Keyboard lap table

• US 6,003,446 A
• Filed: 12/28/1998
• Issued: 12/21/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Leibowitz, Marc
• Original Assignee: Leibowitz, Marc
• Inventors: Leibowitz, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): Browne, Lynne H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Buck, Brian H.
• Application Number:
  US09/221,524
• Time in Patent Office: 358 Days
• Field of Search: 108/43, 248/118, 248/118.1, 248/444, 248/918
• US Class Current: 108/43
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 23/002 supported only by a person
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0202 Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0395 Mouse pads
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/918 Ancillary device support associated with a video display screen

Abstract

A portable work surface having a leg contoured tray 10 for being placed and used in the lap of an individual 11 for positioning a keyboard console 12 thereon and having a raised padded front portion 28 whereupon the wrists of the user 11 rest while typing. The laptop tray 10 has a recessed and retractable sideboard 14 held in place by clips 16 for placement and manipulation of a mouse 22. An additional embodiment discloses the lap tray 10 having a padded bottom 34.

Claims

1. An apparatus for holding a computer keyboard, comprising:

a) a lap sized tray for use by a user;

b) said tray having two contoured areas on its bottom for receiving the legs of the user;

c) said tray having a rimmed depression in its upper surface for receiving a computer keyboard;

d) a sideboard slidably mounted on the interior of said tray for being retractably extended from said tray for receiving a pointing device;

e) said tray having a track on its interior within which said sideboard slidably operates;

f) said sideboard being notched for receiving a clip whereby said sideboard is secured in position; and

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g) said tray being equipped with clips on its opposite ends for securely locking said sideboard.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising said contoured areas of the bottom of said tray having a serrated lip area for being securely positioned onto the lap of the user.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a padding material being provided onto the bottom of said tray for being more comfortably utilized by the user.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising said sideboard having a notch therein for receiving the wire from the pointing device whereby the wire of the pointing device is secured.

5. An apparatus for holding a computer keyboards comprising:

a) a lap sized tray for use by a user;

b) said tray having two contoured areas on its bottom for receiving the legs of the user;

c) said tray having a rimmed depression in its upper surface for receiving a computer keyboard;

d) said tray having a padded front ridge for receiving the forearms of the user;

e) a sideboard slidably mounted on the interior of said tray for being retractably extended from said tray for receiving a pointing device;

f) said tray having a track on its interior with which said sideboard slidably operates;

g) said sideboard being notched for receiving a clip whereby said sideboard is secured in position; and

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h) said tray being equipped with clips on its opposite ends for securely locking said sideboard.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising said contoured areas of the bottom of said tray having a serrated lip area for being securely positioned onto the lap of the user.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a padding material being provided onto the bottom of said tray for being more comfortably utilized by the user.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising said sideboard having a notch therein for receiving the wire from the pointing device whereby the wire of the pointing device is secured.