Fun Meets Function with New Kensington Sports Contour Wrist Pads; Wrist pads featuring bright colors and innovative design for workspace personalization.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1996--Kensington Technology Group, a leader in high-quality computer accessories, peripherals and software, announced today its new Contour line of brightly colored and curved wrist pads. Contour products combine Kensington-quality performance with a stylish, fun look for personalizing a computing environment. The Contour line is part of Kensington's new sub-brand, Kensington Sports. Kensington introduced the Kensington Sports sub-brand in April, 1996 to provide products that combine Kensington's guaranteed quality and high-performance with fun and fashion. Kensington Sports-branded products use cutting edge technology, bright colors, high tech materials and innovative designs to meet the needs of today's more casual business environment. With Kensington Sports products, users can create a workspace that meets their individual computing needs and reflects their personalities. "Everything about the Contour line is new and different -- fun shape, great feel, even eye-catching packaging," said Rita Geary, senior product manager of Kensington's Computer Accessories division. "This is what Kensington Sports products are all about: superior quality, and something that will stand out as unique and exciting in a traditional computing environment. Most businesses today are embracing the idea of workspace personalization, because it gives people more options and more control over their environment, and that can increase productivity," continued Geary. The Contour Line Kensington's Contour wrist pads were designed to maximize a user's comfort while working at a computer. The unique curved shape of the pads mimics the natural curve of the user's wrist, thus helping to maintain the wrist and hand in a natural, relaxed position. In addition, all Contour products are made with thick neoprene neoprene: see rubber. neoprene Any of a class of elastomers (rubberlike synthetic organic compounds of high molecular weight) made by polymerization of the monomer 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene and vulcanized (cross-linked, like rubber), by sulfur, cushioning covered with soft, smooth material from which bicycle shorts are made. The Contour pads come in four colors: black, royal blue, eggplant and hunter green hunter green n. A dark yellowish green. . The following products comprise Kensington's Contour line: -0- -- Kensington Sports Contour Wrist Pad -- The Contour Wrist Pad provides a soft area for a user's hands and wrists to rest while keyboarding, giving balanced comfort and support. It features a non-skid, honey-comb base and has a suggested retail price of $18.95. -- Kensington Sports Contour Platform Wrist Pad -- A broad, non-skid platform base for the computer keyboard to sit on is attached to the curved wrist pad. The design lets the user move the keyboard and wrist pad as a single unit and provides extra workspace by bridging a corner on the desktop. Suggested retail price is $34.95. -- Kensington Sports Contour Notebook Pad -- Attached to the curved Notebook Pad is a sturdy, molded base that a notebook computer A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. can be placed on. This design serves as an integrated work platform and wrist pad that creates a useful desk anywhere. The inset cushion and curved design keeps a user's wrist in a relaxed, natural position. Suggested retail price is $29.95. -- Kensington Sports Contour Extended Platform Wrist Pad -- This product integrates the keyboard, mouse pad A fabric-covered rubber pad roughly 9" square that provides a smooth surface for rolling a mouse. There are also mouse pads that provide a better surface; for example, 3M makes the Precise Mousing Surface, an ultra-thin mouse pad that is engineered to reduce friction. and wrist pad into a single unit, which is ideal for corner workspaces. It keeps keyboard and pads properly positioned and reduces reaching. Suggested retail price is $43.95. -- Kensington Sports Contour Mouse Wrist Pad -- This stylishly designed mouse pad has a neoprene in-lay wrist rest A platform used to raise the wrist above keyboard level for typing. The correct height for a wrist rest is several inches higher than the keyboard (even though almost none of them are). The arms and wrist should be level, and the fingers should be pointing down towards the keyboard. on a non-skid base. Suggested retail price is $18.95. In addition to the Contour pads, the Kensington Sports line-up has the Wetsuit wet·suit also wet suit n. A tight-fitting permeable suit worn in cold water, as by skin divers, to retain body heat. wetsuit wet n → combinaison f de plongée Portable Carrying Cases, including a new Palmtop palmtop or hand-held personal computer, lightweight, small, battery-powered, general-purpose programmable computer. It typically has a miniaturized full-function, typewriterlike keyboard for input and a small, full color, liquid-crystal display Wetsuit, and the fun, new mouse and wrist pads featuring the popular Peanuts gang. All Kensington Sports products will be displayed at the COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). show, November 18-21, at Kensington's Booth No. S3638 at the Sands Expo. Kensington Sports products include Kensington's unparalleled Satisfaction Guarantee, with toll-free technical support and information via fax 24 hours per day. The Contour pads are available at major computing retailers, including Best Buy, CompUSA, MicroCenter, and through resellers such as Ingram. About Kensington Headquartered in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. , Kensington Technology Group is the technology platform of ACCO ACCO American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists ACCO Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma ACCo American Cyanamid Company ACCO Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Organization ACCO American Clip Company ACCO Assistant Central Control Officer World Corporation, an operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of American Brands, Inc. Kensington designs and markets a broad range of quality computer accessories, peripherals and software. -0- Note to Editors: Kensington, Kensington Sports and Contour are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Kensington Microware Limited. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners. 1996 Kensington Microware Limited. 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