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Adjustable keyboard

  • US 5,454,652 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1993
  • Issued: 10/03/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A keyboard including:

  • first and second segments, each of said first segment and said second segment having a plurality of keys;

    each of said first segment and said second segment having an abutting surface;

    connecting means for connecting said first segment and said second segment to each other for enabling relative movement between said first segment and said second segment, for holding said first segment and said second segment in any position to which first segment and said second segment are moved relative to each other including holding said abutting surfaces of said first segment and said second segment in abutting relation, and for enabling disconnection of said first segment and said second segment from each other;

    and said connecting means including;

    a ball;

    a first element on one of said first segment and said second segment having a partial spherical surface for engaging a portion of said ball;

    a second element on the other of said first segment and said second segment having a partial spherical surface for engaging another portion of said ball;

    and releasably connecting means for releasably connecting said first element, said ball, and said second element to each other to retain each of said first segment and said second segment in any position to which each of said first segment and said second segment is moved.

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