Keyboard attachment for disabled persons
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1. An extender for a key of a keyboard, comprising:
- an elongated member having a first end portion secured to a contact member, and an opposite second end portion secured to an attachment member, wherein with the attachment member secured to the key, displacing the contact member in a predetermined direction displaces the key in the predetermined direction, wherein the key has a touch plate area and the contact member has a contact area greater than the touch plate area of the key.
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Abstract
A key extender includes an elongated member, e.g., a deformable metal rod having a first end portion secured to a contact member, e.g., a circular disc having a contact area greater than the available touch plate surface area of the key. An opposite second end portion of the elongated member is secured to an attachment member, e.g., a binder clip. Mounting an extender on each of the keys of a device and shaping the metal rod to position the discs adjacent to and spaced from one another allows a disabled person to play a musical instrument or perform a similar function.
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19 Claims
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1. An extender for a key of a keyboard, comprising:
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an elongated member having a first end portion secured to a contact member, and an opposite second end portion secured to an attachment member, wherein with the attachment member secured to the key, displacing the contact member in a predetermined direction displaces the key in the predetermined direction, wherein the key has a touch plate area and the contact member has a contact area greater than the touch plate area of the key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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14. The extender according to claim 14, wherein the contact member is a circular disc, and the disk and binder clip are detachably secured to their respective end portion of the metal rod.
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16. The extender according to claim 16, wherein the elongated member is a deformable metal rod and the contact member is a disc having a circular contact area greater than the predetermined available touch plate surface area of the attached piano key.
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17. The extender according to claim 17, wherein the attachment member is a clip, and the clip and the disc are each detachably secured to their respective end portion of the metal rod.
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18. An extender for a key of a keyboard, comprising:
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a deformable rod having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, with a first part of a first securing arrangement on the first end portion of the rod and a first part of a second securing arrangement on the second end portion of the rod;
a contact member having a second part of the first securing arrangement with the first and second parts of the first securing arrangement joined together; and
an attachment member having a second part of the second securing arrangement with the first and second parts of the second securing arrangement joined together.
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19. A method of depressing keys on a musical instrument, comprising the steps of:
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providing at least two key extenders, each having an elongated member and a contact member positioned at one end of the elongated member;
shaping at least one of the elongated members such that upon attachment of the elongated member to a key the contact members are adjacent to and spaced from one another;
attaching the elongated members to selected ones of the keys; and
depressing the contact members to depress corresponding keys.
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