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Impact absorbing keyboard, contoured to the natural shape of the hand

  • US 6,183,149 B1
  • Filed: 01/13/1999
  • Issued: 02/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A keyboard comprising a plurality of keys, each key having a key pillow with a striking face shaped such that:

  • said striking faces of the key pillows are disposed at varying heights such that the striking face of a key pillow, in a home row, typically struck with a middle finger is lower than the striking face of a key pillow in said home row typically struck with a pinky finger of a user;

    orientation of the striking face of a key pillow, with respect to a horizontal plane, varies with the location of each key in the keyboard; and

    the planar projection of the striking face of each of a plurality of key pillows comprising said keyboard is irregular and not rectilinear in shape.

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