Patent ID: 7922267

Claim:
A powered worksurface storage system comprising: a frame constructed to be connected to a worksurface; a cover pivotably connected to the frame and constructed to be generally aligned with the worksurface when the frame is connected thereto and movable between an open position extending above the worksurface and a closed position in which the cover is aligned with the worksurface; a tray movably connected to the frame between stored and in-use positions in which the tray is located beneath the worksurface; a first support interconnected with the tray for supporting a display in a substantially vertical orientation beneath the cover in the closed position; a second support interconnected with the tray for supporting a keyboard adjacent an output surface of the display in a substantially vertical orientation beneath the cover in the closed position lying parallel to the display; an indexing mechanism interconnected with the frame; an actuator directly connected to the tray for movement therewith and movable along the indexing mechanism to move the tray and the cover during operation of the actuator, and a pair of cover linkages movably connected between opposite ends of the cover and opposite sides of the frame, the cover linkages being engageable with the tray as driven by the actuator to move the cover to the open position, wherein one of the cover linkages includes a first cover bracket attached to one end of the cover, a first guide bracket having an upper end pivotally connected to the first cover bracket and a lower end pivotally mounted to a pivot bracket that is swingably secured to one side of the frame, the pivot bracket carrying first and second spaced rollers for receiving and engaging therebetween the tray in the stored position, the first guide bracket and the pivot arm being movably mounted on the one side of the frame along curved grooves formed therein, a back surface of the frame being provided with a roller retainer engageable and disengageable with the first roller; and whereby the actuator moves the tray from the stored position to the in-use position causing movement of the pivot bracket, the first guide bracket and the first cover bracket to pivot the cover to the open position with the first roller driven into engagement with the roller retainer to maintain the cover in the open position.