Patent ID: 7828260
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: A47B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A deployable support unit, comprising: a base plate; a support platen having at least one raised stop lip on a front side near a front margin thereof; a bracket plate hingedly connected between said base plate and said support platen, said bracket plate being hingedly connected to said base plate generally at a rear margin of said bracket plate and said base plate, and being hingedly connected to said support platen generally at a front margin of said bracket plate and at said front margin of said support platen; a first support strut for supporting said support platen at a selected angular orientation relative to said bracket plate; a second support strut for supporting said bracket plate at a selected angular orientation relative to said base plate, whereby said support platen is supported at a selected vertical height position relative to said base plate; said bracket plate being movable between a non-deployed position disposed in closely overlying and substantially parallel relation with said base plate and a deployed position tilted upwardly at a selected angular orientation relative to said base plate, and further wherein said support platen is movable between a non-deployed position disposed in closely overlying and substantially parallel relation with said bracket plate and a deployed position tilted upwardly at a selected angular orientation relative to said bracket plate; and a computer, said computer comprising a keyboard unit, and a computer screen carried by said support platen; said keyboard unit being slidably carried by said base plate for movement between a normally concealed and stored position and an operating position protruding at least a short distance forwardly from a front margin of the base plate.