Patent ID: 6311939
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: A47B,A47C,Y10S

Abstract:
An integrated mouse pad and wrist and arm support with positioning and attaching assemblies, comprising:a support arm formed as an elongated member having first and second ends and an inside and an outside edge, the shape of said elongated member being that of an elongated rectangle except at said first end, said first end being shaped to be larger in size than said second end, said first end being configured in the shape of a computer mouse pad and comprising a mouse pad portion of said elongated member, the remainder of said elongated member comprising a wrist and arm support member portion;a positioning assembly comprising a positioning platform, a swivel pin extending upward from said positioning platform, a swivel pin positioning hole located in said wrist and arm support member portion near said second end, a plurality of position adjustment holes located in the underside of said wrist and arm support member portion near said inside and outside edges, a locking hole located in said positioning platform, and a spring-loaded plunger bolt means, said spring-loaded plunger bolt means having a handle contoured so as to enable being pulled by two fingers of a user without the thumb, said swivel pin configured to mate with said swivel pin positioning hole, said spring-loaded plunger bolt means configured to move a bolt into one of said position adjustment holes through said locking hole, said positioning assembly thus permitting an angular positioning adjustment of said wrist and arm support member portion; andan attaching assembly for attaching said integrated mouse pad and wrist and arm support and positioning assembly to a chair, said attaching assembly comprising first and second vertical attaching members, said first vertical attaching member having an upper end permanently attached to said positioning platform, said second vertical attaching member having a lower portion enabling attachment to a chair, said first vertical attaching member and second vertical attaching member being slidably attached to each other.