Combined slider and key pad input device for a computer
Granted 8 Nov 1994 · no office action yet
Current assignee: Avid Systems Inc. · originally Avid Technology
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Inventors: Thomas Ohanian, Ralph Beckman, Jim McKain, Henry Sharpe, III · Examiner: Wallace R. Burke · AU 291 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a top end and side…
FIG. 1 is a top end and side perspective view of a combined slider and key pad input device for a computer showing our new design with the key pad being moved to expose a portion of the slider;
FIG. 2 is a top opposite end and side perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a top end and side perspective view thereof with the slider and key pad in a fully closed position;
FIG. 4 is an opposite side elevation view thereof of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is an opposite side elevation thereof of FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is an opposite side elevation thereof of FIG. 2;
FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof of FIG. 2;
FIG. 8 is a side elevation view thereof of FIG. 2;
FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view thereof of FIG. 2;
FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof of FIG. 1;
FIG. 11 is a side elevation view thereof of FIG. 1;
FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view thereof of FIG. 1;
FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof of FIG. 3;
FIG. 14 is a side elevation view thereof of FIG. 3;
FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view thereof of FIG. 3;
FIG. 16 is a top perspective view of the key pad shown separately for clarity of illustration only; and,
FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the slider shown separately for clarity of illustration only.
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