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A kit for converting a standard easy chair with arms for use as a computer workplace, such kit including a base member, a columnar element, a keyboard storage assembly, and a mouse storage assembly and pad area. The base member has a low profile configured to fit and extend beneath at least a portio

A kit for converting a standard easy chair with arms for use as a computer workplace, such kit including a base member, a columnar element, a keyboard storage assembly, and a mouse storage assembly and pad area. The base member has a low profile configured to fit and extend beneath at least a portion of the bottom of the easy chair and includes a stabilizing portion to maintain the chair and the base member in a generally stable relationship with one another, with at least one side portion of the base member extending beyond a side of the arm chair to form a base support element. The columnar element has a bottom portion designed to be complementarily engageable with the base support element, a body portion, and an upper end, with the body portion extending upwardly from the base support element to the upper end which is positionable generally adjacent to and extending to above the level of one arm of the easy chair. The keyboard storage assembly is associatable with the columnar element and includes at least one arm element positionable at a height along the columnar element above the level of such arm of the arm chair and securable to the columnar element, with the arm element projecting generally laterally from said columnar element and including a keyboard retaining portion for engagably receiving and holding a keyboard. The mouse storage assembly and pad area preferably includes a compartment body sized to accommodate a mouse therein, a fitted lid therefor, and a mounting assembly for securing the mouse storage assembly and pad area to an arm of the easy chair, such as a forward extension of that arm.

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What I claim is: 1. A kit for converting an arm chair for use with a computer system that includes a keyboard and mouse, and for storage of the keyboard and mouse when not in use, comprising a plurality of kit elements including: a base member having a low profile configured to fit and extend benea

What I claim is: 1. A kit for converting an arm chair for use with a computer system that includes a keyboard and mouse, and for storage of the keyboard and mouse when not in use, comprising a plurality of kit elements including: a base member having a low profile configured to fit and extend beneath at least a portion of the bottom of the arm chair, said base member including a stabilizing portion to maintain said base member in a generally stable position in a generally fixed relationship with the arm chair when said base member and the arm chair are securably associated with one another, and opposed side portions, at least one of said side portions projecting laterally beyond a side of the arm chair and defining a base support portion, a columnar element having a bottom portion complementarily engageable with said base support portion of said base member and a body portion extending upwardly from said base support portion to an upper end above the level of one of the arms of the arm chair, such arm being designated as the keyboard arm of the arm chair, a keyboard storage assembly associatable with said columnar element, said keyboard storage assembly including at least one arm element positionable at a height along the columnar element above the level of the keyboard arm of the arm chair and securable to said columnar element, said arm element projecting generally laterally from said columnar element and including a keyboard retaining portion for engagably receiving a keyboard and maintaining the keyboard when it is desired to store the keyboard, said arm element being generally horizontally movable relative to said columnar element to position the keyboard storage assembly generally in front of a user seated in the arm chair when use of the keyboard is desired by the seated user and to reposition said arm element to a position generally parallel to the keyboard arm of the arm chair at other selectable times, a mouse storage assembly and pad area including a mouse compartment body defining a mouse compartment sized to accommodate a mouse therein and a fitted mouse compartment lid therefor to cover and close said mouse compartment, including when a mouse is positioned in the mouse compartment for storage, said mouse lid being openable and closable as desired by a user and having a generally flat upper surface suitable for use as a mouse pad area when the mouse compartment lid is closed and the mouse is in use, said mouse storage assembly and pad area including a mounting assembly for securably associating said mouse storage assembly and pad area to an arm of the arm chair, such arm being designated the mouse arm of the arm chair, with the upper surface of said lid being generally longitudinally alignable with the reach of the arm of the arm chair, said kit elements being assembleable with one another and the arm chair to effect an chair construction with the keyboard and mouse of the computer system being located for easy access and use by a user seated in such arm chair. 2. The kit of claim 1 wherein said side portions of said base member are adjustably spaceable from one another. 3. The kit of claim 1 wherein said stabilizing portion of said base member includes a connector element configured to be connectable to a leg of the arm chair. 4. The kit of claim 1 wherein said base member includes a central portion between said side portions, said central portion being weighted to stabilize the position of the base member upon an underlying surface and to act as said stabilizing portion. 5. The kit of claim 4 wherein said central portion of said base member extends beneath the legs of the arm chair and is securable to the arm chair. 