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Abstract

A keyboard and mouse support includes a keyboard support body and a mouse support. The keyboard support body includes a throughpassage that passes through the support body and opens on opposite sides of the support body. The keyboard support body also defines a support surface configured to accommodate a keyboard such as a keyboard for inputting alphanumeric symbols to a personal computer. The moveable mouse support fits within a portion of the throughpassage of the support and extends outwardly from the support to define a mouse support surface having a region that extends in front of a front edge of a keyboard with the keyboard resting the support surface. Although the term 'mouse' has become almost universally used for the rolling input device used to move an arrow on the display screen and 'pick' functions or data values, other terms such as 'trackball' can be used interchangeably with the term 'mouse'. The mouse support includes an upwardly protruding elongated bead spaced inwardly from a rearward edge of the mouse support. The bead is substantially circular in cross section and is fixed within a recess in an upper surface of the mouse support and an upper portion of the bead extends above an upper surface of the mouse support. A downwardly facing surface of the keyboard support bounding the throughpassage includes a recess sized to slidably receive the upper portion of the bead extending above the upper surface of the mouse support. The bead prevents a mouse placed on either of the two mouse support surfaces from sliding off the back edge of the mouse support if the mouse support is inclined at a negative angle. A wrist support is affixed to an upper support surface of the keyboard support body using a plurality of ball catch type fasteners.

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