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(11) | EP 0 729 720 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Sectioned wrist rest for keyboards, pointing devices, and the like |
| (57) A wrist rest (10) for use in front of a computer keyboard, pointing device, typewriter
or any other device requiring repetitive motion functions manually performed by an
operator, has at least two parallel elongated chambers or sleeves filled with a pliant,
deformable material upon which the wrists or hands of the user may rest. In use, the
parallel sections prevent the wrist rest from rolling toward or away from the keyboard,
and prevent the deformable material from bulging unduly under the thumbs of the user
whose hands are placed upon the wrist rest. In one embodiment, a fabric cover has
two elongated parallel pockets (24,25) into which sealed tubes (26,27) filled with
deformable material are inserted. A flap (22) covers the open end of the pockets to
prevent the tubes from escaping. In another embodiment, an inner impermeable elongated
pouch is contained within an outer fabric pouch and parallel chambers are formed by
running seals longitudinally along and between the pouches as well as along both ends. |