US 4,976,407 A · Adjustable wrist support

Abstract

A device for supporting the wrists of a keyboard operator or typist. The device includes a support member for supporting the operator's wrists, a mounting bracket adapted to be mounted on a base, a pair of connecting members respectively extending from the mounting bracket and the wrist support member, each of the connecting members having a slot disposed therein, and a pin extending parallel to the support member through each of the slots in the connecting member so as to respectively connect the pair of connecting members extending from the mounting bracket to the pair of connecting members extending from the wrist support member. In this manner, the wrist support member is pivotably adjustable relative to the mounting bracket about an axis which is disposed parallel to the mounting bracket, and the wrist support member is translatably adjustable in two directions angularly disposed with respect to one another. Therefore, the wrist support members are independently adjustable in three directions providing the operator with a large degree of adjustability.

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Dependent claims

A support for supporting the wrist of a typist or VDT operator during operation of a keyboard, said support comprising:

wrist support means for supporting said operator's wrist;
mounting means for mounting said wrist support means to a base which is adapted to support said keyboard, such that said wrist support means is disposed in front of said keyboard;
and
articulating means connecting said wrist support means to said mounting means for allowing three-directional independent adjustability of said wrist support means, such that said wrist support is independently and/or simultaneously adjustable in both a horizontal and a vertical direction and is also pivotably adjustable.

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A support for supporting the wrist of a typist or VDT operator, comprising:

wrist support means for supporting said operator's wrist;
mounting means for mounting said wrist support means to a base;
and
articulating means connecting said wrist support means to said mounting means for allowing three-directional independent adjustability of said wrist support means.
wherein said support means is pivotably adjustable relative to said mounting means about an axis disposed parallel to said mounting means and said support means and is translatably adjustable in two directions angularly disposed with respect to one another, and wherein said articulating means comprises:
a mounting bracket;
a pair of connecting members respectively extending from said mounting bracket and said wrist support means, each of said connecting members having a slot disposed therein;
and
a pin extending parallel to said axis through each of said slots so as to respectively connect said pair of connecting members extending from said mounting bracket to said pair of connecting members extending from said wrist support means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adjustable wrist support

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Adjustable wrist support

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Abstract

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