Table top mountable wrist supporter

• US 5,170,971 A
• Filed: 05/28/1991
• Issued: 12/15/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: O P I Products, Inc. (Agnaten SE)
• Original Assignee: OPI Products Incorporated (Agnaten SE)
• Inventors: Tom, Alan, Schaeffer, George
• Primary Examiner(s): CHOTKOWSKI, KAREN
• Application Number:
  US07/705,752
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 248/118, 248/118.1, 248/118.5, 248/345.1, 248/615, 248/205.2, 248/911, 248/912, 297/411, 297/412
• US Class Current: 248/118.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/0371 Platforms for supporting wrists
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2230/0011 Hooks and loops as in hook and look-type fastener

Abstract

A wrist supporter made of polyurethane foam formed into a polyhedron having an L-shape cross-section adapted for installation on an edge of a work surface. In particular, two interior faces of the wrist supporter engage the top and side of the table or work surface. Hook and pile fasteners are provided on one of the interior faces for attachment to the work surface, either on top of the work surface or on the side. Thus, a flat surface incorporated into the contours of the wrist supporter can be disposed facing up or out sideways.

Claims

1. A wrist supporter mounted to a work surface having a top surface and a side surface comprising:

a one-piece polyhedron made of a pliant material having a generally L-shape cross-section wherein first and second inside faces of the polyhedron form a substantially right angle that defines an interior of the L, one outside face having a rounded convex shape generally opposite the first inside face and another outside face having a flat surface generally opposite the second inside face and

said top and front surfaces of said work surface being at a substantially right angle and said first and second inside faces of said wrist supporter being attached said top and front surfaces; and

means for fastening the wrist supporter to the work surface mounted to the interior of the L.

2. A wrist supporter according to claim 1, wherein the means for fastening is a hook and pile fastener.

3. A wrist supporter according to claim 2, wherein the hook and pile fastener is Velcro.

4. A wrist supporter according to claim 3, wherein the pliant material is polyurethane foam.

5. A wrist supporter according to claim 3, wherein the pliant material is foam rubber.

6. A wrist supporter according to claim 3, wherein the convex exterior face further incorporates a flat surface therein.

7. A wrist supporter according to claim 6, wherein the flat surface is oriented on top of the work surface.

8. A wrist supporter according to claim 6, wherein the flat surface is oriented on a side of the work surface.

9. A wrist supporter according to claim 1, wherein the means for fastening is disposed on top of the work surface.

10. A wrist supporter according to claim 1, wherein the means for fastening is disposed on a side of the work surface.

11. A wrist support mounted to a support surface comprising:

a polyhedron made of a pliant material having an L-shape cross-section wherein first and second inside faces of the polyhedron form a substantially right angle to define an interior of the L;

the L-shape cross-section having a rounded convex exterior face generally opposite the first inside face and a flat exterior face generally opposite the second inside face, and meeting which intersect to define an exterior of the L;

the support surface having an edge defined by a substantially perpendicular intersection of two planar faces, said planar surfaces being the top and front surfaces of said support surface, and wherein the inside faces of the wrist support are attached to the top and front surfaces of said support surface;

means for mounting the wrist support to the edge of the support surface having a female portion adapted to receive a corresponding male portion, one of the portions positioned on at least one of the interior faces of the wrist support and the other of the portions respectively positioned on at least one of the planar faces of the support surface; and

the exterior faces of the wrist support reversible with respect to the substantially perpendicular planar faces of the support surface to provide a different level of support and a different contour.