Ergonomic Thumb-Actuable Keyboard
AssigneeInnaworks Development Limited
InventorStephen Cheng
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AssigneeInnaworks Development Limited
InventorStephen Cheng
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A keyboard including: an inner thumb row including a plurality of inner thumb keys configured to be actuated by a thumb, such that a critical contact point of each of the plurality of keys is arranged along an inner thumb arc on an inner thumb key plane; and an outer thumb row including a plurality of outer thumb keys configured to be actuated by the thumb, a critical contact point of each of the plurality of thumb keys is arranged along an outer thumb arc on a outer thumb key plane, wherein the first and the second thumb key planes are non-coplanar, such that, when the keyboard is in use, said thumb key planes intersect with each other and a palm plane, where the palm plane is the plane upon which a user's palm lies when the keyboard is in use.
A keyboard including:
The keyboard as claimed in claim 2, wherein the inner and outer thumb key planes and palm plane, when the keyboard is in use, are configured to intersect at a CMC plane passing through the user's thumb CMC joint, such that said CMC plane is perpendicular to a line parallel a user's forearm.
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