Wrist rest assembly
First Claim
1. A wrist rest assembly for use along the front edge of a device to be operated by a person'"'"'s hands or fingers, such as in front of a computer keyboard, computer mouse or other input device, said wrist rest assembly comprising:
- a base having an upper surface and an opposite bottom supported surface adapted to be supported on a horizontal surface along the front edge of the device; and
a pad comprising a layer of gel, said pad having opposite top and bottom surfaces, opposite longitudinally extending edges, and opposite longitudinally spaced ends, the bottom surface of said elongate pad being supported on the upper surface of said base, said pad having a sufficient thickness between said top and bottom surfaces and width between said edges to afford supporting a users wrists on said top surface with a portion of the layer of gel beneath and conforming to the supported wrists and to afford significant motion of the top surface of the pad with the supported wrists relative to the bottom surface in a horizontal plane.
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Abstract
A wrist rest assembly for use along the front edge of a device to be operated by a person'"'"'s hands or fingers, such as in front of a computer keyboard, including an elongate base on which is supported an elongate pad comprising a layer of gel within the covering. The pad has sufficient thickness between its top and bottom surfaces and width between its edges to afford supporting a users wrists on said top surface with a portion of the layer of gel beneath and conforming to the supported wrists and to afford significant motion of the top surface of the pad with the supported wrists relative to the bottom surface in a plane generally parallel to the upper surface of the base. The base has a top portion supporting the pad, a bottom portion adapted to be supported on a horizontal surface; and structure that allows the top portion to be supported on the bottom portion with the top surface of the pad at a predetermined one of several different distances above that horizontal surface.
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16 Claims
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1. A wrist rest assembly for use along the front edge of a device to be operated by a person'"'"'s hands or fingers, such as in front of a computer keyboard, computer mouse or other input device, said wrist rest assembly comprising:
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a base having an upper surface and an opposite bottom supported surface adapted to be supported on a horizontal surface along the front edge of the device; and
a pad comprising a layer of gel, said pad having opposite top and bottom surfaces, opposite longitudinally extending edges, and opposite longitudinally spaced ends, the bottom surface of said elongate pad being supported on the upper surface of said base, said pad having a sufficient thickness between said top and bottom surfaces and width between said edges to afford supporting a users wrists on said top surface with a portion of the layer of gel beneath and conforming to the supported wrists and to afford significant motion of the top surface of the pad with the supported wrists relative to the bottom surface in a horizontal plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for supporting the wrists of a person operating a device such as a computer keyboard, computer mouse or other input device, said method comprising:
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providing a pad comprising a layer of gel, said pad having opposite top and bottom surfaces, and opposite longitudinally extending edges, supporting the pad along the front edge of the device; and
supporting the users wrists along the top surface of pad;
the pad having a sufficient thickness between the top and bottom surfaces and width between the edges to have a portion of the layer of gel beneath and conforming to the supported wrists and to afford significant motion of the top surface of the pad with the supported wrists relative to the bottom surface in a horizontal plane.
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