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Furniture for placing electronic deviceFurniture for placing electronic device description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070080564, Furniture for placing electronic device. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119(a) on Patent Application No(s). 094217453 filed in Taiwan, R.O.C. on Oct. 7, 2005, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a furniture structure for placing an electronic device, and more particularly, to a furniture structure for placing an electronic device that allows a user to operate the electronic device when the user's hands naturally drop down. [0004] 2. Related Art [0005] Nowadays, people are rich, and enjoy the high-quality life. However, diseases do not become diminished as the progress of the times; instead, people are suffering from more diseases. Besides diseases caused by bacteria, a new term "disease of civilization" has been put forward in recent years, which is caused by the change of life styles and habits. Especially, as computers are used at anytime and anywhere, when the user uses the computer for a long time with a wrong posture, the muscles and joints are contracted and compressed for a long time, and as time passes by, pathological changes occurs for these muscles and joints, and sometimes even deformation of the joints may occur. For example, when operating a computer, the mouse is an indispensable device, which is always placed on a table. As shown in FIG. 1, a hand 100 of the user must be put on a table 150, with a palm 110 holding a mouse 130 to operate the mouse 130. However, this motion of the hand makes the scapula to move upwards, extend outwards, and hang at a high position, the shoulder joint to flex and extend outwards, the forearm to hang forwards, the wrist to extend, and the finger joints to extend outwards and flex. Therefore, this motion makes the muscles of the neck, shoulder, upper back, and arms to be contracted. If the motion is kept for a long time, the aforementioned muscles become tired and rigid, and thus causing arthritis and inflammation of the muscles. [0006] Hence, if the mouse is used on a desk, a table, a computer table, or a keyboard shelf, the hand in operation makes the scapula to move upwards, extend forwards, and rotate upwards, the shoulder joint to flex and extend outwards, the elbow joint to flex, the forearm to rotate forwards, the wrist joint to extend, the metacarpophalangeal joints of the fingers to extend, the distal interphalangeal joints of the fingers to flex, the fingers to extend outwards, the metacarpophalangeal joint and the interphalangeal joint of the thumb to flex, and the thumb to adduct, so as to complete the entire motion. That is, to complete the motion, the brain must give a command and the nerves must transmit signals, so as to simultaneously control the major or other minor muscles participating in the motion to contract, such as trapezius, levator scapula (to make the scapula to move upwards), serratus anterior (to make the scapula to extend outwards and rotate upwards), deltoid, coracobrachialis, supraspinatus (to make the shoulder joint to flex), biceps brachii, brachialis, brachioradialis (to make the elbow joint to flex), pronator teres, pronator quadratus (to make the forearm to rotate forwards), the extensor carpi radialis longus, extensor carpi radialis brevis (to make the wrist joint to extend), extensor digitorum, extensor digitorum longus, intrinsic extensor digiti minimi (to make the metacarpophalangeal joints of the fingers to extend), dorsal interossei (in the hand), abductor digiti minimi (makes the finger to extend outwards),flexor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis longus (to make the metacarpophalangeal joint and the interphalangeal joint of the thumb to flex), and adductor pollicis (to make the thumb to adduct), and to control the antagonists to relax. [0007] An ordinary person often operates the computer continuously for scores of minutes or even several hours. As time elapses, the aforementioned muscle groups are overused, and become tired and rigid, which lead to the problems of neck rigidity, upper back pain, interscapular pain, pain of shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints, radial styloiditis (De Quervain's disease), and carpal tunnel syndrome. However, the user has to maintain the same posture and repeat the operation continuously as required by the environment and type of the work, and thus, the symptoms of sores and pains cannot be eliminated even after various treatments. Currently, many auxiliary tools for mice are available on market, such as various mouse pads, which are disposed with high supporting cushions close to a position where the wrist joint is placed. The cushions even have different shapes, such that when the user operates the mouse, the angle for the wrist joint to extend naturally is enlarged. Thus, the problems of wrist joint pain, radial styloiditis, and carpal tunnel syndrome are avoided. However, this kind of mouse pad is also placed on a table, and the scapula, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and a part of the finger joints have to exert forces, thus, the muscles participating in the motions are still continuously kept in the contracted state. From the anatomical point