Neutral positions keyboard/wrist support

A wrist and computer keyboard support device, which comprises:

• a) base means having a lower end positioned on a support surface and an upper end, wherein the base means is provided with a first adjusting means;
• b) support means mounted on the base means and comprising a hand rest means adapted to support the heels or wrists of a user's hands, wherein the support means has a second adjusting means that cooperates with the first adjusting means of the base means for selectively varying the vertical height of the hand rest means above the support surface and for selectively varying the tilt angle of the hand rest means, and wherein the support means is positioned intermediate the user and the keyboard and either the base means or the support means is provided with a third adjusting means;
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• c) platform means adapted to support a keyboard thereon with a proximal end of the platform means nearest to the user having a fourth adjusting means that cooperates with the third adjusting means to provide for selectively varying the vertical height of the proximal end of the platform means with a distal end of the platform means supported on the support surface, the distal end spaced below the proximal end, wherein when the keyboard is positioned on the upper surface of the platform means, the keyboard has its plurality of keys arranged in tiers having a sloping angle of inclination, and wherein adjustment of the vertical height of the hand rest means, the tilt angle of the hand rest means and the slope of the platform means for supporting the keyboard thereon are independent of each other.

A wrist and computer keyboard support device, which comprises:

• a) base means having a lower end positioned on a support surface and an upper end, wherein the base means is provided with a first adjusting means;
• b) support means supported on the base means and comprising a hand rest means adapted to support the heels of a user's hands, wherein the support means has a second adjusting means adapted to cooperate with the first adjusting means to provide for selectively adjusting the vertical height of the hand rest means above the support surface, and wherein the support means is positioned intermediate the user and the keyboard and either the base means or the support means is provided with a third adjusting means;
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• c) platform means adapted to support a keyboard thereon with a proximal end of the platform means nearest to the user having a fourth adjusting means that cooperates with the third adjustment means to selectively vary the vertical height of the proximal end of the platform means above the support surface with a distal end of the platform means supported on the support surface, the distal end spaced below the proximal end, wherein when the keyboard is positioned on the upper surface of the platform means, the keyboard has its plurality of keys arranged in tiers having a sloped angle of inclination, and wherein adjusting the vertical height of the hand rest means is independent of the adjustment of the slope of the platform means supporting the keyboard.

A computer keyboard support device for supporting the heels of a user's hands while the user works at a keyboard having a plurality of keys arranged in tiers, which comprises:

• a) base means comprising opposed base walls extending in parallel vertical planes and having lower ends positioned on a generally planar support surface, wherein the base walls are connected by a joining means;
• b) support means positioned intermediate the user and the keyboard and comprising a pair of parallel and vertically disposed support walls having outer surfaces and inner surfaces with a hand rest means joining between the support walls, the inner surfaces of the support walls positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the base walls with the hand rest means in a spaced relationship, vertically above the joining means and wherein the support means is longitudinally movable with respect to the base means to separate the support means from the base means;
• c) means for adjusting a vertical height of the hand rest means relative to the joining means after relative longitudinal movement of the support means with respect to the base means, thereby defining a plurality of vertical heights for the hand rest means above the support surface;
• d) platform means having an upper surface adapted to support the keyboard thereon, the upper surface provided between a proximal end and a distal end of the platform means with the distal end positioned on the support surface, wherein the proximal end of the platform means nearest to the user is positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the one support wall of the support means spaced furthest from the user and adjacent to the keyboard;
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• e) means for adjusting a slope of the platform means relative to the one support wall to provide a plurality of sloping positions for the platform means after relative vertical movement of the proximal end thereof with respect to the one support wall thereby defining a plurality of magnitudes for the slope of the keyboard, the adjustment of the vertical height for the hand rest means functioning independently of the adjustment of the slope of the platform.