Patent ID: 6148739
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A47B,Y10S

Abstract:
In a workstation having a keyboard and an adjustable support assembly for supporting the keyboard, the support assembly comprising a support platform having an upper surface, a front edge and a rear edge,the keyboard having a space bar along a forward edge of the keyboard and upwardly facing indicia carrying keys with indicia thereon oriented for normal reading by viewing rearwardly over the forward edge,the keyboard located on the upper surface of the support platform with the forward edge of the keyboard directed toward the front edge of the support platform,the support assembly including a bracket assembly for mounting the support platform to the workstation,the support assembly including a bracket assembly for mounting the support platform to the workstation,the support platform being movably mounted to the bracket assembly for movement through a range of positions including angular movement of said support platform relative to said bracket assembly to locate the front and rear edges of the support platform at different heights relative to each other,a locking mechanism for locking said support platform in fixed relation to said bracket assembly within said range of positions,the improvement comprising a limiting mechanism for limiting angular movement of said support platform relative to said bracket assembly so that said support platform in a locked condition is always oriented with said front edge higher than said rear edge.