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US 5,971,635 AGranted
Piano-style keyboard attachment for computer keyboard
AssigneeMusic Sales Corporation
InventorHerbert H. Wise
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Abstract
The present invention is a piano-style attachment apparatus for a computer keyboard comprising a base, a plurality of piano-styled keys hinged to said base, and anchors for anchoring the apparatus over the computer keyboard. Each piano-styled key has a protrusion extending downwardly for striking a corresponding computer key. The anchors comprise walls which extend deep in between computer keys in order to secure the apparatus to the computer keyboard.
Claims9
A piano style attachment apparatus for a computer keyboard, said apparatus comprising:
- a base, said base having a top and a bottom and right, center, and left base walls, each of said base walls extending downwardly from the bottom of the base;
- a plurality of piano style keys hinged to said base, each said key having a top and a bottom protrusion extending downwardly from said bottom;
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- a first anchor extending downwardly from the bottom of said base, said first anchor comprising a first and a second anchor wall, each having a common end and a distal end, said first and second anchor walls being perpendicularly disposed with respect to each other and each extending below said base walls;
- wherein said first and second anchor walls define a rectangular space such that when the piano-style attachment apparatus is placed on the computer keyboard, at least one key of the computer keyboard is received by said rectangular space, thereby securing the piano-style attachment apparatus on the computer keyboard.
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