Folding keyboard
Granted 21 May 2002 · no office action yet
Current assignee: CALLAHAN CELLULAR L.L.C. · originally Think Outside, Inc.
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Inventors: Robert D. Brunner, Sung Kim, John Tang, Arturo Meuniot +3 · Examiner: Freda Nunn · AU 2911 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 shows a front, perspective view of…
FIG. 1 shows a front, perspective view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.
FIG. 2 shows a back, perspective view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.
FIG. 3 shows a top, side view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.
FIG. 4 shows a bottom, side view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.
FIG. 5 shows a back, right view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.
FIG. 6 shows a back, left view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.
FIG. 7 shows a front, side view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.
FIG. 8 shows a back, side view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.
FIG. 9 shows a back, perspective view of a folding keyboard in a partially folded state.
FIG. 10 shows a front, perspective view of a folding keyboard in a partially folded state.
FIG. 11 shows a back, perspective view of a folding keyboard in a partially folded state.
FIG. 12 shows a back view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state.
FIG. 13 shows a top view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state, with the outer sets of keys positioned away from the inner sets of keys.
FIG. 14 shows a top view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state, with the outer sets of keys positioned next to the inner sets of keys.
FIG. 15 shows a top view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state, with the outer sets of keys positioned next to the inner sets of keys.
FIG. 16 shows a bottom, side view of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 13.
FIG. 17 shows a left, side view of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 13.
FIG. 18 shows a right, side view of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 13.
FIG. 19 shows a back, perspective view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state, with a support member partially extended.
FIG. 20 shows a back, perspective view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state, with a support member fully extended; and,
FIG. 21 shows a top, perspective view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state with a support member fully extended.
FIGS. 3-8 are drawn on a slightly reduced scale.
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