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An assembly for supporting a user's forearm and wrists while still allowing substantially full mobility of the user's arms and hands to enable him to comfortably and effectively operate a keyboard and mouse. The assembly includes left and right subassemblies, each including an armrest. Each subassem

An assembly for supporting a user's forearm and wrists while still allowing substantially full mobility of the user's arms and hands to enable him to comfortably and effectively operate a keyboard and mouse. The assembly includes left and right subassemblies, each including an armrest. Each subassembly is configured to enable the armrest to (1) move laterally and longitudinally relative to a keyboard mounted on the surface of a support plate, (2) swivel about multiple axes oriented substantially perpendicular to the surface, and (3) tilt about an axis oriented substantially parallel to the surface.

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1. Apparatus for use in combination with a keyboard support plate for supporting a user's forearms while allowing substantially full lateral and longitudinal movement of the user's hands relative to a keyboard horizontally supported on said support plate, said apparatus comprising:left and right arm

1. Apparatus for use in combination with a keyboard support plate for supporting a user's forearms while allowing substantially full lateral and longitudinal movement of the user's hands relative to a keyboard horizontally supported on said support plate, said apparatus comprising:left and right arm support subassemblies adapted to be mounted adjacent to said support plate spaced from each other by an adjustable lateral distance; each of said arm support subassemblies including: a post supported for lateral movement parallel to said support plate; an armrest configured to support the user's forearm, said armrest comprising a body including a central support floor and spaced side walls extending upwardly therefrom to define an elongate recess for accommodating the user's forearm, said floor comprising an elongate support surface including a first portion extending forwardly from a rear edge of said floor to an intermediate location and a second portion extending forwardly from said intermediate location to a front edge of said floor said second portion being shorter than first portion and inclined downwardly relative to said first portion for comfortably accommodating the user's wrist; and linkage means mounted on said post for supporting said armrest above said support plate, said linkage means including at least one coupling connected to said armrest closer to said front edge than said rear edge and configured to permit said armrest to swivel around an axis oriented substantially perpendicular to said support plate and tilt around an axis oriented substantially parallel to said support plate.