Multimedia keyboard device having game rods on each end

• US 5,957,595 A
• Filed: 12/30/1997
• Issued: 09/28/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kuo-An Chen
• Original Assignee: Kuo-An Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Kuo-An
• Primary Examiner(s): Burr, Edgar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Grohusky, Leslie J.
• Application Number:
  US09/000,615
• Time in Patent Office: 637 Days
• Field of Search: 400/472, 400/489, 400/682, 361/680, 361/681, 345/161, 345/163, 345/167, 345/168, 345/169, 248/444, 108/43, 341/21, 341/22, 341/23
• US Class Current: 400/472
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 23/002 supported only by a person
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0213 Arrangements providing an integrated pointing device in a keyboard, e.g. trackball, mini-joystick for pointing devices integrated in a laptop computer G06F1/169; joysticks G05G9/047; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0219 Special purpose keyboards

Abstract

A type of multimedia keyboard device, designed with two positioning depressions at the bottom of casing of a keyboard device, between said two positioning depressions is the formation of a separating unit, said positioning depressions and separating unit will be properly positioned between the user'"'"'s thighs and on his lap, on one side or two sides of the casing is the design of a handgrip, at somewhere suitable for operation on the left and two sides of the casing is the design of press keys; so designed that it will be suitable especially for applications to wireless remote control keyboard, and will achieve such purposes that the keyboard may be positioned on the user'"'"'s lap, may be held in both hands and its keys may be conveniently pressed.

Claims

1. A multimedia keyboard device, comprising a housing formed by an upper casing and a lower casing and having a plurality of keyboard keys thereon, said lower casing having a pair of depressions formed therein with a separating unit therebetween for interface with a user'"'"'s knees to support said keyboard device on a user'"'"'s lap, said upper casing having a depression formed in one end thereof to facilitate a user'"'"'s grip of a first end of said housing, said housing having an opening formed therethrough adjacent a second end thereof to integrally form a handle, said handle being defined by a portion of said housing extending from said opening to said second end of said housing, said upper casing carrying a pair of game rods disposed adjacent said first and second ends of said housing, said housing includes a pair of press keys disposed on said lower casing adjacent said first and second ends thereof and positioned for operation by one of a user'"'"'s index finger or middle finger of each of a user'"'"'s hands while a user'"'"'s hands respectively grasp said depression and said handle.