(19)
(11) EP 0 917 841 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.05.1999 Bulletin 1999/21

(21) Application number: 98309439.2

(22) Date of filing: 18.11.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A47B 21/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 19.11.1997 GB 9724424

(71) Applicant: Ackermann Limited
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK15 8HQ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Harrison, David Charles Peter
    Northamptonshire,NN29 7NB (GB)

(74) Representative: Nash, Keith Wilfrid et al
KEITH W. NASH & Co. Pearl Assurance House 90-92 Regent Street
Cambridge CB2 1DP
Cambridge CB2 1DP (GB)

   


(54) Computer connectors


(57) A desk insert or attachment which can be wired to power and data sources for a computer, and incorporating within it at least one power plug and at least one pin connector enabling a computer on the desk to receive power and data via the insert or attachment. One embodiment of attachment fits around the back portion of the desk. and has a back portion (22) which provides for the connection of power and data cables from sources thereof and an over-desktop portion (24) having an openable cover (25) beneath which pin connectors (28) and a withdrawable plug (26) are accessible.






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