Patent ID: 7568760

Claim:
A kit for converting an arm chair for use with a computer system that includes a keyboard and mouse, and for storage of the keyboard and mouse when not in use, comprising a plurality of kit elements including: a base member having a low profile configured to fit and extend beneath at least a portion of the bottom of the arm chair, said base member including a stabilizing portion to maintain said base member in a generally stable position in a generally fixed relationship with the arm chair when said base member and the arm chair are securably associated with one another, and opposed side portions, at least one of said side portions projecting laterally beyond a side of the arm chair and defining a base support portion, a columnar element having a bottom portion complementarily engageable with said base support portion of said base member and a body portion extending upwardly from said base support portion to an upper end above the level of one of the arms of the arm chair, such arm being designated as the keyboard arm of the arm chair, a keyboard storage assembly associatable with said columnar element, said keyboard storage assembly including at least one arm element positionable at a height along the columnar element above the level of the keyboard arm of the arm chair and securable to said columnar element, said arm element projecting generally laterally from said columnar element and including a keyboard retaining portion for engagably receiving a keyboard and maintaining the keyboard when it is desired to store the keyboard, said arm element being generally horizontally movable relative to said columnar element to position the keyboard storage assembly generally in front of a user seated in the arm chair when use of the keyboard is desired by the seated user and to reposition said arm element to a position generally parallel to the keyboard arm of the arm chair at other selectable times, a mouse storage assembly and pad area including a mouse compartment body defining a mouse compartment sized to accommodate a mouse therein and a fitted mouse compartment lid therefor to cover and close said mouse compartment, including when a mouse is positioned in the mouse compartment for storage, said mouse lid being openable and closable as desired by a user and having a generally flat upper surface suitable for use as a mouse pad area when the mouse compartment lid is closed and the mouse is in use, said mouse storage assembly and pad area including a mounting assembly for securably associating said mouse storage assembly and pad area to an arm of the arm chair, such arm being designated the mouse arm of the arm chair, with the upper surface of said lid being generally longitudinally alignable with the reach of the arm of the arm chair, said kit elements being assembleable with one another and the arm chair to effect an chair construction with the keyboard and mouse of the computer system being located for easy access and use by a user seated in such arm chair.