Aqua keyboard
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorWilliam H. Cresswell
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Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus, a method and a system for reducing stress for a user's hands and fingers while operating a computer. The apparatus includes a fluid-filled structure proximate to the computer that encloses a fluid-proof keyboard. In one embodiment, the fluid-filled structure has a pair of detachable arm-hand inserts attached on one side, with each situated to permit at least a portion of an arm and a corresponding hand to be inserted within in a manner that facilitates operation of the fluid-proof keyboard. The apparatus further includes the fluid-proof keyboard, which is submerged in the fluid-filled structure proximate to the computer and which is coupled to the computer to provide for manual keyboard input to the computer.
Claims27
An apparatus for reducing stress for a user's hands and fingers while operating a computer, comprising:
- a fluid-filled structure proximate to the computer and enclosing a fluid-proof keyboard, wherein the fluid-filled structure has a pair of detachable arm-hand inserts attached on one side, with each insert situated to permit at least a portion of an arm and a corresponding hand to be inserted within the detachable arm-hand insert in a manner that facilitates operation of the fluid-proof keyboard;
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- the fluid-proof keyboard, submerged in the fluid-filled structure proximate to the computer and coupled to the computer to provide for manual keyboard input to the computer.
A method for reducing stress for a user's hands and fingers when operating a computer, comprising the steps of:
- inserting, by a user, both hands into detachable arm-hand inserts of a fluid-filled structure proximate to the computer wherein a fluid-proof keyboard is immersed therein, and wherein the fluid-filled structure has a pair of detachable arm-hand inserts, each attached and situated to permit at least a portion of an arm and a corresponding hand to be inserted in a manner that facilitates operation of the fluid-proof keyboard;
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- operating, by the user, the fluid-proof keyboard, submerged in the fluid-filled structure proximate to the computer and coupled to communicate with the computer.
A system for minimizing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome stress in computer operation, comprising:
- a fluid-filled structure having a fluid-proof computer keyboard situated therein and proximate to a computer;
- the fluid-proof computer keyboard submerged in the fluid-filled structure and being arranged to send keyboard-entered information to the computer;
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- a pair of arm-hand sleeves, installed in one side of the fluid-filled structure, arranged to facilitate operation of the computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.