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Extendable keyboard support assembly

CA 1291807 C · Owner: Hampshire, James F. · Inventors: Hampshire, James F.; Groth, Hugh E.; Collins, John M.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

James F. HAMPSHIRE, Hugh F. GROTH - and -, John M. COLLINS, ABSTRACT, A keyboard support assembly for a computer work stand is disclosed comprising a sub-plate (74) having a profiled opening (98,100) along each side and a keyboard, support plate (78) residing on top of the sub-plate. A pair of pivotal locking devices (138) are attached to underside of the keybaord support plate to depend into the subplate profiled openings, and to selectively engage against an underside of the sub-plate as the keyboard support plate is slideably re-positioned thereon. The locking devices (138) include gear teeth (140) which engage with a gear rack segment (102) along the sub-plate underside.

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  • Granted November 5, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 5, 2008.
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FiledJuly 27, 1987
GrantedNovember 5, 1991
Term endedNovember 5, 2008
Patent numberCA 1291807 C
Classification (IPC)A47B21/03

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedJuly 27, 1987Patent grantedNov 5, 1991Term endedNov 5, 2008

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