Patent ID: 7559520

Claim:
Apparatus for supporting a peripheral device adjacent a side edge of a computer display such that the peripheral device can be viewed by a user when facing the computer display, the apparatus comprising: a yoke that is adapted to attach to a vertically-oriented mounting plate of a display stand that supports the computer display such that the yoke is supported by the mounting plate above a support surface on which the display stand rests and the yoke therefore does not contact the support surface, the yoke including at least one arm that is adapted to extend beyond the side edge of the computer display so that an end of the at least one arm is positioned beyond the side edge of the computer display, the end including a peripheral device mounting element adapted to support the peripheral device adjacent the side edge of the computer display; wherein the yoke includes openings that are adapted to route a cable of a peripheral device that is mounted to the yoke and wherein the yoke includes a front portion and a rear portion, the front and rear portions defining an interior space through which the cable can be routed; wherein the yoke includes mounting holes that are arranged to align with mounting holes of the display stand mounting plate such that the yoke is adapted to secure to a first side of the display stand mounting plate when the computer display is positioned on a second, opposite side of the mounting plate and fasteners are passed through the yoke and mounting plate mounting holes and into the display; wherein the yoke is adapted to provide no support to the computer display but instead can be added to the display stand for the purpose of supporting the peripheral device adjacent the side edge of the computer display.