Abstract: A pointing device provides increased comfort by supporting the user's hand to avoid extreme positions of posture ranges of the various fingers and joints of the hand and wrist. The device includes an upper surface having a crown on which to rest a palmar region of the palm of the hand of a user substantially at the metacarpal-phalangeal (MP) joint of the second digit and at least a portion of the metacarpal-phalangeal joint of the third digit. The upper surface has a front region on which to rest the second and third digits. The front region extends downwardly from the crown in a forward direction. The upper surface includes a back region on which to rest the hypothenar region of the hand. The back region extends downwardly from the crown in a rearward direction, and is configured to substantially avoid contacting the carpal tunnel and to substantially avoid supporting the thenar region of the hand.

Abstract: A cooling device (1) for chilling a wine bottle (2) comprises a substantially cylindrical housing (3). A panel member (8) formed by a plurality of hingedly connected panel segments (9) is located in the housing (3) and forms a receiving compartment (12) for the wine bottle (2). The panel segments (9) each form a storing chamber (14) for storing a temperature conditionable liquid. An annular ring (7) is mounted on a carrier sleeve (16) which is rotatable and axially slideable within the housing (3) for varying the diameter of a receiving compartment (12) for accommodating bottles (2) of different diameter. A bearing rim (20) of the carrier sleeve (16) abuts wedge-shaped portions (21) of the panel member (8) so that as the carrier sleeve (16) is urged axially into the housing (3) the diameter of the receiving compartment (12) is reduced and vice versa.

Abstract: A pointing device provides increased comfort by supporting the user's hand to avoid extreme positions of posture ranges of the various fingers and joints of the hand and wrist. The device includes an upper surface having a crown on which to rest a palmar region of the palm of the hand of a user substantially at the metacarpal-phalangeal (MP) joint of the second digit and at least a portion of the metacarpal-phalangeal joint of the third digit. The upper surface has a front region on which to rest the second through fourth digits. The front region extends downwardly from the crown in a forward direction. The upper surface includes a back region on which to rest the hypothenar region of the hand. The back region extends downwardly from the crown in a rearward direction, and is configured to substantially avoid contacting the carpal tunnel and to substantially avoid supporting the thenar region of the hand.