Keyboard flip stand

Claim 1

In combination, a keyboard and a keyboard stand comprising: a) the stand of consisting of: i) a rigid base of generally planar configuration; ii) a rigid wall extending generally orthogonally from said base and making a rigid joint therewith along one end of said base, the upper surface of the base and the inner side of the wall being substantially flat; and, iii) a pressure-sensitive adhesive deposit on the inner side of said wall; b) said deposit affixing the bottom of the keyboard to the inner side of the wall, the wall and the keyboard being selectively positionable in a substantially vertically oriented storage position; c) the base having a lower surface configured to support the combination on a support surface and maintain the combination in its vertical storage position; d) the keyboard being equipped with an electric cord; e) the keyboard being displaced from said joint sufficiently to allow passage of the electric cord behind said keyboard when in a use position, the deposit being disposed sufficiently beyond said joint to avoid contact with said electric cord; and, f) wherein the deposit, the base, and the wall being unobstructive to said passage of the electric cord across said joint, and the sizes of the base and the wall of the stand and the angle of the intersection therebetween being adequate for rendering the keyboard independently stable in the storage position.

Claim 8

A method of storing a keyboard in a front-up, rear-down, substantially erect position comprising: affixing said keyboard to a pressure-sensitive adhesive deposit on an inner side of a wall of a keyboard stand having a use position and a storage position, and pivoting said keyboard stand, with said keyboard affixed thereto, to said storage position, whereby said keyboard is independently stable in said generally erect position, said keyboard stand consisting of; a rigid base of generally planar configuration; a rigid wall extending generally orthogonally from said base and making a rigid joint therewith along end of said base, said wall being substantially vertical when in the storage position with a keyboard adhered thereto; the upper surface of the base and the inner side of the wall being flat; and said pressure-sensitive adhesive deposit being disposed on the inner side of said wall; and, the base having a lower surface configured to support the combination on a support surface and maintain the combination in its vertical storage position.

Claim 9

A method of storing a keyboard in a front-up, rear-down, substantially erect position comprising: affixing said keyboard to a pressure-sensitive adhesive deposit on an inner side of a wall of a keyboard stand having a use position and a storage position, and pivoting said keyboard stand, with said keyboard affixed thereto, to said storage position, whereby said keyboard is independently stable in said generally erect position, said keyboard stand consisting of; a rigid base of generally planar configuration; a rigid wall extending generally orthogonally from said base and making a rigid joint therewith along end of said base, said wall being substantially vertical when in the storage position with a keyboard adhered thereto; the upper surface of the base and the inner side of the wall being flat; and said pressure-sensitive adhesive deposit being disposed on the inner side of said wall; and, the base having a lower surface configured to support the combination on a support surface and maintain the combination in its vertical storage position.