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US 11,257,641 B1Granted
Split keyboard with wrist support and adjustable thumb cluster
AssigneeZSA Technology, Inc.
InventorsDmitry Slepov, Erez Zukerman
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Abstract
A split keyboard is disclosed that has wrist support members that are pivotally attached to the front of key array sections and thumb cluster sections that are pivotally attached to the key array sections on a transitional side that extends in diagonal direction from a front side of the key array section to a lateral side of the key array section.
Claims20
A split keyboard comprising:
- two separate parts, each said part comprising
- a main keyboard section that comprises
- a base, and a plurality of keys, said main keyboard section further having a front side, opposite lateral sides, a rear side, and a diagonal side, said diagonal side connecting said front side to one of said lateral sides,
- a wrist support section, said wrist support section extending forward from said front side of said main keyboard section, and
- a thumb accessible section, said thumb accessible section extending from said diagonal side, wherein said thumb accessible section comprises a planar base part that is pivotally attached to said base of said main keyboard section with a hinge thereby allowing it to be positioned in different planes than a plane defined by said base of said main keyboard section.
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The keyboard of 1 wherein the main sections, when combined, comprise keys in a QWERTY array of the letters A-Z.
A split keyboard comprising:
- two separate parts, each said part comprising
- a main keyboard section that comprises
- a base, a front side, opposite lateral sides, a rear side, and a diagonal side, said diagonal side connecting said front side to one of said lateral sides, and a plurality of keys for providing input,
- a thumb accessible section, said thumb accessible section extending from said diagonal side of said main keyboard section, wherein said thumb accessible section comprises a planar section that is pivotally attached to said main keyboard section thereby allowing it to be positioned in different planes than a plane defined by the base of said main keyboard section.
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