Patent ID: 9144316
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A chair for supporting a person above a horizontal surface in a neutral position while utilizing a split computer keyboard, comprising: a base adapted for resting upon the horizontal surface and a central vertical shaft projecting upward from the base; a seat mechanism having at a lower side thereof a shaft receiver adapted for receiving the central vertical shaft and at an upper side a support surface for the person's posterior while seated; a backrest mechanism attached at a bottom side thereof with the seat mechanism; and a pair of opposed armrest mechanisms projected away from opposing sides of the backrest mechanism, each armrest mechanism having a proximal end pivotally fixed with the backrest mechanism about a substantially vertical armrest post, and a distal end terminating in a keyboard rest mechanism, each keyboard rest mechanism for supporting one portion of the split computer keyboard; wherein each keyboard rest mechanism includes a first keyboard vertical adjustment plate and a second keyboard vertical adjustment plate, the first keyboard vertical adjustment plate selectively, slidably, and adjustably fixed with the second keyboard vertical adjustment plate with at least one keyboard vertical adjustment screw; whereby the person may pivot each armrest mechanism away from the chair in opposing directions to allow room for the person between the keyboard rest mechanisms for ingress or egress from the chair, and whereby the height of the keyboard rest mechanism with respect to the distal end of the armrest mechanism is selectively adjustable.