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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
North Carolina Department of Transportation, Raleigh, NC (US);
Randy Dishong, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Timothy Mark McLawhorn, Washington, NC (US);
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A mobile workstation system includes a transport vehicle, a mobile workstation, and a deployment system. The transport vehicle includes a cargo volume. The mobile workstation includes: a wheeled carrier; a cabinet supported by the carrier, the cabinet defining at least one enclosed compartment and having selectively openable closures to provide access to the at least one compartment; and a plurality of operational components disposed in the at least one compartment. The mobile workstation is positionable in each of: a storage configuration wherein the operational components are contained in the at least one compartment with the closures in a closed position; and an operational configuration wherein the closures are open to provide access to the operational components and the cabinet forms a desk including a work surface. The deployment system is mounted in the transport vehicle and includes a powered engagement mechanism operable to load and unload the mobile workstation into and from the cargo volume of the vehicle.