Pull-out desk unit for mobile vehicle

US7210722B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC · US

Inventors

• William M. Bernstein · Pittsburgh, US
• Derek Blitz · Portland, US
• Andrew Kilb · Carrboro, US
• Megan M. Stanton · Long Beach, US
• David M. Wynne · Fishkill, US
• Deepshikha B. Antes · Columbia, US
• Edwin K. Chan · Wilmington, US
• Benjamin G. Morris · Falls Church, US
• Scott Raven · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 2006
• Grant date: May 1, 2007
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D33/0612
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pull-out desk unit for a mobile vehicle. The pull-out desk unit has a cantilevered dual surface table component. The cantilevered dual surface table offers truckers a legless table for eating and general tasks, as well as desk area that keeps their belongings as they leave them eliminating the need to clean up or put things away. The innovation in this product lies in the memory foam lid. Once the table is pulled out, the lid (top surface for eating/general table) can be unlatched and fold back revealing a desk area lower than the surface of the eating/general table. On the under side of the lid is relatively thin low density memory foam. This foam can compress easily inch allowing it to conform to anything left on the table.