Fully clickable trackpad

An apparatus, comprising:

• a housing;
• a trackpad coupled to the housing, the trackpad including:
• a cover member having a top surface configured to receive an input force and having an outer perimeter;
• a base member parallel to and disposed below the cover member, the base member having a bottom surface;
• a side, the side of the trackpad being perpendicular to the cover member and the base member;
• a switch coupled to the cover member;
• an arm member coupled to the housing at a first end and a second end;
• and
• an actuation member coupled to the arm member;
• and
• a support member coupled to the side of the trackpad, the support member including a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, the support member elongated in a direction parallel to the base member, the second end portion in contact with the bottom surface of the trackpad, the first end portion coupled to the housing and disposed outside of the outer perimeter of the top surface of the cover member, the second end portion of the support member configured to support the trackpad in a first position relative to the housing, the trackpad being movable to a second position relative to the housing when an input force is exerted on the top surface of the cover member, and the switch configured to be actuated when the trackpad is moved to its second position pressing the switch against the actuation member.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a housing;
• a trackpad coupled to the housing, the trackpad including:
• a cover member having a top surface disposed in a first plane and configured to receive an input force, the cover member having an outer perimeter in the first plane, the outer perimeter defined by a first side edge of the cover member, a second side edge of the cover member, a third side edge of the cover member, and a fourth side edge of the cover member;
• a switch being coupled to the cover member,
• an arm member coupled to the housing at a first end and a second end,
• an actuation member coupled to the arm member, and
• a base member coupled to and disposed below the cover member in a second plane parallel to the first plane, the base member including:
• at least two legs extending beyond the outer perimeter of the cover member, and
• at least two pins, each leg including a respective pin, each pin configured to be slidably received within a corresponding opening included in the housing to allow slidable movement of the trackpad relative to the housing;
• and
• at least two support members coupled to the trackpad, the at least two support members collectively configured to bias the trackpad in a first position in which the top surface of the cover member is disposed in the first plane, the trackpad being slidably movable in a substantially vertical direction relative to the housing to a second position in which the top surface of the cover member is disposed in a third plane substantially parallel to the first plane when an input force is exerted on the top surface of the trackpad, the switch configured to trigger an electrical signal within a computer when the trackpad is moved to the second position, the movement of the trackpad to the second position compressing the switch against the actuation member.