Replacing Keyboard Characters
AssigneeCFA Trading Limited
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.
Claims15
Apparatus for refurbishing a computer keyboard, which apparatus comprises:
- a first digital image of the keyboard;
- a sticker sheet comprising a plurality of stickers respectively corresponding to the keys of the keyboard and each bearing a character designating the action of a respective key and a back layer to which the stickers are releasably attached and removable therefrom for attachment to their respective keys;
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- an adhesive for attaching the stickers to their respective keys;
- wherein the stickers are configured and arranged on the back layer in a layout congruent with the layout of the keys on said first digital image.
Apparatus for 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 apparatus comprises a first digital image of the keyboard,
- an image transfer sheet printed with printed images of the keys delineated with boundaries of the contact surfaces thereof and, within the delineated boundaries, characters respectively corresponding to the keys, all configured and arranged congruently with said first digital image,
- wherein the printed images have on backs thereof a coating of a first adhesive for adhering the printed images to the keys of the keyboard and the image transfer sheet has a clear front layer releasably attached by a second adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.