Replacing keyboard characters
AssigneeGlobal Resale LLC
InventorsLeon Peter Robert Lindblad, Sacha James Bascombe
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Abstract
A computer keyboard is refurbished by applying to its keys stickers each bearing a character designating the action of a respective key. For application of the stickers to the keys, the stickers are configured and arranged on an application tape in a layout congruent with the layout of the keys by a digital scan of the keyboard. The stickers are temporarily attached to the application tape by a peelable adhesive and then permanently attached to the keys by a pressure-sensitive permanent adhesive.
Claims16
A method of refurbishing a computer keyboard comprising a plurality of keys manually operable by engagement of a user's fingers with contact surfaces thereof and bearing characters to designate their action, which method comprises:
- scanning the keyboard to produce a first image thereof;
- creating from said first image a second image by delineating on the first image the boundaries of the contact surfaces of the keys;
- creating from said second image a third image by superimposing on the second image characters corresponding to the keys within the respective boundaries thereof;
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- printing the third image on to an image transfer sheet comprising a clear front layer releasably secured to a back layer by a first adhesive, the third image of the image transfer sheet being congruent with the keyboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.