Patent ID: 6478266
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A keyboard assembly comprising:a keyboard having a front extension, a slot being defined in the front extension; a retention device received and retained in the slot, the retention device comprising a pawl movable along the slot between a released position and a secured position and a biasing element driving the pawl toward the secured position, the retention device including a slide block having a front end and a rear end, the slide block having a channel formed therein, the biasing element being formed by a helical spring having a first end supported by an end wall formed on the front extension and a second end retained by a projection formed on the rear end rear end of the slide block; a wrist support having an underside forming a U-shaped member, the pawl being biased by the biasing element to engage the U-shaped member for mounting the wrist support to the keyboard, the pawl being formed on the front end of the slide block and facing the U-shaped member; and a guide plate fixed to the front extension of the keyboard and movably received in the channel of the slide block for guiding movement of the slide block, the slide block having a cavity formed in the rear end thereof for accommodating the biasing element, the guide plate being extended over the cavity for retaining the biasing element in the cavity.