Mobile telephone
AssigneeVertu Limited
InventorsFrank Nuovo, Justin Lyles
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Abstract
A hand held mobile telephone is disclosed comprising a front face having a longitudinal extension greater than a lateral extension and having a plurality of openings therein, and a multiplicity of keys each having an upper surface bounded by side walls. Each key protrudes from one of the plurality of openings to provide its upper surface for tactile actuation by a user and a plurality of said multiplicity of keys are arranged along a common first axis, in the longitudinal direction. Further, at least one of said plurality of keys has a vertex, in the boundary of its upper surface, aligned on said first axis.
Claims29
A hand held mobile telephone comprising:
- a front face having a longitudinal extension and a lateral extension;
- and
- a multiplicity of keys each having an upper surface bounded by side walls, wherein each key provides its upper surface for tactile actuation by a user
- wherein a plurality of said multiplicity of keys are arranged along a common first axis, in the longitudinal direction,
- characterised in that at least one of said plurality of keys has a first vertex, in the boundary of its upper surface, aligned on said first axis, and an associated second vertex aligned with the first vertex and the first axis, and having substantially the same orientation as the first vertex.
A hand held mobile telephone comprising:
- a multiplicity of keys presenting a front surface, bounded at its periphery by side walls, for actuation by a user, wherein a plurality of said multiplicity of keys are arranged along a common first axis, in the longitudinal direction, characterised in that a portion of at least one of said plurality of keys has a substantially V-shaped peripheral boundary having a first vertex on the first axis, and the at least one of said plurality of keys has an associated second vertex aligned with the first vertex along the first axis, and having substantially the same orientation as the first vertex.
A hand held mobile telephone comprising:
- a front face having a longitudinal extension and a lateral extension;
- and
- a multiplicity of keys each having an upper surface bounded by side walls, wherein each key provides its upper surface for tactile actuation by a user
- wherein a plurality of said multiplicity of keys are arranged along a common first axis, in the longitudinal direction,
- characterised in that at least one of said plurality of keys has a first vertex, in the boundary of its upper surface, aligned on said first axis, and an associated second vertex aligned with the first vertex and the first axis, and having substantially the same orientation as the first vertex,
- wherein the at least one of said keys has a boundary with a substantially V shaped portion along one side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.