4,913,390 DATED APRIL 3, 1990

PORTABLE ADJUSTABLE COMPUTER KEYBOARD SUPPORT & HAND REST
COMREST®

The purpose of this invention is to allow a stenographer, keyboard operator or typist to adjust the wrist rest to avoid Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. This invention relates to an improved computer keyboard support which is applied to, and remains with, the keyboard when the keyboard is moved about, and which can be adjusted to give good support for the user's wrist notwithstanding different size users.

The present invention has a base member with an upstanding wrist support section, in which the base member has an adjustable securing mechanism for locking the computer keyboard support assembly to the computer keyboard. In addition, the present invention provides adjustment means, as for example, slots and wing nuts that allow the wrist support member's vertical height and horizontal distance to be adjusted so as to conform to the individual characteristics of the particular operator.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer keyboard support assembly that will move with the computer keyboard and not be a part of the furniture.

It is further an object of the present invention to provide a computer keyboard support assembly that will be applicable to a wide variety of shapes of computer keyboards, including curved keyboards.

It is an additional object of the present invention to achieve these various goals with a computer keyboard support assembly that is light, attractive, formed of a minimum number of parts and is cheaply assembled.

These and other features and objectives of the present invention can be best understood when considered in combination with the following specification and drawings.