Workstation with opening and support for personal computer
OwnerEdwin P. Lochridgeinventor
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Abstract
A personal computer having a housing which is adapted for cooperation with ergonomically correct furniture. The housing has a parallelepiped configuration, with the two major faces forming the front and back of the parallelepiped. The disk drive and/or CDRom player and controls for the personal computer are disposed on the front of the major face adjacent to top of the housing. Input/output ports for connection with the monitor, keyboard, etc., are disposed on the side of the housing. A work station in which a personal computer can be used is provided with a support structure for supporting the computer in an opening at a level in which part of the computer is disposed above the level of the work surface and part is disposed below the level of the work surface.
Claims11
A work station, comprising:
- a work surface;
- a support structure associated with the work surface, defining an opening sufficiently large to accept a personal computer;
- wherein the support structure supports a personal computer at a position in which a first portion of the personal computer is disposed above the level of the work surface and a second portion of the personal computer is disposed below the level of the work surface.
A work station, comprising:
- a work surface;
- a support structure associated with the work surface, defining an opening sufficiently large to accept a personal computer;
- a personal computer supported by said support structure, comprising:
- a housing which comprises:
- a top;
- a bottom;
- two opposed major faces extending between the top and the bottom;
- and
- two opposed side faces extending between the top and the bottom and between the two opposed major faces;
- and
- at least one input/output device disposed adjacent the top of one of the faces of the housing,
- wherein the support structure supports the personal computer at a position in which a first portion of the personal computer comprising the input/output device is disposed above the level of the work surface and a second portion of the personal computer is disposed below the level of the work surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.