US Patent Issued to Steelcase on Nov. 3 for "Workstation" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,287, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Steelcase Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Workstation" was invented by Liang Wang (Hong Kong) and Sa Liu (Dong Guan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A workstation includes an understructure and a primary worksurface supported by the understructure. The primary worksurface is located at a first height adapted to accommodate a seated user positioned adjacent to and facing the front edge. A support extends upwardly from the primary worksurface. An auxiliary worksurface is coupled to the support and is vertically spaced from the primary worksurface. The auxiliary worksurface is pivotable relative t...