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Wrist rest support for a computer user

US5131614A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 26, 1991
Grant dateJul 21, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 26, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S248/918
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A wrist rest support for supporting a users wrist when he is performing tasks involving repetitive motion with the hands and fingers such as operating a computer keyboard or computer mouse which includes a base pad that is positioned partially under the keyboard and includes a section extending away from the keyboard that has a top surface above the level of the keys for supporting the wrists. The pad features an antistatic fabric laminated to a foam base and, in one embodiment, has a riser section that is separable from a base section when it is desired to substitute another riser section of different dimensions.

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