Patent ID: 6494418
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A47B,G06F,H01H,Y10S

Abstract:
A wrist rest assembly comprising:a stable elastomeric block polymer gel layer, the gel layer being elongated longitudinally and having opposite longitudinally extending edges, opposite longitudinally spaced ends, a top surface for supporting a user's wrists, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a thickness between the top surface and the bottom surface, the gel layer extending between ends for a gel length and between edges for a gel width; a rigid base having a generally flat support surface extending the gel length and the gel width for supporting the gel layer, the base having longitudinally extending edge supports projecting upwardly from the support surface to a common height along the entire extent of each edge support, the edge supports extending adjacent the edges of the gel layer, and the base further including end supports which extend upwardly from the support surface adjacent the ends of the gel layer to terminate at a height, wherein the end supports are removably secured relative to the support surface; a support layer extending between the bottom surface of the gel layer and the support surface of the base; and a flexible cover layer extending over the gel layer and secured to the support layer, with the cover layer and support layer sealed together adjacent the ends of the gel layer; wherein the top surface of the gel layer and the cover layer thereon extend above the common height of the edge supports and above the height of the end supports, and the gel layer has a sufficient thickness between the top and bottom surfaces thereof and a sufficient width between the edges thereof to have a portion of the gel layer beneath and conforming to the wrists supported on the top surface thereof and to afford significant motion of the top surface of the gel layer with the supported wrists relative to the bottom surface of the gel layer in a horizontal plane, and wherein such motion allows the user's wrists to move in any direction in a generally circular area having a diameter of at least one-half inch.