Chairs and seats – Combined – With electrical feature
Patent
1996-11-25
1998-07-14
Cranmer, Laurie K.
Chairs and seats
Combined
With electrical feature
297170, 297171, 29718821, 2974233, A47C 762
Patent
active
057793050
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a work station.
TECHNICAL FIELD
Work stations are generally used in office situations so that various pieces of equipment can be amalgamated into one location and thus be readily at hand to the operator with the intention of improving not only the efficiency of use of the pieces of equipment but also the use of floor space. Typically, pieces of equipment may consist of a personal computer, keyboard and monitor, a printer or printers connected to the personal computer, a filing and/or storage unit, a chair on which the operator may be seated and a work table.
While work stations as such are known, they generally are of a fixed variety, that is the desk or work table is in a permanent or semi permanent location with the desk or work table being so arranged or formed that the various items of equipment may be suitable positioned either on the desk or adjacent the desk such as on auxiliary platforms and the like. It is apparent that a purpose designed work station which includes a chair and a work table and which will also have the facility to effectively locate the items of equipment in an efficient arrangement would have considerable advantages over the known forms of work stations.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide an improved work station which will meet the above desiderata or at least provide the public with a useful choice.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, one form of the invention may be said to comprise work station having a chair base, at least two stanchions projecting upwardly from the chair base, a plurality of sleeves engaged on each of the said stanchions, a support members attached to at least one of said sleeves to extend from said sleeve in a direction substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the stanchion, said support member being adapted to support an item of equipment and wherein the work station also includes a chair is supported on the said stanchions by chair sleeves attached to said chair, which sleeves are engaged over at least two of said stanchions with the height of the chair above the chair base being determined by locating sleeves on the stanchions between the chair base and the chair sleeve.
Preferably also the work station includes an overhead lighting arrangement.
Preferably the chair comprises a back rest, a foot rest and a seat, the said foot rest being pivotally connected to the said seat in a manner that the angle between the foot rest and the seat can be varied.
Preferably the said stanchions extend from the chair base substantially parallel to each other.
Preferably the work station includes an electric power reticulation system to house electric power and/or data communication lines.
Preferably the work station includes means to transduce electrical signals into audible sound.
Preferred forms of the invention will now be described with the aid of the accompanying drawings wherein:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 three-quarter view from above of a work station according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is other three-quarter view from above of the work station shown in FIG. 1; and
FIG. 3 is a side-elevational view of the typical work station according to this invention.
MODES OF CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
As can be seen from the drawings the work station comprises a chair which has a back rest 1, a head rest 1a, a seat 2 and foot rest 3. The foot rest 3 is so formed that it is pivotally connected by a pivot mean 35 to the seat 2 so that the angle between the foot rest 3 and the seat 2 can be varied as required. Suitable means (not shown in the drawings) are provided to enable the foot rest 3 to be retained at the desired angle to the seat 2. The back rest 1, head rest 1a, seat 2 and foot rest 3 are supported from the ground or surface on which the work station is to rest by stanchions 4 and 5. Preferably, but not necessarily one stanchion, such as the stanchion 5 is of greater height than the stanchion 4 but this arrangement can be varied as required.
The stanc
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