Patent ID: 8596599

Claim:
A computer monitor mounting apparatus for mounting a plurality of monitors, comprising: a plurality of monitors; a platform having at least one guide attached thereto, wherein the guide also contacts an upwardly facing surface so that the guide maintains the platform on a predetermined path along the upwardly facing surface when the platform moves on the upwardly facing surface, the platform including a plurality of spaced apart subplatforms; a frame extending above the platform and attached thereto for moving with the platform when the platform moves along the predetermined path, the frame providing mountings supporting the plurality of the monitors above the platform; wherein the guide includes portions that move relative to one another within a space between the upwardly facing surface and the subplatforms; one or more wheels or rollers for rolling the platform on the upwardly facing surface, wherein the wheels or rollers move over the upwardly facing surface for at least a portion of a travel extent for the wheels or rollers, each wheel or roller having an extent that rotatably contacts the upwardly facing surface when the platform moves along the predetermined path; a connector for connecting the subplatforms together, wherein the connector provides an interior that is: (i) between at least two of the subplatforms, and (ii) between an upper boundary of the interior and the upwardly facing surface; and wherein the interior provides storage space on the upwardly facing surface, the interior having a height above the upwardly facing surface of at least three times a height of the space between the upwardly facing surface and the subplatforms, wherein the interior is effective for storing one or more items without interfering with movement of the platform on the predetermined path.