Frame for a table

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11357320-B2
Application number	US-201916977344-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2019
Priority date	Mar 14, 2018
Publication date	Jun 14, 2022
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022

Abstract

A frame for sit-stand-tables comprising a longitudinal member (3), two height-adjustable legs (6, 7) with at least two telescopic profiles, namely an outer and an inner profile, and with a driving mechanism, driven by a motor unit (39), comprising an electric motor (46) and a gear. According to the invention the motor unit (39) is arranged in the longitudinal member (3) and connected to the driving mechanism in the height-adjustable legs (6, 7). Thus, a frame with a simplified construction is achieved. The construction of the legs (6, 7) can be simplified and at the same time the dimensions can be reduced, as it is not necessary to take the building-in of a motor into the legs into consideration. As both legs (6, 7) are driven by a joint motor unit (39), the electric control can also be simplified as it will not have to drive the two legs synchronously.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A frame for sit-stand-tables comprising a longitudinal member, two height-adjustable legs with at least two telescopic profiles, namely an outer and an inner profile, and with a driving mechanism, driven by a motor unit, comprising an electric motor and a gear, wherein the motor unit is arranged in the longitudinal member and connected to the driving mechanism in the height-adjustable legs, and wherein the longitudinal member is constituted by a middle section and two end sections, which are mounted longitudinal displaceable in the middle section.

2. The frame according to claim 1 , further comprising a cross member that is secured to free ends of the two end sections of the longitudinal member, and a mounting bracket for mounting the leg to the longitudinal member is secured to the upper end of a profile.

3. The frame according to claim 2 , wherein the mounting bracket is U-shaped and has an internal cross section corresponding to the outer cross section of the longitudinal member such that the longitudinal member can rest in this.

4. The frame according to claim 2 , wherein for mounting an external side of the longitudinal member is equipped with a pair of axle journals for cooperating with a pair of recesses intended for that purpose located at an end of the mounting bracket of the leg facing towards the center of the longitudinal member.

5. The frame according to claim 4 , wherein the external side of the longitudinal member is equipped with a pair of journals cooperating with a pair of tracks in the mounting bracket, said tracks extending from the upper edge of the mounting bracket.

6. The frame according to claim 2 further comprising a pawl unit arranged at the end of the longitudinal member, wherein side walls of the mounting bracket are constructed with two grooves intended for engagement with two pawls protruding from side walls of the longitudinal member.

7. The frame according to claim 6 wherein the pawl unit comprises a housing, the external shape of which corresponds to the internal shape of the cross member, wherein two pawls are embedded in the housing and protrude through a fissure in each side of the housing, and wherein the two pawls are spring-loaded by a coil spring mounted between the two pawls.

8. The frame according to claim 7 , wherein the housing of the pawl unit, in addition to the two pawls, furthermore is secured by a cam on each side of the housing, said cams will when mounted rest in recesses in the side walls of the longitudinal member intended for that purpose.

9. The frame according to claim 2 wherein the cross member has a side wall, the height of which corresponds to the height of the longitudinal member, and at its top, the side wall extends into an outwardly extending flange, arranged on a level with the flanges of the longitudinal member.

10. The frame according to claim 9 , wherein the cross member at its lower edge has a bracket containing a portion extending perpendicularly outwardly from the lower end of the cross member, said portion terminates into a perpendicular flange at its free edge.

11. The frame according to claim 10 , wherein for each side of the bracket, a slit is arranged in the sidewall of the cross member.

12. The frame according to claim 11 , wherein a cross slit is arranged at the bottom of the longitudinal member for receiving the perpendicular flange on the bracket of the cross member, and that the slits in the side wall of the cross member reaches over outwardly extending flanges in the side wall of the longitudinal member intended for the purpose.

13. The frame according to claim 1 , wherein the middle section has a U-shaped cross section, where the side walls terminate in an outwardly extending flange which is folded to form a groove, and where the end sections also have a U-shaped cross section fitting into the middle section and where the side walls terminate in an outwardly extending flange fitting into the groove in the middle section.

14. The frame according to claim 1 wherein the motor unit is mounted in the longitudinal member and is in driving connection with the driving mechanisms of the height-adjustable legs.

15. The frame according to claim 14 , wherein the motor unit comprises a housing with a cover.

16. The frame according to claim 15 , wherein the housing is divided into two chambers, one for the motor unit and another for the electric control, which comprises a printed circuit board, among other things comprising a mains socket, which is accessible through a hole in the side of the longitudinal member, and separate from the mains socket there is at least one low voltage socket, which is accessible through a hole in the other side of the longitudinal member.

17. The frame according to claim 14 , wherein the motor unit comprises an electric motor and a gear in the form of a worm gear having a worm in continuation of the motor shaft and in engagement with a worm wheel, and where the side of the worm wheel is furnished with one part of a spline connection for cooperating with the other part of the spline connection arranged on the driving mechanism of the legs.

18. The frame according to claim 14 , wherein the motor unit is in connection with a drive shaft running through the longitudinal member to at least one of the legs.

19. The frame according to claim 18 , further comprising a toothed wheel that is mounted on the end of the drive shaft, said toothed wheel is in engagement with the worm wheel of the motor unit, and that the opposite end of the drive shaft is in connection with a corresponding worm gear where the end of the drive shaft is in engagement with the worm which further is in engagement with the worm wheel which through a spline coupling is in engagement with the driving unit of the leg.

20. The frame according to claim 18 , wherein the drive shaft is constructed telescopic such that this in a corresponding manner as the longitudinal member can be adapted to the current length of a given table.

21. The frame according to claim 20 , wherein the drive shaft is constituted by three parts, where the two parts, which are in engagement with the motor unit and the gear, respectively, in the other side of the longitudinal member, are tubes, while the middle section is a solid rod, which with the ends is received in the two tubes, and that the cross section is polygonal, such that the rotation from the motor can be transferred to the drive unit for the leg at the other side of the longitudinal member.

22. A height-adjustable table comprising the frame according to claim 1 .

23. A method for assembling a height-adjustable table wherein a frame for the table comprises a longitudinal member, two height-adjustable legs with at least two telescopic profiles, namely an outer and an inner profile, and with a driving mechanism, driven by a motor unit, comprising an electric motor and a gear, wherein the motor unit is arranged in the longitudinal member and connected to the driving mechanism in the height-adjustable legs and wherein the longitudinal member is constituted by a middle section and two end sections, which are mounted longitudinal displaceable in the middle section, where the longitudinal member is positioned on the underside of the table top and the length of this is adapted by displacing at least one of the end sections, preferably both end sections, relative to the middle section, after which the cross members are mounted to the outer ends of the respective end secti

Assignees

• Linak As

Inventors

• Jørgensen Casper

Classifications

• A47B2003/0824

  the table legs being individually collapsible against the underside of the table top · CPC title

• A47B2200/0054

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• A47B2200/0013

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• A47B13/003

  Connecting table tops to underframes (connecting furniture tubing to non-tubular parts F16B12/42) · CPC title

• A47B21/02

  with vertical adjustable parts · CPC title