Adjustable computer monitor arm and method

Abstract

An adjustable monitor support apparatus to support a monitor in a viewing position, which apparatus includes a generally vertical base with a shaft, shaft bushing and outer sleeve; a monitor arm secured at the one end to the shaft housing for rotation about the shaft, and having a generally horizontal monitor support platform at the other end of the monitor arm. The monitor support platform is rotatable between locked and release positions at the other end of the monitor arm and optionally also may be tilted to a selected angular position. The monitor support apparatus is secured to a surface, such as a table top, by a threaded clamp assembly on a mounting bracket. The monitor support apparatus includes a plurality of removable, generally uniform spacer elements within the sleeve and adjacent the shaft. The one end of the monitor arm is adjusted to a selected, vertical height by the user positioning and arranging the spacer elements in a vertically stacked, aligned, interlocking arrangement beneath the shaft bushing. The monitor support apparatus optionally may include a keyboard support slidably mounted for movement between a compact, non-use position beneath the support platform and an outwardly-extended use position, to support a keyboard beneath the supported monitor.