US 12,433,399 B2
Desk with user selectable adjustments for hot desking
Marta Anna Nowak, Upper Arlington, OH (US); Michelle Kaufmann, Novato, CA (US); Christine Jean Wu, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert Hutton, IV, Providence, RI (US); Ayako Tanase, Cranston, RI (US); Joyce H. Lee, San Francisco, CA (US); Jennie Mari Bernstein, Berkeley, CA (US); and David Radcliffe, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,555.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/277,402, filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0140935 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A47B 21/00 (2006.01); A47B 21/02 (2006.01); A47B 21/03 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 21/0314 (2013.01) [A47B 21/02 (2013.01); A47B 2021/0364 (2013.01); A47B 2200/0071 (2013.01); A47B 2200/0075 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A desk, comprising:
a work surface;
a first actuator coupled to the work surface, the first actuator operable to selectively adjust a vertical position of the work surface;
a casing mounted to the work surface, the casing defining an interior volume sized for receipt of a display, the casing comprising a barrel and a lid, the barrel mounted to the work surface at a rear portion of the work surface, the lid pivotally coupled to the barrel at an opening of the barrel in order to selectively cover the interior volume of the casing, the opening of the barrel positioned above the work surface;
a stand;
a second actuator coupled to the stand, the second actuator operable to selectively adjust the stand between at least a stored position and a deployed position, the stand positioned within the interior volume of the casing in the stored position of the stand, the stand at least partially positioned outside of the interior volume of the casing in the deployed position of the stand;
a carriage mounted to the stand, the carriage configured for supporting the display;
a third actuator coupled to the carriage, the third actuator operable to selectively adjust a lateral position of the carriage; and
a controller in operative communication with the first, second, and third actuators, the controller configured for:
receiving data corresponding to a desk configuration over a wireless network, the desk configuration comprising a predetermined vertical position for the work surface, a predetermined position for the stand, and a predetermined lateral position for the carriage; and
activating one or more of the first, second, and third actuators to correspond to the desk configuration.