Keyboard
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1. A keyboard operable by one hand, comprising:
- a first group including four elongated finger keys extending generally vertically in parallel spaced relation so as to be accessible by the four fingers of a user'"'"'s hand; and
a second group of keys extending in horizontal alignment with and laterally of the first group and spaced vertically with respect to each other so as to be accessible by the user'"'"'s thumb such as to permit a selected finger key and he thumb key aligned therewith to be simultaneously depressed by he user'"'"'s hand to select a character of the keyboard.
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Abstract
A keyboard operable by one hand includes a first group of four elongated finger keys extending vertically in parallel spaced relation so as to be accessible by the four fingers of a user'"'"'s hand, and a second group of thumb keys extending laterally of the first group and spaced vertically with respect to each other so as to be accessible by the user'"'"'s thumb. The keyboard may include a first section operable by one hand and having the above two groups of keys for selecting alphabetical characters, and a second section operable by the second hand having further keys for selecting numerical characters, punctuation and operational controls.
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1. A keyboard operable by one hand, comprising:
- a first group including four elongated finger keys extending generally vertically in parallel spaced relation so as to be accessible by the four fingers of a user'"'"'s hand; and
a second group of keys extending in horizontal alignment with and laterally of the first group and spaced vertically with respect to each other so as to be accessible by the user'"'"'s thumb such as to permit a selected finger key and he thumb key aligned therewith to be simultaneously depressed by he user'"'"'s hand to select a character of the keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- a first group including four elongated finger keys extending generally vertically in parallel spaced relation so as to be accessible by the four fingers of a user'"'"'s hand; and
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