Flat key and the frame supporting thereof
AssigneeBehavior Tech Computer Corporation
InventorChing-Chiang Yu
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a frame for use in flat keys. The frame includes a frame body and blocking plates. The frame body holds and supports a keycap, wherein the keycap can be pressed toward the bottom of the frame body. The blocking plates are installed on the frame body and contacted the bottom surface of the keycap, wherein the blocking plates push the keycap toward the top of the frame body to maintain a predetermined distance. The frame of the present invention may be made, in one piece, from plastic such that a slim keyboard equipped with the frames of the present invention has advantages, such as low cost, swift assembly, and high quality of assembly.
Claims18
A frame for use in flat keys, said frame comprising:
- a frame body, holding and supporting a keycap;
- and
- blocking plates, being part of a top surface of said frame body and being contact with a bottom surface of said keycap,
- wherein said blocking plates support the keycap a predetermined distance from the top surface of said frame body, and are bent downward under a down press and recovered without the down press, and
- wherein said blocking plate comprises protruding members disposed on the top surface, height of each of said protruding members identical to said predetermined distance, said protruding members in contact with the bottom surface of said keycap.
A flat key, comprising:
- a keycap;
- and
- a frame, including:
- a frame body, holding and supporting the keycap;
- and
- blocking plates, being part of a top surface of said frame body and being contact with a bottom surface of said keycap, wherein said blocking plates support the keycap a predetermined distance from the top surface of said frame body, and are bent downward under a down press and recovered without the down press, wherein each of said blocking plates comprises protruding members, said protruding members installed on a top surface of said two blocking plates, height of each of said protruding members identical to the predetermined distance, said protruding members in contact with the bottom surface of said keycap;
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- an elastic member installed under said frame and being in contact with said bottom surface of said frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.