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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2018
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Jean-Paul Labrosse, Altadena, CA (US);
Michael Xinjie Chu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Scott Sullivan, San Francisco, CA (US);
STEELCASE INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for reminding a user to adjust a height adjustable workstation that includes a worktop supported by a frame, an interface including user input controls and a vertical displacement drive mechanism, the user input controls including at least one input control, each of the user input controls for receiving manual direct user selections from a workstation user to activate the drive mechanism to initiate worktop elevation adjustments to a different worktop elevation positions, an exemplary method comprising the steps of monitoring at least one condition related to ongoing use of the worktop over a period of time while a user is associated with the worktop and when the at least one condition occurs, without any user selection to initiate a change in worktop height via the interface subsequent to the at least one condition occurring, moving the worktop to remind the user to perform some activity.