Multi-position keyboard and display station

• US 20040094072A1
• Filed: 11/20/2002
• Published: 05/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chief of Naval Research
• Original Assignee: Chief of Naval Research
• Inventors: Fabian, Louis M.
• Application Number:
  US10/302,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20040094072A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 108/50.01
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2064 for tilting and panning F16M11/2078 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/041 for balancing rotational movement of the head
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements

Abstract

A multi-position keyboard and display station is disclosed. The station can include an overhead mounting mechanism, a display mounting mechanism, and a keyboard mounting mechanism. The overhead mounting mechanism fixes the station overhead, and can include a vertical beam. The display mounting mechanism is receptive to a display, is connected to the overhead mounting mechanism, and is horizontally and vertically rotatable. The display mounting mechanism can include a plate on which the display is fixably mounted, and a right-angled bracket connecting the plate to the vertical beam. The keyboard mounting mechanism is receptive to a keyboard, is connected to the display mounting mechanism, and is adjustable up and down and to and from relative to the display mounting mechanism. The keyboard mounting mechanism can include a plate on which the keyboard is mounted, and an extendable plate that connects this plate to the plate of the display mounting mechanism.

Claims

1. A multi-position keyboard and display station comprising:

an overhead mounting mechanism to fix the station overhead;

a display mounting mechanism receptive to a display, connected to the overhead mounting mechanism, and rotatable horizontally and vertically; and

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a keyboard mounting mechanism receptive to a keyboard, connected to the display mounting mechanism, and adjustable up and down and to and from relative to the display mounting mechanism.

2. The station of claim 1, wherein the overhead mounting mechanism comprises a vertical beam having a plate at an end thereof for fixing the station overhead.

3. The station of claim 1, wherein the display mounting mechanism comprises a plate on which the display is fixably mounted.

4. The station of claim 1, wherein the display mounting mechanism comprises a first joint to provide for horizontal rotation thereof and a second joint to provide for vertical rotation thereof.

5. The station of claim 1, wherein the display mounting mechanism is substantially rotatable horizontally through 45 degrees, and is substantially rotatable vertically through 45 degrees.

6. The station of claim 1, wherein the keyboard mounting mechanism comprises a plate with a lower lip, the keyboard placed on the plate and resting against the lower lip.

7. The station of claim 1, wherein the keyboard mounting mechanism comprises a plurality of arm joints to realize adjustability up and down and to and from relative to the display mounting mechanism.

8. The station of claim 7, wherein two of the plurality of arm joints are substantially rotatable through 180 degrees.

9. The station of claim 7, wherein one of the plurality of arm joints is substantially rotatable through 150 degrees.

10. The station of claim 1, wherein the keyboard mounting mechanism provides for extension of the keyboard up to substantially thirty inches from the display mounting mechanism.

11. A multi-position keyboard and display station comprising:

a vertical beam to fix the station overhead;

a first plate on which a display is fixably mounted;

a right-angled bracket connecting the plate to the vertical beam, the bracket connected to the vertical beam at a first joint providing for vertical rotation of the first plate and connected to the first plate at a second joint provide for horizontal rotation of the first plate;

a second plate on which a keyboard is mounted; and

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an extendable arm connecting the second plate to the first plate, the extendable arm having a plurality of rotatable joints providing for adjustment of the second plate up and down and to and from relative to the second plate.

12. The station of claim 11, further comprising a third plate at an end of the vertical beam to fix the station overhead.

13. The station of claim 11, wherein the first joint of the right-angled bracket is substantially rotatable horizontally through 45 degrees, and the second joint of the right-angled bracket is substantially rotatable vertically through 45 degrees.

14. The station of claim 11, wherein two of the plurality of rotatable joints of the extendable arm are substantially rotatable through 180 degrees.

15. The station of claim 11, wherein one of the plurality of rotatable joints of the extendable arm is substantially rotatable through 180 degrees.

16. A multi-position keyboard and display station comprising:

means for fixing the station overhead;

means for horizontal and vertical rotation of a display, connected to the means for fixing the station overhead; and

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means for horizontal and vertical rotation of a keyboard, connected to the means for horizontal and vertical rotation of the display.

17. The station of claim 16, wherein the means for fixing the display station overhead comprises a vertical beam having a plate at an end thereof for fixing the station overhead.

18. The station of claim 16, wherein the means for horizontal and vertical rotation of the display comprises:

a plate on which the display is fixably mounted;

a first joint to provide for horizontal rotation of the display; and

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a second joint to provide for vertical rotation of the display.

19. The station of claim 16, wherein the means for horizontal and vertical rotation of the keyboard comprises:

a plate with a lower lip, the keyboard placed on the plate and resting against the lower lip; and

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a plurality of arm joints to realize adjustability up and down and to and from relative to the means for horizontal and vertical rotation of the display.

20. The station of claim 19, wherein two of the plurality of arm joints are substantially rotatable through 180 degrees and one of the plurality of arm joints is substantially rotatable through 150 degrees.