of view, the distal and local muscles cannot be truly relaxed, if the proximal muscles are not relaxed. Therefore, this mouse pad structure cannot fully relax the entire skeletons, joints, and muscular system of the user's upper body, which does not really solve the problems. [0008] A carrying board under a table for placing the keyboard and the mouse is also available on market in this field, which can be drawn out from the table. When a user sits in front of the table to operate the computer, the carrying board is drawn out to above the legs. Thus, the height of the palms and elbows is lowered, and the contracted state of the aforementioned muscles is relieved. However, the height of the carrying board is not low enough to allow the palms or arms to naturally drop down, so the elbow, wrist, and a part of the finger joints have to exert forces, which makes the muscles of these parts continuously maintain in the contracted state. After a long use of the keyboard and mouse, diseases of the elbow, wrist, and a part of the finger joints occur. Therefore, the carrying board also does not really solve the problems. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0009] In view of the above problem, an object of the present invention is to provide an article of furniture for placing an electronic device. The furniture for placing an electronic device provides a support board, which allows a user to control the electronic device with the hand at a position where the hand naturally drop down, such that the user's arm has a natural dropping motion, and muscles and joints are kept in a relaxed state. Thus, the ergonomic requirements are met, and the user's hands can operate the electronic device for a long time without making the hand hurt. [0010] Therefore, to achieve the aforementioned object, the present invention provides an article of furniture for placing an electronic device, which provides a carrying board for placing the electronic device at the position of palms where a user's hands naturally drops down, such that the user operates the electronic device with the hand at the position where the hand naturally drops down. The present invention provides a plurality of embodiments to achieve the above object. [0011] Therefore, as for a user who must operate an electronic device with the same posture for a long time, the present invention guides the user to naturally drop down the shoulders and keep the elbows higher than the wrists when operating the electronic device. When a user operates an electronic device, whether in a sitting posture or a standing posture, if the arms are kept at a normal physiological position, i.e., the shoulders and elbows naturally drop down, and the wrists are lower than the elbow joints, the user only needs to flex the thumb and adduct the thumb, and flex the finger tips to operate the electronic device. Thus, the motions for the scapulas, shoulders, elbows, wrists, and a part of the finger joints to exert forces are omitted, so that the muscles that are originally participated in the motions when the hands are raised are no longer continuously kept in the contracted state as the hands naturally drop down. Thus, the risks of neck rigidity, pain of the upper back, pains of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints, De Quervain's disease, and even carpal tunnel syndrome are relatively avoided. [0012] However, it is known that a lot of money is spent on the treatment of musculoskeletal pains all over the world, and if certain surgeries and long-time recovery are taken into consideration, the cost will be even unimaginable. Therefore, the present invention allows a user who has to maintain the same posture for a long time to change the method of operating the electronic device in an ergonomic manner, so as to relieve the diseases of joints and muscles caused by wrong postures. Thus, the present invention helps users to maintain the health and eliminate the sores and pains, and helps employers to enhance the employees' working efficiency and thereby creating more benefits. As for the features and examples of the present invention, the preferred embodiment will be illustrated below in detail with reference to the drawings. [0013] Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0014] The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below for illustration only, which thus is not limitative of the present invention, and wherein: [0015] FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing how a mouse is used conventionally. [0016] FIG. 2 is a combined view of the present invention. [0017] FIG. 3A is an unfolded stereogram of a support board according to the present invention. [0018] FIG. 3B is a folded schematic view of a support board according to the present invention. [0019] FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of the present invention. [0020] FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a support board according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Continue reading about Furniture for placing electronic device... Full patent description for Furniture for placing electronic device Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Furniture for placing electronic device patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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