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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L Watt, Jamestown, NY (US);
Donald R Pangborn, Jamestown, NY (US);
Assignee:
Weber Knapp Company, Jamestown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
108138 ; 108-7 ; 248918 ;
Abstract
A mounting assembly is disclosed for mounting an auxiliary device, such as a keyboard support or work surface, for vertical movement relative to a support, such as a desk top. The assembly permits upwardly directed movement of the auxiliary device while releasably constraining downwardly directed movement relative to the support, and includes a linkage assembly coupled with a brake assembly fixed relative to the support. The auxiliary device is released for downwardly directed movement by manually operated paddle coupled with the brake assembly and movable with the auxiliary device.