Method for retaining a user configurable wrist pad
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMichael R. Garel, Jeffrey A. Kurgan, Joseph H. Philippsen
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Abstract
A customer configured computer includes a keyboard having an exterior surface and input components mounted on a portion of the exterior surface. A user wrist rest area is adjacent the keyboard and includes a pad retention apparatus having a base member with a protruding contoured surface and a peripheral edge extending from the contoured surface; a resilient pad member covering the contoured surface and having a terminal edge extending toward the peripheral edge; and a frame member attached to the peripheral edge and securing the terminal edge of the resilient pad member between the frame member and the base member.
Claims21
A gel pad retention apparatus comprising:
- a base member including a protruding contoured surface and a peripheral edge extending from the contoured surface;
- a resilient pad member supported by the contoured surface and having a terminal edge extending toward the peripheral edge;
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- a frame member attached to the peripheral edge and securing the terminal edge of the resilient pad member between the frame member and the base member.
A customer configured computer comprising:
- a keyboard including an exterior surface and input components mounted on a portion of the exterior surface;
- a user wrist rest area adjacent the keyboard, including a pad retention apparatus including:
- a base member having a protruding contoured surface and a recessed peripheral edge extending from the contoured surface;
- a resilient pad member supported by the contoured surface and having a terminal edge extending toward the peripheral edge;
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- a frame member attached to the peripheral edge and securing the terminal edge of the resilient pad member between the frame member and the base member.
A computer system comprising:
- a chassis having an exterior surface;
- a microprocessor mounted in the chassis;
- a storage coupled to the microprocessor;
- a keyboard including input components mounted on a portion of the exterior surface;
- a user wrist rest area adjacent the keyboard, including a pad retention apparatus including:
- a base member having a protruding contoured surface and a recessed peripheral edge extending from the contoured surface;
- a resilient pad member supported by the contoured surface and having a terminal edge extending toward the peripheral edge;
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- a frame member attached to the peripheral edge and securing the terminal edge of the resilient pad member between the frame member and the base member.
A method of retaining a customer configured wrist pad for a computer system comprising:
- providing a base member including a protruding contoured surface and a recessed peripheral edge extending from the contoured surface;
- covering the contoured surface with a resilient pad member having a terminal edge extending toward the peripheral edge;
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- attaching a frame member to the peripheral edge and securing the terminal edge of the resilient pad member between the frame member and the base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.