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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 29, 1996
Lavern L Weinschenk, Jr, Davenport, IA (US);
Jay R Machael, Rock Island, IL (US);
Ring King Visibles, Inc., Muscatine, IA (US);
Abstract
A support assembly for a computer input device includes a generally C-shaped slide member mountable to the underside of a desk surface for slidingly receiving a vertical column member. Notches formed in the column member are engaged by teeth of a collar portion of a support arm. The arm is thereby adjustable to various vertical positions on the column. A computer keyboard or mouse pad may thereby by supported on the arm with both height adjustability and the ability to be retractable beneath the desk surface. Where the assembly is used to support a keyboard, a slide arm supporting the keyboard may be provided with ribs engaging slots of the support arm. By configuring the support arm with an S-shaped side elevation, movement of the slide arm on the support will allow the keyboard to tilt through a negative angle permitting the keyboard operator to adjust the angle of tilt to a comfortable neutral tilt position.