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US 6,273,502 B1Granted
Ergonomically designed chair with adjustable keypad support arrangement
OwnerPeter Yin-Guan Loinventor
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An ergonomically designed chair having a keyboard support arrangement which is adjustable to suit the needs of individual workers, and which may be stored within the armrests of the chair when the keyboard is not in use. The support arrangement provides a position adjustment capability for a keyboard supported thereby and also enables the keyboard to be swung to one side so as to afford a user convenient entry to and exit from the chair. The chair has a seat and a pair of armrests, each including a compartment therein. Each compartment includes a compartment door, a vertical support member disposed in the compartment, and a multi-link extendable support arm. The multi-link arm is rotatable at one end about the support member for movement, when the door is open, between a storage position within the compartment and a support position outside of the compartment. One of the compartments is used to store a keyboard support frame for, in use, supporting a computer keyboard. The support arms, when in the support position, are extendable to support the keyboard support frame therebetween at a desired location relative to the chair.
A chair comprising a seat and a pair of armrests, each said armrest including a compartment located therein, each said compartment including a compartment door, a vertical support member disposed in the compartment, and a multi-link extendable support arm rotatable at one end about said support member for movement, when said door is open, between a storage position within said compartment and a support position outside of said compartment, one of said compartments containing a keyboard support frame for, when in use, supporting a computer keyboard and means for storing said support frame within said one compartment when said support frame is not in use, said support arms, when in said support position, being extendable to support said support frame therebetween at a desired location relative to the door.
In combination, a chair having seat and arms on opposite sides of said seat, and a support assembly for a computer keypad, said arms of said chair each including a compartment therein, and said support assembly comprising, disposed in each said compartment, a vertically extending support member, and an adjustable support device movable along said support member and rotatable about said support member between a support position outside of the compartment and a stored position within said compartment, each said adjustable support device including a first link mounted on said vertical supporting member for vertical movement therealong and for rotational movement around said vertical support member, a second link pivotally connected to said first link, and third link pivotally connected to said second link and carrying a support element thereon, and said support assembly further comprising an adjustable support frame, adapted to be engaged with the support element of each said adjustable support device, for supporting a computer keypad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.