Height adjustable table

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016106205-A1
Application number	US-201414890395-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 10, 2014
Priority date	May 10, 2013
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to an improved height adjustable table which can assist and motivate the user to use the height adjustable table in a manner which increases health, calorie burn and well-being. This is done by logging how long the table has been in a standing and/or sitting range. The log can be used to calculate the calories burned during use. In another embodiment the log can be used to remind the user of the table to change position during the use of the table.

First claim

1 . A method for operating a height adjustable table comprising a linear actuator system, wherein the linear actuator system comprises at least one linear actuator, a table top, a control, an operating unit, a user interface, and a sit/stand level defining the border between a sitting range and a standing range of the height adjustable table, characterized in that the method comprises the step of logging the time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range.

2 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 1 , wherein the control comprises a weight of the user of the height adjustable table, and further comprising the step of computing the calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table based on the weight of the user and the logged time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range or/and the standing range.

3 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 2 further comprising the steps of: setting the weight of the user via the operating unit.

4 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 2 , wherein the weight of the user is a default weight.

5 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 3 , wherein computing the calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table is performed using a metabolic equivalent of a task value of a person sitting and/or standing.

6 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of: setting the sit/stand level via the operating unit.

7 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of:
setting the weight and the height of the user via the operating unit
computing the calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table using the logged time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range and a body mass index of the user calculated using the set weight and height of the user.

8 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 1 further comprising the step of displaying on the operating unit the logged period of time in which the height adjustable table has been in the sitting range and/or standing range.

9 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 3 further comprising the step of displaying on the operating unit the calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range.

10 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 1 , wherein the control comprises a default reminder time, and further comprising the steps of:
computing when the height adjustable table has been in the sitting range and/or the standing range in at least the duration of the reminder time, and alerting or reminding the user to change the height of the height adjustable table.

11 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 1 further comprising the step of resetting the logging of the time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and the standing range.

12 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 1 , wherein the operating unit is an operating panel with button switches and display.

13 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 1 , wherein the operating unit is a Cell Phone, a tablet or a PC.

14 . A height adjustable table comprising a linear actuator system having
at least one linear actuator, a control box having a control and communication interface an operating unit having a control a communication interface and a user interface, wherein the operating unit comprises a sit/stand level defining the border between a sitting range and a standing range of the height adjustable table, characterized in that the control of the operating unit comprises means for logging the time in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range.

15 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 4 , wherein computing the calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table is performed using a metabolic equivalent of a task value of a person sitting and/or standing.

16 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 4 further comprising the step of displaying on the operating unit the calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range.

17 . A method for operating a height adjustable table according to claim 5 further comprising the step of displaying on the operating unit the calories burned by the user of the height adjustable table in which the height adjustable table is in the sitting range and/or the standing range.

Assignees

• Linak As

Inventors

• Hall Ann Mandt
• Davis Todd

Classifications

• G05B15/02

  electric · CPC title

• A63B2230/75

  calorie expenditure · CPC title

• A63B24/0062

  Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance · CPC title

• A47B9/00 Primary

  Tables with tops of variable height ({lecterns with variable height A47B19/06; school forms or desks with variable height A47B39/02, A47B41/02}; seats with variable height A47C3/20) · CPC title

• A47B2009/046

  with gearbox · CPC title