Supports – Brackets – Adjustable
Patent
1998-11-23
2000-07-25
King, Anita M.
Supports
Brackets
Adjustable
2481761, 248188, 248918, A47F 500, F16M 1100, F16M 1116
Patent
active
060927747
ABSTRACT:
A keyboard positioning apparatus for supporting a keyboard tray does not require complex mounting mechanisms or drilling holes in the support base such as a desk. A specific embodiment employs a desktop apparatus that includes a tray guide supported on the base and having a pair of spaced guide members. A tray rail has a pair of rail members each slidably engaging one of the pair of spaced guide members to slide between a front and a rear of the rail members. Each rail member has at least two rollers for providing rolling motion of the rail members on the base. The tray is coupled to the tray rail for supporting a keyboard. Another specific embodiment employs a tool-less, adjustable, out-board clamping mechanism for releasably mounting the apparatus underneath the desk without requiring holes to be drilled in the base. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced brackets and a pair of clamps releasably coupling the pair of spaced brackets nondestructively underneath the base. A pair of spaced slide members are each coupled to one of the spaced brackets. The keyboard tray has two sides each slidably coupled to one of the spaced slide members for supporting a keyboard to move in and out beneath the base. The apparatus of the present invention can be easily adapted nondestructively to a variety of support bases such as desks. The apparatus are easy to assemble and can be moved easily without destruction to the desks or similar support bases.
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ACCO Brands Inc.
Heisey David
King Anita M.
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