6. The kit of claim 4 wherein said central portion of said base member extends beneath the legs of the arm chair and includes a surface preparation in the area upon which the legs of the arm chair would rest to inhibit sliding movement of the legs upon said base member. 7. The kit of claim 4 wherein said central portion of said base member extends beneath the legs of the arm chair and includes mating portions therein for receiving the legs of the arm chair. 8. The kit of claim 1 wherein said body portion of said columnar element includes a telescoping portion operable to telescopically vary the distance between said bottom portion and said upper end of said columnar element. 9. The kit of claim 8 wherein said columnar element includes a locking mechanism for locking the telescoping portion in a desired telescopic condition. 10. The kit of claim 8 wherein said telescoping portion includes a pneumatic piston mechanism operable by a user to adjust the extended height of said columnar element. 11. The kit of claim 1 wherein said arm element of said keyboard storage assembly includes a joint assembly operable to maintain the keyboard within said keyboard retaining portion in a generally vertical plane adjacent said columnar element and the side of the arm chair when it is desired to store the keyboard. 12. The kit of claim 11 wherein said joint assembly is operable in three dimensions of movement to move said keyboard retaining portion from a position with the keyboard within said keyboard retaining portion in a generally vertical plane adjacent said columnar element and the side of the arm chair when it is desired to store the keyboard to a position in which the keyboard retaining portion is disposed extending cross-wise across the seat of the arm chair in front of a user sitting in such seat. 13. The kit of claim 12 wherein said keyboard retaining assembly includes a surface upon which the keyboard may be positioned for access by and use by a user when the keyboard retaining portion is disposed extending cross-wise across the seat of the arm chair in front of a user sitting in such seat. 14. The kit of claim 13 wherein said surface is slidable forwardly and backwardly to adjust the position thereof to a more desirable position relative to the user. 15. The kit of claim 13 wherein said surface is tiltable upwardly and downwardly to adjust the orientation thereof to a more desirable orientation relative to the user. 16. The kit of claim 13 wherein said surface includes a keyboard retainer for securing the keyboard to said surface when the keyboard is to be stored. 17. The kit of claim 13 wherein said keyboard retaining portion includes a keyboard compartment into which the keyboard can be placed for storage, said surface upon which the keyboard may be positioned for access by and use by a user being an outer surface of said keyboard compartment. 18. The kit of claim 17 wherein said keyboard compartment includes a closure for closing said keyboard compartment when the keyboard is stored therein. 19. The kit of claim 1 wherein said mouse storage assembly and pad area includes a leveling assemblage for maintaining the mouse pad area in a generally horizontal position if the mouse arm of the arm chair is placed into an inclined position. 20. The kit of claim 19 wherein said leveling assemblage includes a hinge member having a hinge axis generally horizontally transverse to the mouse arm of the arm chair and between said mouse pad area and the mouse arm of the arm chair, about which hinge axis the mouse pad area can rotate relative to the mouse arm of the arm chair, and first and second biasing members, one of said biasing members being operatively connectable between said mouse pad area and a fixed point at said base member and the other of said biasing members being associated with said hinge member to act against the bias of said first biasing member, the bias of said biasing members working against one another to effect rotation of said mouse pad area relative to the mouse arm of the arm chair at said hinge axis to maintain the mouse pad area in a generally horizontal position if the mouse arm of the arm chair is inclined while the mouse storage assembly and pad area is mounted to the mouse arm of the arm chair. 21. The kit of claim 20 wherein said mouse pad area projects beyond the front of the mouse arm of the arm chair as a forward extension thereof when the mouse storage assembly and pad area is mounted to the arm of the arm chair, the upper surface of said lid being generally horizontally alignable with the top of the mouse arm of the arm chair when the mouse arm of the arm chair is disposed in a generally horizontal position. 22. The kit of claim 20 wherein said mounting assembly for the mouse storage assembly and pad area includes an arm clamp portion engageable with the mouse arm of the chair and said hinge member connects said arm clamp portion to said mouse compartment body. 23. The kit of claim 1 wherein said mounting assembly for said mouse storage assembly and pad area includes a mounting construction having a lower end portion securable to the base of the arm chair and an upper end portion securable to said compartment body. 24. The kit of claim 1 wherein said mounting assembly for said mouse storage assembly and pad area includes a mounting construction having a lower portion thereof securable to the seat portion of the arm chair and an upper end portion securable to said compartment body. 25. The kit of claim 1 wherein said mounting assembly for said mouse storage assembly and pad area includes a mounting construction securable to the mouse arm of the arm chair and to said mouse compartment body. 26. The kit of claim 1 wherein said mouse compartment lid is hingedly attached to said mouse compartment body. 27. The kit of claim 1 wherein said kit elements further include a drive storage assembly associatable with the arm chair. 28. The kit of claim 1 wherein said kit elements further include a monitor mounting assembly including an extensible pole-like element complementarily engageable with said base member and a mounting attachment associated with said pole-like element for securing a monitor at an elevated level for viewing, said mounting attachment being configurable to position a secured monitor in a desirable position for viewing by a user of the arm chair. 