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Qwerty keyboard articulating docking caddy

US5934625A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 20, 1997
Grant dateAug 10, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 20, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S248/918
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A keyboard caddy positions a keyboard on a top cover of a machine such as a copier. The keyboard caddy includes a pair of rails and a caddy base. The pair of rails have slots and are mounted upon the top cover. The caddy base includes a planar surface upon which the keyboard is positioned; a plurality of side walls between which the keyboard is positioned; and a pair of protrusions extending from a pair of the side walls and slidably engaging the slots of the rails to allow the caddy base to be moved to a selectable one of a plurality of positions relative to the top cover of the copier. The keyboard caddy holds the keyboard on the copier when the top cover is opened and/or pivoted. The keyboard caddy has diverse selectable positions by being movable to provide ease of use for different users.

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