Bedside Assistance For Appliances
NOTE: The following is purposed for an ambulatory person (me), but stuck in a stick & brick, because of extensive upcoming recuperation time following multiple surgeries. i.e. "Almost Bedridden". I need all the clever ideas, hints and other input I can get.
Items of interest are a laptop computer, a 27" monitor, audio system, and wireless computer keyboard. Two appliances are involved: A rolling legs-go-under-the-bed, hospital type tilt tray, and a Snuffy Smith plywood motif foot of the bed "bridge" spanning the width of the bed and moveable via it's casters. The tilt tray would have no wired devices on it. The rolling tilt tray would be positioned opposite the normal enter and exit side of the bed.
I have come up with the (hot?) idea of making an arch or bridge that would place both the monitor and speaker systems right at the foot of the bed. This critter would span the width of the bed and be designed so tipping would be most improbable. In keeping with the Snuffy Smith furniture motif of the umbilical house, 3/4" plywood would be suitable. Perhaps with stout corner gussets. Perhaps 18" front-to-back.
4 nice casters fastened inboard of the vertical wings so tripping would be minimized.
That way the laptop could lay plugged-in atop the bridge. The Amazon purchased bedside tilt table would hold a wireless keyboard and mouse instead of the entire laptop. The bridge could contain receptacles for various power outlet plug-ins and speakers. The tilt tray could permanently hold wireless receptacle on-off buttons to control the monitor and speaker power.
The bridge can be rolled away from the bed and be appropriately positioned in front of a recliner chair (a dream for the future). Same with the bed tilt tray. Lowered to fit the height of the chair
This grand plan sounds-too-good-to-be-true. What am I missing?
Items of interest are a laptop computer, a 27" monitor, audio system, and wireless computer keyboard. Two appliances are involved: A rolling legs-go-under-the-bed, hospital type tilt tray, and a Snuffy Smith plywood motif foot of the bed "bridge" spanning the width of the bed and moveable via it's casters. The tilt tray would have no wired devices on it. The rolling tilt tray would be positioned opposite the normal enter and exit side of the bed.
I have come up with the (hot?) idea of making an arch or bridge that would place both the monitor and speaker systems right at the foot of the bed. This critter would span the width of the bed and be designed so tipping would be most improbable. In keeping with the Snuffy Smith furniture motif of the umbilical house, 3/4" plywood would be suitable. Perhaps with stout corner gussets. Perhaps 18" front-to-back.
4 nice casters fastened inboard of the vertical wings so tripping would be minimized.
That way the laptop could lay plugged-in atop the bridge. The Amazon purchased bedside tilt table would hold a wireless keyboard and mouse instead of the entire laptop. The bridge could contain receptacles for various power outlet plug-ins and speakers. The tilt tray could permanently hold wireless receptacle on-off buttons to control the monitor and speaker power.
The bridge can be rolled away from the bed and be appropriately positioned in front of a recliner chair (a dream for the future). Same with the bed tilt tray. Lowered to fit the height of the chair
This grand plan sounds-too-good-to-be-true. What am I missing?
