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US 4,709,972 AGranted
Keyboard cabinet with sliding tray
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsBrian R. LaBudde, Kevin C. Koek
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Abstract
A cabinet for storing a computer keyboard includes a slidable tray with dust cover door. When the tray is slid to its open position providing access to the keyboard the dust cover door may be pivoted to an orientation wherein the inside of the door is positioned to support the wrists or hands of the operator.
Claims10
A work station cabinet for keying entries into a keyboard, the work station cabinet comprising:
- a housing having an opening in a front face thereof;
- a tray means having a surface for supporting the keyboard;
- means coupling the tray means and the housing for movement of the tray means through the front face of the housing to an extended position wherein the keyboard is outside the housing and accessible for keying of entries thereinto, and to a retracted position wherein the keyboard is located within the housing for storage;
- a door pivotably connected to the tray means, the door having a front face and a rear face, the rear face cooperating with the housing to seal the front face of the housing when the tray means is in its retracted position when the door is pivoted to a generally vertical orientation;
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- means for supporting the door so that the rear face is in a generally horizontal orientation while the tray means is in its extended position, the rear face of the door being elevated relative to said surface of the tray means, without overlying the surface of the tray means, and providing support for the hands or wrists of an operator for keying entries into the keyboard.
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A work station cabinet for keying entries into a keyboard, the work station cabinet comprising:
- a housing having an opening in a front face thereof;
- a tray means having a surface for supporting the keyboard;
- means coupling the tray means and the housing for movement of the tray means through the front face of the housing to an extended position wherein the tray means is outside the housing allowing an operator access to the keyboard for keying entries thereinto, and to a retracted position wherein the tray means is located within the housing for storage of the keyboard;
- closing means movably connected to the tray means, the closing means having a surface, the closing means cooperating with the housing to close the opening in the front face of the housing when the tray means is in its retracted position and the closing means is moved to a generally vertical orientation with the surface of the closing means facing into the housing;
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- means for movably connecting the tray means to the closing means and for supporting the closing means so that the surface of the closing means is in a generally horizontal orientation while the tray means is in its extended position, the surface of the closing means being supported elevated relative to said surface of the tray means, without overlying the surface of the tray means, so as to provide support for the hands or wrists of the operator for keying entries into the keyboard.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.