Patent ID: 6484646
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A47B,Y10S

Abstract:
A work surface for computer and computer terminal users, comprising:at least one tabletop; a base (4) supporting said tabletop, the tabletop or portions of the tabletop that are designed to be closest to a person working at the work surface providing a keyboard platform (3), the keyboard platform being arranged to at least partially surround the user; a user space (14) formed by a front edge (7) of the tabletop, the keyboard platform having a support surface (11) with a top surface (6) adapted for receiving the user's complete forearm from the user's wrist to the user's elbow during all time of use of the work surface, a keyboard surface (10) for receiving a keyboard and a mouse, and a connect surface (12) formed between the support surface and the keyboard surface, wherein in a working position the support surface curves downwardly so that at least the top surface of the support surface is lower, at substantially every point of a curvilinear or a fractional edge line of a front edge of the user space, than at the connect surface, wherein at least at a location for the keyboard on the keyboard surface, the connect surface (12) is provided with a step (16).