Patent ID: 7207278

Claim:
A computer monitor lifting assembly for moving a computer monitor that is coupled to the device between a retracted and an extended position relative to a work surface, the computer monitor lifting assembly comprising: a stationary support member coupled beneath a work surface; a computer monitor support moveably coupled to the stationary support member, the computer monitor support including a fixed top horizontal member and a fixed lower horizontal member spaced below the top horizontal member, the top horizontal member being sized and dimensioned to at least mostly fill an aperture in the work surface when the monitor support is in the retracted position, the top and bottom horizontal members being spaced vertically at a distance sufficient to allow a computer monitor to be coupled to the monitor support between them; a lifting device coupled to the monitor support, the lifting device providing an upward lifting force directed against the weight of the monitor and the monitor support to move the monitor support from the retracted, up through the aperture in the work surface, to the extended position; and a user-operable control for selectively operating the lifting device.