29. A method for converting an arm chair for use with a computer system that includes a keyboard and mouse, comprising providing a base member having a low profile configured to fit and extend beneath at least a portion of the bottom of the arm chair, said base member including a stabilizing portion to maintain said base member in a generally stable position in a generally fixed relationship with the arm chair when said base member and the arm chair are securably associated with one another, and opposed side portions, at least one of said side portions projecting laterally beyond a side of the arm chair and defining a base support portion, securably associating said base member with the arm chair, providing a columnar element having a bottom portion complementarily engageable with said base support portion of said base member and a body portion extending upwardly from said base support portion to an upper end above the level of one of the arms of the arm chair, such arm being designated as the keyboard arm of the arm chair, engaging said columnar element with said base support portion to position said upper end of said columnar element above the level of the keyboard arm of the arm chair, providing a keyboard storage assembly associatable with said columnar element, said keyboard storage assembly including at least one arm element positionable at a height along the columnar element above the level of the keyboard arm of the arm chair and securable to said columnar element, said arm element projecting generally laterally from said columnar element and including a keyboard retaining portion for engagably receiving a keyboard and maintaining the keyboard when it is desired to store the keyboard, said arm element being generally horizontally movable relative to said columnar element to position the keyboard storage assembly generally in front of a user seated in the arm chair when use of the keyboard is desired by the seated user and to reposition said arm element to a position generally parallel to the keyboard arm of the arm chair at other selectable times, securing said arm element to said columnar element at a desired height, providing a mouse storage assembly and pad area including a mouse compartment body defining a mouse compartment sized to accommodate a mouse therein and a fitted mouse compartment lid therefor to cover and close said mouse compartment, including when a mouse is positioned in the mouse compartment for storage, said mouse lid being openable and closable as desired by a user and having a generally flat upper surface suitable for use as a mouse pad area when the mouse compartment lid is closed and the mouse is in use, said mouse storage assembly and pad area including a mounting assembly for securably associating said mouse storage assembly and pad area to an arm of the arm chair, such arm being designated the mouse arm of the arm chair, with the upper surface of said lid being generally longitudinally alignable with the reach of the arm of the arm chair, securably associating said mouse storage assembly and pad area to the arm chair. 30. A computer chair assembly for use with a computer system that includes a keyboard and a mouse, comprising a chair having a bottom portion, a seat, and a pair of arms and a back, said bottom portion including a plurality of legs supporting said seat, and said arms and back being operatively attached to said seat, said arms defining respective sides of said chair, a base member having a low profile configured to fit and extend beneath at least a portion of the bottom of said chair and opposed side portions, said base member including a stabilizing portion securably associating said base member and said chair with one another to maintain said base member in a generally stable position in a generally fixed relationship with said chair, at least one of said side portions projecting laterally beyond a side of said chair and defining a base support portion, a columnar element having a bottom portion complementarily engaged with said base support portion of said base member and a body portion extending upwardly from said base support portion to an upper end above the level of one of the arms of said chair, such arm being designated as the keyboard arm of said chair, a keyboard storage assembly associated with said columnar element, said keyboard storage assembly including at least one arm element positioned at a height along said columnar element above the level of the keyboard arm of said chair and secured to said columnar element, said arm element projecting generally laterally from said columnar element and including a keyboard retaining portion for engagably receiving a keyboard and maintaining the keyboard when it is desired to store the keyboard, said arm element being generally horizontally movable relative to said columnar element to position the keyboard storage assembly generally in front of a user seated in the arm chair when use of the keyboard is desired by the seated user and to reposition said arm element to a position generally parallel to the keyboard arm of the arm chair at other selectable times, a mouse storage assembly and pad area including a mouse compartment body defining a mouse compartment sized to accommodate a mouse therein and a fitted mouse compartment lid therefor to cover and close said mouse compartment, including when a mouse is positioned in the mouse compartment for storage, said mouse lid being openable and closable as desired by a user and having a generally flat upper surface suitable for use as a mouse pad area when the mouse compartment lid is closed and the mouse is in use, said mouse storage assembly and pad area including a mounting assembly securably associating said mouse storage assembly and pad area to an arm of said chair, such arm being designated the mouse arm of said chair, with the upper surface of said lid being generally longitudinally aligned with the reach of mouse arm of said chair.