Wireless keyboard with a pivotal slot
AssigneeZAGG Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.
InventorsManuel Carreon, Kelly A. Harward, Paul Faerber
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Abstract
A wireless keyboard wirelessly connects to a desktop computer, a tablet and/or a cellular phone, and carries the tablet and/or cellular phone in a dock. The dock has a slot formed in an upper wall of a keyboard panel. A bar with a channel is pivotally carried by the keyboard panel and pivots in the slot. One or more ribs and/or notches on an exterior of the bar are engaged by a pawl in the keyboard panel to releasably maintain a position of the bar.
Claims20
A wireless keyboard device configured to carry and wirelessly connect to a computing device including a tablet, or a cellular phone, or both, the wireless keyboard device comprising:
- a) a keyboard panel with an upper wall and carrying a keyboard with a matrix of alphanumeric keys;
- b) a slot formed in and contained within the upper wall of the keyboard panel, the slot having a longitudinal length extending substantially a width of the keyboard panel, the slot having opposite ends closed by the keyboard panel and the upper wall, the slot being fixed with respect to the keyboard panel;
- c) an elongated bar pivotally carried by the keyboard panel and pivotal within the slot with respect to the slot and the keyboard panel, and having a length extending substantially a length the slot;
- d) a pair of axles, each disposed on a different end of the bar and aligned with a longitudinal axis of the bar, and aligned to define a pivot axis about which the bar pivots with respect to the keyboard panel;
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- e) an elongated channel formed in the elongated bar and pivotal within the slot with respect to the slot and the keyboard panel, the elongated channel being aligned with the slot and having a length extending substantially the length of the slot, the elongated channel configured to receive an edge of the tablet, or the cellular phone, or both.
A wireless keyboard device configured to carry and wirelessly connect to a computing device including a tablet, or a cellular phone, or both, the wireless keyboard device comprising:
- a) a keyboard panel carrying a keyboard with a matrix of alphanumeric keys;
- b) an elongated bar pivotally carried by the keyboard panel, the elongated bar being pivotal with respect the keyboard panel;
- c) an elongated channel being formed in the elongated bar, the elongated channel configured to receive an edge of the tablet, or the cellular phone, or both;
- d) at least one rib or notch on an exterior of the bar and aligned with a longitudinal length of the bar;
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- e) a pawl disposed in the keyboard panel and engageable with the at least one rib or notch of the bar to releasably maintain a position of the bar with respect to the keyboard panel, the pawl being movable with respect to the bar and the at least one rib or notch of the bar.
A wireless keyboard device configured to carry and wirelessly connect to a computing device including a tablet, or a cellular phone, or both, the wireless keyboard device comprising:
- a) a keyboard panel with an upper wall and carrying a keyboard with a matrix of alphanumeric keys;
- b) a slot formed in and contained within the upper wall of the keyboard panel, the slot having a longitudinal length extending substantially a width of the keyboard panel, the slot having opposite ends closed by the keyboard panel and the upper wall, the slot being fixed with respect to the keyboard panel;
- c) an elongated channel pivotally carried by the keyboard panel, the elongated channel being pivotal with respect the slot and the keyboard panel, the elongated channel being aligned with the slot and having a length extending substantially the length of the slot, the elongated channel configured to receive an edge of the tablet, or the cellular phone, or both;
- d) at least one rib or notch on an exterior of the channel and aligned with the length of the channel;
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- e) a pawl disposed in the keyboard panel and engageable with the at least one rib or notch of the channel to releasably maintain a position of the channel with respect to the slot and the keyboard panel, the pawl being movable with respect to the channel and the at least one rib or notch of the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.