US 2013/0156482 A1 · WIPEABLE KEYBOARD COVER

Abstract

A wipeable keyboard cover may include a flat, flexible membrane surrounded by a rigid frame that closely fits a keyboard assembly. The wipeable keyboard cover may be securely attached to the keyboard assembly and may be easily removed from the keyboard assembly by a user. The wipeable keyboard cover may prevent foreign matter from contacting the covered portion of the keyboard assembly while allowing easy operation of the keyboard assembly. The flat nature of the wipeable keyboard cover may allow the cover to be cleaned effectively while it is attached to a keyboard assembly without subjecting the underlying keyboard assembly to potentially harmful treatment.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A cover for a keyboard assembly having a plurality of keys and a housing, the cover comprising:

a membrane extending over the plurality of keys, wherein the membrane is flexibly adaptable to allow the keys to be depressed through the membrane;
and
a rigid frame attached to an entire periphery of the membrane.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/331,681Filed 20 Dec 2011

Published

20 Jun 2013

Term ends

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Classification4 codes

G06F 3/0202
Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials: constructional details or processes of manufacture of the…
Y10T 29/49826
Method of mechanical manufacture: assembling or joining
G06F
Computing and data processing
Y10T
Technical subjects covered by former us classification

Wipeable keyboard cover

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Wipeable keyboard cover

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Abstract

Claims20