Patent ID: 6237879
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In combination with a computer having a first section supporting a keyboard and a second section supporting a screen, the second section pivotally connected to pivot between upright raised position and a down pivoted position with the second section then overlying the first section and keyboard, the improvement comprisinga) the first section having two laterally spaced upward facing surfaces offset from the keyboard,b) two flat support pads respectively attached to said two spaced surfaces, and openly spaced below the second section in down pivoted position, thereof,c) said pads being relatively thin,d) said pads sized to comfortably support the computer user's wrists during stroking of the keyboard, when the second section is in raised position,e) each pad having thickness between 1/32 inch and 3/16 inch throughout the area of the pad,f) and each pad consisting of:i) an intermediate layer of neoprene foam,ii) an upper Nylon layer attached to said intermediate layer, said upper layer having less than half the thickness of the intermediate layer,iii) an under layer of adhesive material removably adhesively attaching the pad to one of said first section upward facing surfaces,iv) the upper layer and the underlayer each being substantially thinner than the intermediate layer,v) the upper layer having thickness between 2.3 mm and 1 mm,g) said pads having upper surfaces which are at levels below a plane defined by the uppermost levels of the keyboard keys.