Keyboard mounting apparatus
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorJeramie Cooper
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Abstract
A keyboard mounting assembly includes a base having a body portion with an edge, and a keyboard tray having a support portion configured to engage a keyboard. The keyboard tray further includes an edge-engaging portion configured to releasably engage the edge of the base for pivotal movement between a first position, in which the body portion of the base and the support portion of the keyboard tray are not parallel to one another, and a second position, in which the body portion of the base and the support portion of the keyboard tray are generally parallel to one another. The assembly further includes an interlock mechanism between the base and the keyboard tray that is operable to releasably secure the base and the keyboard tray in the second position.
Claims23
A keyboard mounting assembly comprising:
- a base having a body portion with an edge;
- a keyboard tray having a support portion configured to engage a keyboard, the keyboard tray further including an edge-engaging portion configured to releasably engage the edge of the base for pivotal movement between a first position, in which the body portion of the base and the support portion of the keyboard tray are not parallel to one another, and a second position, in which the body portion of the base and the support portion of the keyboard tray are generally parallel to one another;
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- an interlock mechanism between the base and the keyboard tray, the interlock mechanism operable to releasably secure the base and the keyboard tray in the second position.
A keyboard mounting assembly comprising:
- a base having a body portion with an edge, and a tab extending from the body portion;
- a keyboard tray having a support portion configured to engage a keyboard, the keyboard tray further including an edge-engaging portion configured to releasably engage the edge of the base, and a tab extending from the support portion, the keyboard tray having a disengaged position in which the edge-engaging portion is disengaged from the edge to release the keyboard tray from the base, and an engaged position in which the edge is engaged by the edge-engaging portion for pivotal movement between a first position, in which the body portion of the base and the support portion of the keyboard tray are not parallel to one another, and a second position, in which the body portion of the base and the support portion of the keyboard tray are generally parallel to one another, the tab on the keyboard tray being generally aligned with the tab on the base to guide movement between the first position and the second position;
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- an interlock mechanism between the base and the keyboard tray, the interlock mechanism operable to releasably secure the base and the keyboard tray in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.