Patents Assigned to Microcomputer Accessories, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5366197
    Abstract: A two-way positionable copyholder is provided. A copy support member of the copyholder which receives a document to be transcribed is manually raiseable or lowerable and forwardly or rearwardly tiltable. To this end, the copyholder is provided with a slidable front support leg and a pivotable rear support leg. The front supporting leg engages a rear side of the copy support member, and the pivoting rear supporting leg mounts to the front support leg. A connecting member or tension bar connects the front and rear legs together. A forward end of the connecting member is pivotally mounted to the sliding support leg, whereas a rear or free end of the connecting member is detachably mounted at selected positions along the rear pivoting leg. The height of the copy support member is varied by sliding the front leg with respect to the support member. The angle or tilt of the copy support member is varied by repositioning the free end of the connecting member along the rear leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Microcomputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Westland
  • Patent number: 5302015
    Abstract: A keyboard support having an adjustable keyboard shelf is provided. The keyboard support includes a base having a pair of upper and lower horizontal slots. A pair of bars connect the keyboard shelf to the slots. Inner ends of the bars slide within the slots to allow the shelf to be withdrawn from, or retracted into, the base. One of the slots includes an angled end portion allowing the bars to pivot with respect to the slots. As a consequence of the pivot action, the keyboard shelf is selectively raised or lowered. A rack and pinion mechanism is provided within the slots to limit jamming of the shelf as it is withdrawn from, or retracted into, the base. The invention provides a sturdy adjustable keyboard support inexpensively constructed of few moving parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Microcomputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Du Vall
  • Patent number: 5265735
    Abstract: The desktop organizer includes a main tray for adhesively mounting to a top rear surface of the computer keyboard and a set of removable compartments for detachably mounting to a rear edge of the main tray. Each compartment is provided with a upper forward depending flange for engaging with an upper edge of the main tray. The compartments thus depend from the main tray along a rear surface of the keyboard. The compartments are arrangeable along the length of the main tray in a variety of different configurations. One or more of the compartments is sized for storing computer floppy disks. At least one of the compartments is sufficiently short such that, when positioned along the rear surface of the keyboard, it does not interfere with a keyboard cord extending outward from the rear of the keyboard. The provision of detachable and reconfigurable compartments allows the desktop organizer to be configured to avoid interference with access to disk drives of the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Microcomputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Alan Nash, Michael J. Rocha
  • Patent number: 5219216
    Abstract: The hanging diskette storage cabinet is a diskette storage box that may be hung between an ordinary pair of hanging rails in a file drawer. By this arrangement, a user may keep diskettes in easy reach and may secure the diskettes by simply locking the file drawer. The diskette box may also include a lid which has an upper recess surface such that, when the diskette storage box is hung in a file drawer, the lid may be open onto and over index tabs carried by files located behind the diskette storage box. In this fashion, the lid may lie flat over the files without damaging the index tabs and allowing the drawer to be closed with the box open. In a second aspect, the hanging diskette storage cabinet is a diskette storage box that may be variably configured. The diskette storage box is preferably dimensioned to accommodate an integral number of diskettes of a first size in one direction and an integral number of diskettes of a second size in the other direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Gregory DuVall
  • Patent number: 5219136
    Abstract: A wrist and keyboard support assembly that may be linearly and angularly adjusted in a variety of dimensions. The wrist and keyboard support assembly includes a keyboard platform and a variable height wrist support assembly. The wrist support assembly may be variably distanced from the keyboard platform to accommodate various sized keyboards. The wrist support assembly includes a wrist bar that may be adjusted to various heights relative to the work surface or the keyboard supported on the keyboard platform. The angle of the keyboard platform relative to the work surface may be adjusted to any desired angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Jeff A. Wielt
  • Patent number: 5193771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wrist support that is designed to maintain a typist's hand, wrist, and forearm in a neutral or aligned position. The wrist support includes a base member having an upper curved surface that partially conforms to the typist's wrist. The base member is preferably fastened to the user's wrist with a flexible strap having a plurality of hook and loop pile patches. An arm extends forward and upward from a front edge of the base member and has a support member at a distal end thereof. The support member is positioned under the user's palm to lightly support the user's hand without unduly restricting movement of the user's fingers. The support member preferably has an upper curved surface that is large enough to comfortably support the user's palm, but small enough so that the user may pivot his or her fingers up or down, backwards and forwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Neil Nagy
  • Patent number: D329658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventor: H. Charles Hassel
  • Patent number: D330892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Alan W. B. Nash
  • Patent number: D331042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Neil F. Nagy
  • Patent number: D341053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Jeff A. Wielt, Don Westland
  • Patent number: D342242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Jeff A. Wielt, Gregory DuVall
  • Patent number: D345151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventor: H. Charles Hassel
  • Patent number: D346402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Michael J. Rocha
  • Patent number: D349515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Kipton Pohlman, Donald Westland
  • Patent number: D350450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Stuart Karten, Dennis Schroeder
  • Patent number: D354312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Kipton Pohlman
  • Patent number: D357008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Kipton Pohlman
  • Patent number: D361218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Hector R. Santos
  • Patent number: D361228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Hassel, Hector R. Santos
  • Patent number: D365224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: MicroComputer Accessories Inc.
    Inventor: J. Kipton Pohlman