Wrist rest assembly

A wrist rest for use in supporting a person's wrist while operating a computer keyboard or mouse, said wrist rest comprising:

• a base having a top surface and a bottom surface, said bottom surface adapted to reduce movement of the wrist rest in use;
• an elastomeric gel layer supported by the top surface of said base, said elastomeric gel layer having:
• a) a top surface and a bottom surface;
• b) an elastomeric polymeric network with a substantial portion of liquid entrapped within the polymeric network;
• c) stability, such that the elastomeric gel layer has substantially invariant physical properties over time;
• d) flexibility and compressibility in the general range of flexibilities and compressibilities of elastomeric gels made by mixing from about 4 to about 10 parts of U.S.P. Nujol brand mineral oil with one part Kraton 107 styrene-isoprene-styrene and heating the mixture to approximately 149 degrees C while agitating vigorously until the styrene-isoprene-styrene appears visually dissolved, wherein the flexibility is such that the elastomeric gel layer flexes in a lateral direction so that the top surface of the elastomeric gel layer moves relative to the bottom surface of the elastomeric gel layer in a plane generally parallel to the top surface of the base and wherein the compressibility is such that the elastomeric gel layer compresses in a direction generally perpendicular to the bottom surface of the elastomeric gel layer, such that the elastomeric gel layer conforms to a user's wrist;
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• e) a sufficient thickness of the elastomeric gel layer between the top and bottom surfaces thereof to afford significant movement of the top surface of the elastomeric gel layer in direction generally parallel to the bottom surface of the gel layer.