Slideable keyboard tray with tilt adjustment
AssigneeCKnapp Sales, Inc.
InventorBrandon Meyer
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Abstract
An adjustable keyboard tray includes a desk mount configured to secure the adjustable keyboard tray to a desktop, a slide including a fixed rail attached to the desk mount and a slidable rail slidably mated with the fixed rail, a keyboard platform mount attached to the slidable rail with a keyboard platform mount pivot, and a keyboard platform attached to the keyboard platform mount, the keyboard platform being slidable relative to the desk mount via the slide and tiltable relative to the slide via the keyboard platform mount pivot.
Claims18
An adjustable keyboard tray comprising:
- a desk mount configured to secure the adjustable keyboard tray to a desktop;
- a slide including a fixed rail attached to the desk mount and a slidable rail slidably mated with the fixed rail;
- a keyboard platform mount attached to the slidable rail with a keyboard platform mount pivot;
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- a keyboard platform attached to the keyboard platform mount, the keyboard platform being slidable relative to the desk mount via the slide and tiltable relative to the slide via the keyboard platform mount pivot;
- and
- a tilt lock to fix a tilt setting of the keyboard platform relative to the slide,
- wherein the tilt lock includes a shaft extending through one of a plurality of holes in the keyboard platform mount and engaged with the slidable rail, each of the plurality of holes providing a different tilt setting for the keyboard platform.
An adjustable keyboard tray comprising:
- a desk mount configured to secure the adjustable keyboard tray to a desktop;
- a slide including a fixed rail attached to the desk mount and a slidable rail slidably mated with the fixed rail;
- a keyboard platform mount attached to the slidable rail with a keyboard platform mount pivot;
- a keyboard platform attached to the keyboard platform mount, the keyboard platform being slidable relative to the desk mount via the slide and tiltable relative to the slide via the keyboard platform mount pivot;
- and
- a tilt lock to fix a tilt setting of the keyboard platform relative to the slide,
- wherein the tilt lock includes a tilt locking knob including a threaded shaft extending through one of a plurality of holes in the keyboard platform mount and engaged with the slidable rail, each of the plurality of holes providing a different tilt setting for the keyboard platform.
A desktop assembly comprising:
- a desktop;
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- an adjustable keyboard tray, the adjustable keyboard tray including:
- a desk mount securing the adjustable keyboard tray to the desktop;
- a slide including a fixed rail attached to the desk mount and a slidable rail slidably mated with the fixed rail;
- a keyboard platform mount attached to the slidable rail with a keyboard platform mount pivot;
- a keyboard platform attached to the keyboard platform mount, the keyboard platform being slidable relative to the desk mount and the desktop via the slide and tiltable relative to the slide and the desktop via the keyboard platform mount pivot;
- and
- a tilt lock to fix a tilt setting of the keyboard platform relative to the slide,
- wherein the tilt lock includes a shaft extending through one of a plurality of holes in the keyboard platform mount and engaged with the slidable rail, each of the plurality of holes providing a different tilt setting for the keyboard platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.