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Collapsible typing keyboard tray

Patent 5833378 Issued on November 10, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 29, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 654902 filed on 05/29/1996

US Classes:

400/472, KEY-BOARD OR KEY LEVER-ACTUATING MECHANISM248/118.3, Adjustable height248/918, Ancillary device support associated with a video display screen400/715Attachment for guiding fingers or hands of typist (e.g., hand rest)

Examiners

Primary: Hilten, John S.
Assistant: Grohusky, Leslie J.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

B41J 005/10

Abstract

A collapsible keyboard support tray has folding legs. The legs have risers to enable adjustment of the deck to a height so that the hinged tray depends at an approximate negative 25°. The deck has a height to support a wrist pad at just below the user's wrist to enable typing with a zero degree angle from the wrist to the forearm. The user adjusts his chair to create a 90° angle from his forearm to his upper arm during typing.

Other References

  • Harvard Dictionary of Music, Second Edition, by Willi Apel, pp. 675-677
  • Great Pianists Speak For Themselves, by Elyse Mach
  • Famous Pianists & Thier Technique, by Reginald R. Gerig, pp. 128-137, 328-341, 404, and 405
  • "Proformix™" by Advanced Ergonomics, Minneapolis, MN--Brochure
  • "Typing Without Keys", Newsweek, Dec. 7, 1993, pp. 63-64
  • "Situs Office Ergonomics", Arvada, CO--Brochur
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