Combined keyboard alignment device and palm rest

Description

FIG. 1 is a right, front perspective view of a combined keyboard alignment device and palm rest showing my new design, the broken line drawing of a computer keyboard is shown for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof, the left side is a mirror image, the broken line drawing of a computer keyboard and work surface are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof, the elevating portion folded underneath and positioned on a work surface, the broken line drawing of a work surface is shown for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 8 is a right side view of a second embodiment thereof, the left side is a mirror image;

FIG. 9 is a right side view thereof, the left side is a mirror image, the elevating portion folded underneath and positioned on a work surface, the broken line drawing of a work surface is shown for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 10 is a left, front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a right side view of a third embodiment thereof, the left side is a mirror image;

FIG. 12 is a right side view thereof, the left side is a mirror image, the elevating portion is in an alternate position, the broken line drawing of a work surface is shown for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 13 is a right side view thereof, the left side is a mirror image, the elevating portion is in an alternate position, the broken line drawing of a work surface is shown for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 14 is a right side view thereof, the left side is a mirror image, the elevating portion is in an alternate position, the broken line drawing of a work surface is shown for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed invention;

FIG. 15 is a left, front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a bottom view of FIG. 9; and,

FIG. 17 is a bottom view of FIG. 11.

The rear views of the second and third embodiments are identical to the FIG. 5 view except that the lower elevating portion of the first embodiment would not be shown.

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Patent History
Patent number: D361988
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 2, 1993
Date of Patent: Sep 5, 1995
Inventor: Alan H. Grant (Chevy Chase, MD)
Primary Examiner: Melanie H. Tung
Assistant Examiner: M. H. Tung
Law Firm: Jacobson, Price, Holman & Stern
Application Number: 0/6,602
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/114