Steelcase Inc.

Russell P Whitaker

Gregg Robert Draudt

Ronald A Dykstra

Peter M Barber

Mark D Swets

Michael D Elsholz

Joseph D Ruedinger

William Charles Stewart

Scott A Williamson

James L LeClair

Philip Roodvoets

Andrew H Carlson

An adjustable keyboard support mechanism includes a mounting bracket for attachment to a support surface, a platform for supporting a keyboard thereon, a support arm operably connected to the mounting bracket and the platform, and a locking mechanism for restricting height adjustment of the platform with respect to the support surface. The locking mechanism includes a center arm pivotable with respect to the platform and slidable with respect to the mounting bracket, a plurality of frictional members sandwiching and frictionally engaging the center arm, thereby restricting the sliding movement of the center arm with respect to the mounting bracket, and a wedge assembly actuable by pivoting movement of the platform and engageable with the frictional members to both restrict and allow height adjustment of the platform relative to the support surface. The adjustable keyboard support further includes a tilt adjustment mechanism having an actuator member defining a length and operably coupled to a first portion of the platform and linking member operably coupled to a second section of the platform and adjustable along the length of the actuator such that an adjustment of the linking member along the length of the actuator member causes the second section of the platform to pivot with respect to the first section, thereby adjusting a tilt of the second section of the platform relative to the support surface.

Adjustable keyboard support

A furniture accessory kit is designed to support portable computers in office partition systems of the type having slat wall panels on which detachable office amenities, such as paper trays, etc. can be hung. A horizontal shelf accessory supports a portable computer thereon, and includes a connector that detachably mounts the shelf to an associated slat wall panel in a cantilevered horizontal orientation. The shelf has a wire trough to mange wiring associated with the portable computer. A sleeve-shaped accessory unit with a hollow interior for retaining computer accessories therein is configured to be hung on the slat wall panel directly above the shelf. A wire management device to retain wires associated with the portable computer is configured to be hung on the slat wall panel near the shelf and the accessory unit. A security devices for securing the portable computer to the slat wall and which is configured to be hung on the slat wall panel near the shelf and the accessory unit. A power supply unit for supplying electrical power to the portable computer to the slat wall and which is configured to be hung on the slat wall panel near the shelf and the accessory unit.

Furniture accessory kit for portable computers and the like

A partition construction for subdividing a building space includes a partition frame having an open interior and defining a front side, a first cover covering a section of the partition frame with apertures for providing utility access, and a second cover slidably supported on the partition frame proximate the first cover. The second cover is slidable parallel the front side between a closed position covering the open interior and an open position providing access to utilities in the open interior. The second cover is semi-flexible so that it can be simultaneously slid along the partition frame and flexed away from the partition frame to a disengaged/removed position, thus allowing it to be removed even when the second cover is 'trapped' on the partition frame by a furniture component attached to or positioned in front of the partition frame. A plurality of secondary covers are configured to snap attach to the first cover over the apertures, the secondary covers including a duplex receiving secondary cover, a telecommunication jack secondary cover, a flexible wire-routing secondary cover, and an aesthetic aperture-covering secondary cover.

Partition construction with novel removable covers

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Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

Russell P Whitaker