Computer desk with rotating auxiliary platform

Abstract

The present invention relates to a workstation desk accommodating computer usage. It features independent fixed support elements for input peripherals and a video monitor, allowing for comfortable usage of said computer devices in both work and home environments. The invention also has an elevated, height adjustable, support for a computer tower which permits convenient access to two front mounted computer drive bays on most appropriately configured computer towers. Advantageously, the invention features an approximately semi-circular auxiliary platform that is free to rotate around the desk, providing its operator an ample work or storage surface and unobstructed access to the computer components.

1 . In a computer desk of the type having at least two separate vertically offset rigid platforms and a plurality of vertical members that support said rigid platforms horizontally, the improvement wherein said computer desk includes: 
 a. a third rigid platform at its periphery that is free to rotate, and    b. a means to support said third platform horizontally, while allowing it to rotate freely.    Whereby, said third rigid platform provides convenient access to a larger total work area than is possible with a fixed platform, while minimizing the total size of said computer desk.    
   
   
       2 . The computer desk of  claim 1  wherein said third rigid platform is circular with a round hole in its center. 
 Whereby, said round hole allows said plurality of vertical members as well as power and signal cables from a video monitor to pass through.    
   
   
       3 . The computer desk of  claim 1  wherein said third rigid platform has a cutout at its edge. 
 Whereby, said cutout provides unobstructed access to input peripherals supported by one of said separate vertically offset rigid platforms when said third rigid platform is positioned appropriately.    
   
   
       4 . The computer desk of  claim 1  wherein said means to support said third platform horizontally, while allowing it to rotate freely is a plurality of wheels spaced evenly in pairs that contact the rim of said circular hole in the center of said third rigid platform. 
 Whereby, said wheels are attached to said vertical members.