Keyboard storage with sliding shelf
AssigneeCurtis Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorsThomas W. Judd, Edward L. Hames
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Abstract
A keyboard storage apparatus for supporting a keyboard and for moving the supported keyboard between a storage, non-use position and an extended, use position. The apparatus comprises a spaced apart pair of elements each including a support element having a side inverted U-shaped opening to store a keyboard therein; an elongated, slidable shelf adapted for slidable movement within the opening between a storage position wherein the keyboard is within the opening and a use position wherein the keyboard extends beyond the end of the support element; and a fixed front and adjustable back keyboard retainer on the shelf to retain the keyboard in position.
Claims14
A keyboard storage apparatus for supporting a keyboard and for moving the supported keyboard between a storage, non-use position and an extended, use position, which apparatus comprises:
- (a) an elongated keyboard support element having sides, a top and bottom and one and other end, the support characterized by a generally side inverted, U-shaped opening extending from the one end inwardly toward the other end, said opening sufficient to store a keyboard therein and defining an inner bottom surface of said support element;
- (b) an elongated, slidably movable shelf means to support the keyboard and having a one and other end and extending substantially the length of the support element, the shelf adapted for slidable movement of the shelf means on the inner bottom surface between a keyboard non-use storage position wherein the shelf means with the keyboard are stored within the said opening and the shelf means extends into said hollow space and a keyboard use position wherein a part of the shelf means and the keyboard extend beyond the one end of the support element to permit use of the keyboard;
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- (c) retention means on the shelf means at the one and other end to retain securely the keybaord on the shelf means between the keyboard non-use storage and keyboard use positions.
A keyboard storage apparatus for supporting a keyboard and for moving the supported keyboard between a storage, non-use position and a use position, which apparatus comprises:
- (a) an elongated, generally hollow, plastic keyboard support element having sides, a top and a bottom and a one and other end, the support element characterized by a generally side inverted, U-shaped opening extending from the one end inwardly toward the other end, the said opening sufficient to store a keyboard therein and defining an inner bottom surface and an upper top surface, the support element having screw holes at the one and other end so that the upper surface may be secured to the lower surface of work support station;
- (b) an elongated, slidably movable and mounted shelf means to support the keyboard on the lower inner surface, the shelf means adapted for slidable movement on the inner bottom surface between a keyboard non-use, storage position wherein the one inner end of the shelf means extends within the hollow support element and toward the other end of the support element and a keyboard use position wherein a substantial part of the length of the shelf means extends outwardly beyond the one end of the support to permit the use of the keyboard;
- (c) keyboard tilting means on the shelf means to tilt the storage keyboard slightly forward and toward the user in the use position;
- (d) cushioning, non-skid means on the upper and lower outside surfaces of the support element to receive a display screen device on the upper surface and to provide a cushion for the lower surface on a work surface;
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- (e) retention means on the shelf means to retain the keyboard securely on the shelf means to include a fixed, upright retention element at the one end of the shelf means and a slidably adjustable, upright clamping element toward the other end of the shelf means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.