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US 7,067,754 B2Granted
Bezel-button assembly and method
AssigneeKey Plastics, LLC
InventorsMark Weston, Stanley Dobson
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Abstract
A bezel-button assembly comprising at least one button connected to a bezel. The button is moveable between a first position and at least a second position. An elastic layer connects the bezel to the button and is adapted to provide at least a partial mechanical bias of the button toward the first position. A method for forming a bezel-button assembly is also disclosed.
Claims21
An assembly comprising:
- a bezel;
- at least one button connected to the bezel, the button being moveable between a first position and at least a second position relative to the bezel;
- the at least one button connected to the bezel via a hinge including a hinge member integrally formed as part of the bezel and button;
- the at least one button spaced from the bezel but for the hinge;
- and
- an elastic layer molded or bonded to at least a portion of the button and a portion of the bezel, the elastic layer elastically filling the space between the button and the bezel, the elastic layer configured to at least partially mechanically bias the button towards the first position.
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A button bezel comprising:
- at least one button with a top and a back surface;
- a bezel for supporting the button, the bezel having a front, top and back surface, the bezel integrally connected to the button;
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- a layer means that substantially covers a portion of the top or back surface of the button and an adjacent portion of the bezel and biases the button towards a first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.