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Laptop swivel arm, headboard-attached
I am looking for a headboard-attached swivel arm for a laptop, so I
can use the laptop while in bed, and then be able to quickly and conveniently "push it away" when I'm done. None of the swivel arms that I've seen online so far seem good enough. They don't seem to be long enough. Also, The kind I need would probably have to have at least 3 joints for proper positioning/ adjustment. TIA |
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Laptop swivel arm, headboard-attached
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... I am looking for a headboard-attached swivel arm for a laptop, so I can use the laptop while in bed, and then be able to quickly and conveniently "push it away" when I'm done. None of the swivel arms that I've seen online so far seem good enough. They don't seem to be long enough. Also, The kind I need would probably have to have at least 3 joints for proper positioning/ adjustment. TIA Call your dentist and find out where he/she gets the swivel arms which hold the trays full of evil tools they stick in your mouth. Something like that would be mechanically ideal, although the feng shui might be a bit off for most bedrooms. |
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... I am looking for a headboard-attached swivel arm for a laptop, so I can use the laptop while in bed, and then be able to quickly and conveniently "push it away" when I'm done. "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Call your dentist and find out where he/she gets the swivel arms which hold the trays full of evil tools they stick in your mouth. Dental equipment is seriously overpriced (my dentist tells me) and so is medical equipment generally. What you want is a "bed table," (1) a standard item of luxury bedroom furniture approx. 1900 (2) standard today in hospitals for bed patients. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Laptop swivel arm, headboard-attached
On Nov 29, 7:46 pm, wrote:
I am looking for a headboard-attached swivel arm for a laptop, so I can use the laptop while in bed, and then be able to quickly and conveniently "push it away" when I'm done. None of the swivel arms that I've seen online so far seem good enough. They don't seem to be long enough. Also, The kind I need would probably have to have at least 3 joints for proper positioning/ adjustment. TIA My concern would be that the weight of the laptop along with user's typing hands would cause a lot of bounce if the laptop was mounted at the end of long, hinged bar, unless that bar was pretty solid and each joint very tight. Other's have suggested dental trays, which would indeed have the characteristics required for solid support at the end of an extended, jointed arm. I'm guessing that you're looking for some type of industrial quality laptop holder, not something available through normal consumer channels. Of course, then we're looking at industrial quality costs also. Try contacting some laboratory or industrial equipment supply houses and see if they have any ideas. |
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Laptop swivel arm, headboard-attached
On Nov 29, 7:46 pm, wrote:
I am looking for a headboard-attached swivel arm for a laptop, so I can use the laptop while in bed, and then be able to quickly and conveniently "push it away" when I'm done. None of the swivel arms that I've seen online so far seem good enough. They don't seem to be long enough. Also, The kind I need would probably have to have at least 3 joints for proper positioning/ adjustment. Could you modify something like this? http://tinyurl.com/3yx5by A longer arm puts a lot more stress on everything. Having something that will handle your $1000 laptop and jostling safely might require either more money, more effort (opening walls to install blocking) or compromising on arm length. An alternative would be to have the laptop holder fold up into the headboard or above your head, but that would be more obtrusive. The hospital roll away bed tray is probably the easiest, safest way to hold your laptop. Modify the tray to suit your needs. R |
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