Device for adjusting the angle of a keyboard
AssigneeSiemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBernhard Gut, Franz Wandinger
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Abstract
An adjustable keyboard support device is provided having a tubular bearing element (1), secured to a housing bottom (5) of a keyboard. A generally L-shaped stand (2) is provided with two bearing pins (3, 4) which fit respectively into tube ends of the bearing element. The stand includes two U-brackets (6, 7) placed perpendicularly to one another. The two jointly pivotable U-brackets (6, 7) of different lengths. A locking element (8) extends from one of the U-brackets, engaging in the bearing element (1) for fixing the position in one of the two inclination angle settings.
Claims10
A device for the variable adjustment of the inclination angle of a keyboard housing supported on a flat surface, the device comprising:
- a tubular bearing element having two opposite, open ends, the tubular bearing element being secured to the housing bottom proximal to a rear corner of said housing;
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- a stand having two U-brackets of different lengths, the U-brackets being arranged at an angle from each other so that the stand is generally L-shaped, the U-brackets meeting at a pair of inwardly-directed bearing pins, each bearing pin rotatably residing in a respective end of said tubular bearing element, securing the stand to the bearing element, the stand further having a locking element extending from at least one of said U-brackets, the locking element engaging in the bearing element to adjustably retain the housing in one of at least two inclination angle settings.
A device for supporting a keyboard housing on a surface at an angle, the device comprising:
- a tubular bearing element secured to a bottom of said housing, the tubular bearing element having two ends;
- a stand having a short bracket member and a long bracket member, the bracket members extending at generally a right angle from each other, the stand including a pair of inwardly-facing pins which reside within said ends of the tubular bearing elements to rotationally secure said stand relative to said housing;
- wherein said stand is rotatably adjustable between a first incline setting such that said short bracket member is disposed generally perpendicularly to said housing and a second incline setting such that said long bracket member is disposed generally perpendicularly to said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.