SWIVELING COMPUTER PERIPHERAL SUPPORT ASSEMBLY

摘要

A support assembly including first and second mounting brackets each having a mounting surface for attachment to a bottom surface of a desktop, first and second support arms pivotally attached to the first and second mounting brackets respectively to define first and second pivot axes, and a computer keyboard platform having a top support surface and a bottom surface. The first and second support arms rotate in a single plane about the first and second pivot axes respectively. The first and second support arms are pivotally attached to the bottom surface of the platform to define third and fourth pivot axes respectively. The support arms are rotatable relative to the platform in the single plane about the third and fourth pivot axes respectively. The distance between the first and second pivot axes is greater than the distance between the third and fourth pivot axes so that the platform is translatable between the mounting brackets, in a plane that is located between the first plane and the mounting surfaces of the mounting brackets, from a deployed position in front of the desktop to a retracted position underneath the desktop. The keyboard platform can be a computer tray for supporting a computer keyboard, or it can be the computer keyboard itself. The first and second support arms can each include first and second segments pivotally attached together to define fifth and sixth pivot axes for rotation in the single plane.