Table

Abstract

A table includes a support column defining an axis, a base supporting the support column, a worksurface supported by the support column such that the work surface is rotatable relative to the base about the axis of the support column. The table further includes a rotation mechanism including a swing arm housing coupled to the worksurface. The swing arm housing is rotatable in a first angular direction about the axis to rotate the worksurface in a second angular direction about the axis.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A table comprising:
 a support column defining an axis;   a base supporting the support column;   a worksurface supported by the support column, the work surface being rotatable relative to the base about the axis of the support column; and   a rotation mechanism including a swing arm housing coupled to the worksurface, the swing arm housing being rotatable in a first angular direction about the axis to rotate the worksurface in a second angular direction about the axis.   
     
     
         2 . The table of  claim 1 , wherein the rotation mechanism includes a first gear and a second gear engagable with the first gear to drive the first gear, wherein the first gear and the second gear are at least partially supported by the swing arm housing. 
     
     
         3 . The table of  claim 2 , wherein the rotation mechanism further includes a first bearing rotationally supporting the first gear and a second bearing rotationally supporting the second gear, wherein the first gear and the second gear are rotatable relative to the swing arm housing. 
     
     
         4 . The table of  claim 3 , wherein the worksurface is non-rotatably fixed to the first gear of the rotation mechanism. 
     
     
         5 . The table of  claim 4 , wherein the rotation mechanism further includes a fixed gear non-rotatably fixed to the support column, wherein the fixed gear drives the second gear. 
     
     
         6 . The table of  claim 4 , wherein rotation of the swing arm housing in the first angular direction rotates the second gear in the first angular direction, and wherein rotation of the second gear in the first angular direction rotates both the first gear and the worksurface in the second angular direction opposite the first angular direction. 
     
     
         7 . The table of  claim 2 , wherein the rotation mechanism further includes a rotation limiter assembly that limits the rotation of the worksurface to a maximum of 180 degrees relative to the base. 
     
     
         8 . The table of  claim 7 , wherein the rotation limiter assembly includes a stop member having a first stop surface and a second stop surface, and a rotation limiter engagable with the first stop surface and the second stop surface. 
     
     
         9 . The table of  claim 8 , wherein the rotation limiter is fixed to the first gear, and wherein the rotation limiter engages the first stop surface when the swing arm housing rotates 90 degrees in the first angular direction relative to an intermediate position and engages the second stop surface when the swing arm housing rotates 90 degrees in the second angular direction relative to the intermediate position. 
     
     
         10 . The table of  claim 1 , wherein the rotation mechanism includes a first sheave and a second sheave, and wherein the first sheave and the second sheave are at least partially supported by the swing arm housing. 
     
     
         11 . The table of  claim 10 , wherein the worksurface is rotatably fixed with respect to the first sheave, and wherein the second sheave is rotatably fixed relative to the support column. 
     
     
         12 . The table of  claim 11 , wherein a cable is non-slidably wrapped around the first sheave and the second sheave, wherein rotation of the swing arm housing in the first angular direction drives the rotation of the first sheave and the worksurface in the second angular direction. 
     
     
         13 . The table of  claim 1 , further comprising a drawer mounted to the support column below the worksurface. 
     
     
         14 . The table of  claim 1 , further comprising a pivot arm extending from the worksurface, and an auxiliary work surface supported by the pivot arm above the worksurface. 
     
     
         15 . The table of  claim 1 , further comprising a pivot arm extending from the worksurface, and a light rotatably mounted to the pivot arm above the worksurface. 
     
     
         16 . The table of  claim 1 , wherein the worksurface has a distal end spaced apart from the axis, and wherein the rotation mechanism changes a distance between the distal end of the worksurface and the axis as the worksurface rotates about the axis. 
     
     
         17 . The table of  claim 16 , wherein the worksurface is rotatable between a left hand position and a right hand position, wherein the worksurface is equal distance between the left hand position and the right hand position when in an intermediate position, and wherein the distal end of the worksurface is farther from the axis when in intermediate position than when in the left hand and right hand positions. 
     
     
         18 . The table of  claim 17 , wherein a center of gravity of the worksurface is closer to the axis when in the left hand position and the right hand position than when in the intermediate position.