Ergotech (1993) Inc.

Dragan Grbic

Jonathan Crinion

Hanna Shaheen

John Laperle

Lee Kenyon

A height adjustable keyboard support for attachment to and support from a work surface comprising two mounting brackets for attachment to a work surface. A rigid subassembly has a pair of horizontally spaced pivotting support arms rigidly connected at one end thereof by an intermediate member such that said support arms maintain the relationship therebetween. The subassembly is pivotally secured to the work surface by mounting brackets. A tiltable keyboard mounting arrangement is located generally between the support arms and is controlled by a linkage. An adjustable in length link extends between the subassembly and one of the mounting brackets and maintains the subassembly in a desired position and allows adjustment of said position by adjusting the length of the adjustable link. The link can have one end thereof secured in a slot with gravity biasing the link to one end of the slot. The slot allows the keyboard support to move upwardly if required to avoid pinning of an operator's legs therebeneath.

Adjustable keyboard support

A height adjustable workstation uses a torsion spring in association with a transmission for providing a counterbalance force opposing downward forces applied to the work surface. The workstation has telescoping legs and the telescopic movement thereof is transmitted through the transmission system to the torsion spring. The torsion spring is loaded and applies the counterbalance force to the legs via the transmission. The system includes a hand engaging adjustment mechanism for varying the magnitude of the counterbalance force and also includes a lock arrangement for locking the workstation at various selected positions. The preferred transmission system includes a rack and pinion gear arrangement connected to the torsion spring by a shaft.

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