US 6,552,281 B2 · Folding keyboard

Abstract

A keyboard is severed along a boundary line between adjacent keytops located generally in the center of the length into keyboard parts (2, 3). An elongated cover plate (11) is pivotally attached on one side edge thereof to the lower portion of the severed face of one (2) of the divided keyboard parts, the cover plate (11) having opposed brackets (12) bent and extending in the same direction from the opposite ends thereof and opposed slide pins (19) provided one on each of the brackets toward the other side edge of the cover plate opposite from the severed face, the slide pins (19) being slidably received in corresponding elongated grooves (16) formed in the front and rear outside surfaces of the other divided keyboard part (3), and pins (17, 18) provided on the front and rear side panels of each of the divided keyboard parts being slidably and loosely fitted in elongated slots in moving links (13).

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Dependent claims

A folding keyboard comprising;

first and second divided keyboard parts divided along a boundary line between adjacent keytops located generally in a center of the keyboard, wherein each divided keyboard part has a severed face;
an elongated cover plate pivotally attached on one side edge thereof to a lower portion of the severed face of said first divided keyboard part, said cover plate having opposed brackets upstanding generally vertically from opposite ends thereof and two opposed slide pins provided one on each of said brackets toward another side edge of said cover plate, said slide pins being slidably received in corresponding elongated grooves formed in opposite side surfaces of said second divided keyboard part toward the severed face thereof;
a pair of coupling pins provided on opposite side panels of each of said divided keyboard parts;
and
moving links each having a longitudinally elongated slot in which one pair of said coupling pins are slidably and loosely fitted.

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A folding keyboard comprising:

first and second divided keyboard parts divided along a boundary line between adjacent keytops located generally in a center of the keyboard, wherein each divided keyboard part has a severed face;
an elongated cover plate pivotally attached on one side edge thereof to a lower portion of the severed face of said first divided keyboard part, said cover plate having opposed brackets upstanding generally vertically from opposite ends thereof and two opposed slide pins provided one on each of said brackets toward another side edge of said cover plate, said slide pins being slidably received in corresponding elongated grooves formed in opposite side surfaces of said second divided keyboard part toward the severed face thereof;
a pair of coupling pins provided on opposite side panels of each of said divided keyboard parts;
and
moving links each having an elongated slot in which one of the pair of coupling pins is slidably and loosely fitted, each of said moving links further having a pin receiving hole adjacent one end thereof in which the other pair of coupling pins is inserted and journalled.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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