Flip down monitor with retractable keyboard tray
OwnerGregory Michaelinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is an integrated sliding keyboard tray and adjustable flip down monitor. It has a bracket that is mounted to a slot cut into an existing work surface. A flat panel monitor and a keyboard tray are both slidably mounted to separate pairs of rails disposed upon the bracket. The monitor may be adjusted forward, back, up, down and for pitch. When not in use the monitor may be folded down parallel to the existing work surface against which it forms a watertight seal.
Claims20
An integrated flip down monitor and sliding keyboard tray, comprising:
- a U-shaped bracket having a horizontal bottom wall and a pair of opposing sidewalls, the bracket being adapted for attachment to a desktop work surface;
- a keyboard tray adapted for receiving a keyboard, the tray being slidably disposed on the bottom wall of said U-shaped bracket;
- two support rods slidably and pivotally disposed on the opposing sidewalls of said U-shaped bracket;
- a flat panel monitor having a lip defined about the perimeter of said monitor, said monitor being attached to said support rods;
- wherein said monitor pivots between an open position above said bracket and a closed position parallel with the bottom wall of said bracket in order to form a portion of the desktop work surface.
An integrated flip down monitor and sliding keyboard tray in combination with a desktop work surface, comprising:
- a desktop work surface having a U-shaped recess defined therein;
- a U-shaped bracket having a horizontal bottom wall and a pair of opposing sidewalls, the sidewalls of said bracket being attached to the U-shaped recess defined in said desktop work surface;
- a keyboard tray adapted for receiving a computer keyboard, the tray being slidably disposed on the bottom wall of said U-shaped bracket;
- two support rods slidably and pivotally disposed on the opposing sidewalls of said U-shaped bracket;
- a flat panel monitor having a lip defined about the perimeter of said monitor and having a back surface, said monitor being attached to said support rods;
- wherein said monitor pivots between an open position above said desktop work surface and a closed position parallel with the bottom wall of said bracket, the back surface of said monitor being planar with said desktop work surface in order to fill the recess defined in said desktop work surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.