Patent ID: 7594668

Claim:
A cart comprising: a work platform including a laptop platform, a work surface separate from the laptop platform, and compartments for containing items; a base configured to be movable in at least a rearward direction; and a height adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of the work platform relative to the base, wherein the base includes a portion that projects from the height adjustment mechanism in a forward direction that is substantially opposite to the rearward direction, wherein the work platform includes a portion that projects from the height adjustment mechanism in the forward direction, the compartments are disposed in the portion of the work platform that projects from the height adjustment mechanism in the forward direction, and the compartments are configured to permit a user facing in the rearward direction to access an item within the compartments, wherein the laptop platform can be moved in at least one of the forward and rearward directions, wherein the work surface can be moved in at least one of a leftward and rightward direction along an arcuate path that faces the forward direction, wherein the height adjustment mechanism is configured to releasably lock the work platform at a plurality of heights, and wherein the height adjustment mechanism comprises: a stationary casing connected to the base; a telescoping casing connected to the work platform and configured to move relative to the stationary casing; at least two drawer slides disposed between the stationary casing and the telescoping casing; a driver configured to releasably lock the telescoping casing relative to the stationary casing; and an actuator for controlling the driver.