Keyboard mount

Abstract

A system of mounting a keyboard on a keyboard mount having a U-shape includes a lateral guide on each interior side of the keyboard mount. The lateral guides engage corresponding lateral projections on exterior sides of the keyboard such that the lateral projections, when inserted into the lateral guides, secure the keyboard in a transport mode. The keyboard has a first section extending from the rear that has a narrower width than a second section, the exterior sides of the first section resting against the interior sides of the keyboard mount and the second section extending above the interior sides. A cavity formed between the rear of the keyboard and the end of the keyboard mount when in the transport mode includes terminals for electrical connection of the keyboard to the keyboard mount, and is enclosed by a removable cover.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A system for mounting a keyboard on an essentially U-shaped keyboard mount comprising: 
 a lateral guide on an interior side surface of the U-shaped keyboard mount; and    a lateral projection on an exterior side surface of the keyboard, the lateral projection engaging the lateral guide to secure the keyboard to the keyboard mount in a transport mode.    
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein the lateral guide comprises a slot in which the lateral projection is guided.  
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 2  wherein lateral guide is in a region of the interior side surface away from an end of the keyboard mount.  
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 2  wherein the lateral guide comprises a resilient snapping mechanism which is formed to cooperate with the lateral projection to secure the keyboard in the transport mode.  
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 4  wherein the resilient snapping mechanism is formed such that the keyboard is released from the keyboard mount by pulling in a direction parallel to the lateral guide.  
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 1  further comprising a second lateral projection on an opposing side exterior surface of the keyboard which is formed to cooperate with a second lateral guide on an opposing interior side surface of the keyboard mount to secure the keyboard in the transport mode.  
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 4  wherein the resilient snapping mechanism comprises: 
 a resiliently supported projection mounted in the slot; and  
 a recess in the lateral projection into which the resiliently supported projection is pressed when in the transport mode.  
 
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 1  further comprising a cavity formed between the keyboard mount and a rear end of the keyboard when in the transport mode.  
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 8  further comprising a terminal mounted on the keyboard mount in the cavity for providing electrical connection of the keyboard to the keyboard mount.  
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 8  further comprising a removable cover for covering the cavity.  
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein a display is covered by the keyboard when in the transport mode.  
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 1  further comprising a grip disposed centrally at an underside surface of the keyboard by means of which the keyboard is pulled out of the keyboard mount when in the transport mode to place the keyboard in an operational mode.  
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 1  further comprising a first section of the keyboard having a first width which is in contact with the interior side surfaces of the keyboard mount when in the transport mode, and a second section of the keyboard having a second width greater than the first width which extends above the interior side surfaces of the keyboard mount when in the transport mode.  
     
     
         14 . The system according to  claim 13  wherein the first section extends from a rear end of the keyboard.  
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 1  further comprising a rear end projection on the keyboard which cooperates with a retainer in an interior end of the keyboard mount to secure the keyboard in the transport mode.