Patent ID: 6827409
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: A47B,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An integrated flip down monitor and sliding keyboard tray, comprisinga U-shaped bracket having a horizontal bottom wall and a pair of opposing sidewalls, the bracket being adapted for attachment to a desktop work surface; a keyboard tray adapted for receiving a keyboard, the tray being slidably disposed on the bottom wall of said U-shaped bracket; two support rods slidably and pivotally disposed on the opposing sidewalls of said U-shaped bracket; a flat panel monitor having a lip defined about the perimeter of said monitor, said monitor being attached to said support rods; a detent mechanism for adjusting said monitor along said support rods; wherein said monitor pivots between an open position above said bracket and a closed position parallel with the bottom wall of said bracket in order to form a portion of the desktop work surface; wherein each of said support rods extends into a shaft located on each side of said monitor where each shaft further comprises a plurality of semicircular depressions defined therein, wherein said monitor is held into position on said shaft by a catch that interacts with said semicircular depressions.