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Ergonomic operator workstation having monitor with wing unit

US5416666A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1993
Grant dateMay 16, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S248/918
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A process control operator workstation ergonomically designed to provide a plurality of consoles integrally mountable in a substantially semi-circular configuration wherein the individual operator console provides a variable height keyboard countertop, a video display monitor that is adjustable vertically horizontally and rotationally as well as being tiltable, and an integral rotatable side-panel or monitor wing station mounted to the video display monitor for containing various control modules within easy reach of the operator while viewing the monitor to thus provide a comfortable workstation adaptable to operators in the range of 5% female to 95% male as defined in the anthropometric tables of THE HUMAN FACTORS SOCIETY INC.

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