公开(公告)号：US5803416A

公开(公告)日：1998-09-08

申请号：US912796

申请日：1997-08-18

申请人： Alden B. Hanson ,  David W. Claus ,  Philip C. Corbett

发明人： Alden B. Hanson ,  David W. Claus ,  Philip C. Corbett

IPC分类号： A47B21/03 ,  B43L15/00

CPC分类号： A47B21/0371 ,  A47B2021/0378 ,  A47B2200/0093 ,  A47B2230/0011 ,  Y10S248/918

摘要： A hand, wrist and/or lower arm support pad and related assemblies are disclosed for use by operators of typewriter or computer keyboards, ten key pads and/or various computer peripherals such as a trackball or computer mouse. The support pad includes an enclosure defining a containment area having a flowable material therein and structure to assure retention of the enclosure at a selected location. The retention structure may be integral to the enclosure and/or may be associated with related assemblies. The flowable material preferably exhibits fluid-like characteristics, and, more preferably, is characterized by a non-constant shear rate to shear stress ratio. In some embodiments, it is preferred that the material will not flow under its own weight (i.e., no, or substantially reduced, cold flow characteristics).

摘要翻译： 公开了手，手臂和/或下臂支撑垫及相关组件供操作者使用的打字机或计算机键盘，十个键盘和/或诸如轨迹球或计算机鼠标的各种计算机外围设备。 支撑垫包括限定其中具有可流动材料的容纳区域的壳体，并且其结构用于确保外壳在选定位置的保持。 保持结构可以与外壳成一体，和/或可以与相关组件相关联。 可流动材料优选具有流体状特性，更优选特征在于剪切应力比为非恒定剪切速率。 在一些实施方案中，优选的是，材料将不会在其自身重量（即，没有或基本上减少的冷流动特性）下流动。