While standing desks take up their own floor space in a home or housing unit, which can diminish the usability of the space and be costly to work, working-from-home, and daily life, and are a separate item a home resident/worker/student must acquire, the refrigerator installed in or near the kitchen is considered essential to a home, or housing unit and already takes up an expected place on the home's unit's floor space. The space in front of the refrigerator is also already presumed to remain clear, because via the front refrigerator door is the way that food and beverages are stored in and accessed from the refrigerator. Because this is naturally already used space in a home, the resident utilizing that space for a second productive function of dwelling in a home—being able to work or study from home—is an improved use of the space directly in front of the refrigerator. The already-assumed refrigerator location, having an essential and unchanged footprint, also affords a top surface already. The Refrigerator Standing Desk invention is the solution to using the outer surfaces of the appliance where housing residents store food as a highly ergonomic and sustainably functioning desk where the resident can stand for work or study.

By not taking up floor space, the Refrigerator Standing Desk benefits residents, homeowners, tenants, landlords, homebuilders, housing developments, work-from-home employees, work-from-home entrepreneurs, and students. The user also benefits with the proximity and ease of chilled and stored food access.

The invention's frame consists of an alcove for the input human-computer interaction (HCI) devices and the user's arms, which is a deep indentation of empty space providing the area for the adjustable platform on which can rest the computer keyboard, mouse, and user's hands, wrists, and forearms. The alcove shaped area in the Refrigerator Standing Desk affords use of the keyboard and mouse in an ergonomic standing position.

Additional innovation consists of: A platform to secure, support, protect, raise, lower, tilt, shift left and right, and connect the user' s laptop or portable computer. A monitor attachment system, consisting of a groove into which a flat monitor can be secured An addition of cabling space designated within the walls of the known refrigerator appliance, and surfacing through the walls at designated port-connection locations such as the unit top surface and the mid-height alcove surface. The cabling channels are spaces through which data typical connection cables (such as USB) can be fed, connecting keyboard, mouse, and monitor connection with the state-of-the-art technology. The connection cab

An adjustable stand up desk includes an upper desk surface and a second desk surface connected to the upper desk surface. The desk further includes a base with at least two channels and a pair of positioning legs configured to sit on an existing desk. A folding leg assembly connects the base to the first desk surface. The folding leg assembly includes a first pair of legs that extends between the first desk surface and the base, and a second pair of legs that extends between the first desk surface and the base. Each leg of the first and second pairs of legs is configured to move within the at least two channels of the base, such that the adjustable stand up desk can be adjusted from at least a closed position to a fully raised position.

An adjustable stand up desk includes an upper desk surface and a second desk surface connected to the upper desk surface. The desk further includes a base with at least two channels and a pair of positioning legs configured to sit on an existing desk. A folding leg assembly connects the base to the first desk surface. The folding leg assembly includes a first pair of legs that extends between the first desk surface and the base, and a second pair of legs that extends between the first desk surface and the base. Each leg of the first and second pairs of legs is configured to move within the at least two channels of the base, such that the adjustable stand up desk can be adjusted from at least a closed position to a fully raised position.

An apparatus for positioning an electronic display can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases, the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including for example, a sitting position and a standing position.

An apparatus for positioning an electronic display can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases, the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including for example, a sitting position and a standing position.

A lifting platform, includes a movable support frame composed of a first and a second frames being cross pivotally and slidably connect between a bearing platform and a base, at least a positioning connecting rod set between the movable support frame and a portion close to the middle of the bearing platform or the base, and a damping extension element combine with an adjustment element and mounted on the movable support frame between the bearing platform and the base; the damping extension element controlled with extension or locking for adjusting the cross angle of the movable support frame, the adjustment element is provided to adjust the position of the damping extension element to form different supporting force to balance difference of bearing weight of the bearing platform, to achieve the effect of reducing the force required to operate the bearing platform for lifting.

A lifting platform, includes a movable support frame composed of a first and a second frames being cross pivotally and slidably connect between a bearing platform and a base, at least a positioning connecting rod set between the movable support frame and a portion close to the middle of the bearing platform or the base, and a damping extension element combine with an adjustment element and mounted on the movable support frame between the bearing platform and the base; the damping extension element controlled with extension or locking for adjusting the cross angle of the movable support frame, the adjustment element is provided to adjust the position of the damping extension element to form different supporting force to balance difference of bearing weight of the bearing platform, to achieve the effect of reducing the force required to operate the bearing platform for lifting.

A leg/footrest apparatus includes an adjustable-length axle having a compression rod to force first and second ends of the axle away from one another, and a rest platform that is rotatable about an axis of the axle. The apparatus may include a U-shaped member having first and second ends that extend from the axle and a base portion that extends between the first and second ends coupled to the rest platform. The rest platform may be rotatable about the base portion and may be balanced such that a rest surface of the rest platform remains substantially horizontal as the U-shaped member rotates about the axle. The rest platform may be rotatable between an in-use orientation and a storage orientation. A rotational lock may releasably secure the rest platform in the storage orientation. A foot pedal may be configured to rotate the rest platform between the in-use and storage orientations.

A leg/footrest apparatus includes an adjustable-length axle having a compression rod to force first and second ends of the axle away from one another, and a rest platform that is rotatable about an axis of the axle. The apparatus may include a U-shaped member having first and second ends that extend from the axle and a base portion that extends between the first and second ends coupled to the rest platform. The rest platform may be rotatable about the base portion and may be balanced such that a rest surface of the rest platform remains substantially horizontal as the U-shaped member rotates about the axle. The rest platform may be rotatable between an in-use orientation and a storage orientation. A rotational lock may releasably secure the rest platform in the storage orientation. A foot pedal may be configured to rotate the rest platform between the in-use and storage orientations.

An articulating support arm includes a base, a first set of control arms having proximal ends and distal ends, with the proximal ends of the first set of control arms being pivotally connected to the base. The support arm further includes a second set of control arms having proximal ends and distal ends, with the proximal ends of the second set of control arms being disposed forward of and pivotally connected to the distal ends of the first set of control arms. The distal ends of the second set of control arms also are pivotally connected to a control head, and a locking assembly selectively prevents pivotal movement of the control arms, so as to provide vertical adjustment of the control head relative to the base.