US 11,849,841 B2
Operating device for a table, and table comprising same
Andreas Spreen, Sternwehe-Oppenwehe (DE)
Assigned to Oelschläger Metalltechnik GmbH, Hoya/Weser (DE)
Appl. No. 17/612,846
Filed by Oelschläger Metalltechnik GmbH, Hoya/Weser (DE)
PCT Filed May 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/100436
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/233750, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 202019002176.0 (DE), filed on May 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312952 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A47B 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 9/00 (2013.01) [A47B 2200/008 (2013.01); A47B 2200/0042 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operating device for a table, which has a table top with an adjustable height and/or inclination, comprising:
a control unit; and
a manual switch connected to said control unit comprising:
a display element on which an element for menu navigation can be displayed; and
one or more command buttons that allow the height and/or inclination of said table to be adjusted using said menu navigation; and
said table also has an internal collision detection device for detecting a collision between said table top and an object or person,
wherein at least one of said one or more command buttons is assigned multiple times and the multiple assignment of said command buttons can be used to adjust parameters of said table and wherein said parameters include a sensitivity of said collision detection device; and
further comprising said sensitivity of said collision detection device can be adjusted separately for the displacement directions ‘up’ and ‘down’.