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US 5,845,586 AGranted
Ergonomic workstation
AssigneeBalt, Inc.
InventorLorraine Moore
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Abstract
A computer workstation that has an adjustable keyboard support is described. The workstation has a base having an upper end, a lower end, and a leg assembly. There is top having a bottom surface attached to the upper end of the base. A keyboard support having a longitudinal axis is pivotally attached to the top. The workstation is designed so that the keyboard support can be adjusted in height as well as angularly.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a base having an upper end, a lower end, and a leg assembly comprising legs that are generally Z-shaped;
- and wherein the leg assembly comprises a first leg connected to a second leg by a support means, wherein said first leg and said second leg are generally Z-shaped, and wherein said first leg is parallel to and in juxtaposition with said second leg;
- and
- a top having a bottom surface attached to the upper end of the base;
- and
- a keyboard support means having a longitudinal axis pivotally attached to the top.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a base having an upper end, a lower end, and a leg assembly;
- a top having a bottom surface attached to the upper end of the base;
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- a keyboard support means having a longitudinal axis pivotally attached to the top;
- and wherein the keyboard support means has an upper surface and a bottom surface, wherein said bottom surface of the keyboard support means is mounted to the bottom surface of the top by a generally L-shaped mounting means, said generally L-shaped mounting means having a short arm connected to a long arm, wherein said keyboard support means extends generally alongside the top;
- and wherein the long arm has a first end and a second end and said first end is pivotally connected to the bottom surface of the top, wherein said short arm has a first end pivotally connected to the bottom surface of the keyboard support means and a second end connected to the second end of the long arm;
- and wherein the long arm of the generally L-shaped mounting means has a first tubular member attached to the first end and forms a T-shaped head;
- wherein said tubular member is rotatably mounted to the bottom surface of the top by a bracket means that is fastened to the bottom surface of the top, wherein said tubular member has a longitudinal axis and extends in a plane that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the top.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.