Key for keyboard device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
InventorTsutomu Yamaguchi
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Abstract
A key for a keyboard device includes a resin key body and one or a plurality of woody boards attached along at least part of a side surface of the key body. The key body includes an upper convex part which extends along an upper end of the side surface and is formed continuous with on upper surface of the key body such that it protrudes in a lateral direction of the key body, and a lower supporting protrusion which is disposed in the vicinity of a central portion or a lower end of the side surface such that it protrudes in a lateral direction of the key body and is opposed to the upper convex part. The woody board is sandwiched by the upper convex part and the lower supporting protrusion.
Claims7
A key for a keyboard device, including a key body made of resin, which has at least an upper surface and a side surface and extends a predetermined length in a front-rear direction, and at least one woody board attached along at least part of the side surface of the key body,
- wherein the key body comprises:
- an upper convex part extending along an upper end of the side surface and formed continuous with the upper surface, the upper convex part protruding in a lateral direction of the key body, and
- a lower supporting protrusion disposed in the vicinity of a central portion or a lower end of the side surface, the lower supporting protrusion protruding in the lateral direction of the key body and opposed to the upper convex part,
- wherein the at least one woody board is sandwiched by having its upper end supported by the upper convex part and its lower end partially supported by the lower supporting protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.