many students will be sitting with their backs to the teacher.
Another disadvantage of the traditional classroom furniture arrangement is that it is no: possible to vary the sitting position to any real extent, and that the furniture is relatively low which is a disadvantage for both student and teacher.
FI 29 902 describes a desk comprised of a stand and a desktop supported by the stand. The desk includes an integrated chair. The desktop has a triangular form, and four desks are meant to be positioned opposite each other during group work so that the desktops can be next to each other.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The purpose of the invention is to correct the above-mentioned disadvantages of traditional school furnishing. It should be emphasized, however, that the use of the desk is according to the invention not limited to schools.
A particular purpose of the invention is to provide a desk that makes it possible to easily and quickly shift the furniture arrangement between individual work, traditional teaching, group work, discussion, and so on.
The submitted, not-restricting embodiments of the invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the attached drawings.
FIGURE DESCRIPTIONS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the first submitted embodiment of a desk according to the invention.
FIG. 2 is a rear view of the desk in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a side view of the desk in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4A is a perspective view of the desktop of the desk in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4B is a bottom view of the bottom of the desktop in FIG. 4A.
FIG. 5 is a top view of the desk in FIG. 1 with the stand omitted.
FIG. 6A is a perspective view of the stand of the desk in FIG. 1.
FIG. 6B is a top view of the stand in FIG. 6.
FIG. 7 is a broken-out side cross section of a footrest arrangement and a moving device of the desk in FIG. 1, seen from the side along line VII--VII in FIG. 8.
FIG. 8 is a broken-out cross section of the footrest arrangement, seen in a larger scale from above along line VIII--VIII in FIG. 7.
FIG. 9 is a broken-out side view in a larger scale of the moving device in FIG. 7.
FIG. 10 is a broken-out cross-section from the front, that shows the seat mounting of the desk in FIG. 1.
FIG. 11 is a perspective view of another submitted embodiment of a desk according to the invention, including a storage drawer.
FIG. 12 is a side view of the desk in FIG. 11.
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a desktop with drawer of the desk in FIG. 11
FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the bottom of the desktop and drawer in FIG. 13.
FIG. 15 is a broken-out side view in a larger scale of the desktop and drawer in FIG. 13.
FIG. 16 is a schematic top view that visualizes four desks according to FIG. 1 or FIG. 11, arranged in a first configuration.
FIG. 17 is a schematic top view that visualizes four desks according to FIG. 1 or FIG. 11, arranged in a second configuration.
FIG. 18 is a schematic top view that visualizes five desks according to FIG. 1 or FIG. 11, arranged in a third configuration.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBMITTED EMBODIMENTS
FIGS. 1 to 10 show a first embodiment of a desk according to the invention. The same identifiers are used for the same parts throughout the figures. The desk shown is especially, but not exclusively, useful as a school desk in a classroom and is designed with particular
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