Patent ID: 8534779
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A47B,A47F,F21V

Abstract:
1. A portable station, comprising: an open enclosure; a chest comprising first and second cases pivotally coupled to each other; a plurality of selectively actuatable pins extending from the second case for selectively fastening the chest at a first location within the open enclosure and for selectively fastening the chest at a second location within the open enclosure; and an inverter in the second case coupled to a single actuator and to first and second pins of the plurality of selectively actuatable pins, where the first and second pins respectively extend in first and second directions that are substantially opposite to each other through opposing sidewalls of the second case; wherein the inverter is configured to receive a force in a third direction from the single actuator and to output the received force in third direction to the first pin and to change the received force in the third direction to a force in a fourth direction that is substantially opposite to the third direction and output the force in the fourth direction to the second pin; wherein when the portable station is in a first configuration, the chest is closed and is selectively fastened at the first location within the open enclosure; wherein when the portable station is in a second configuration, the chest is open and selectively fastened at the second location within the open enclosure; and wherein when the chest is open, the first and second cases have been pivoted apart so that the first case is vertically above the second case.