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Backside keyboard for a notebook or gamebox

  • US 6,297,752 B1
  • Filed: 12/22/1997
  • Issued: 10/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A keyboard for an electronic device, said device being one of(i) a notebook computer;

  • (ii) a personal digital assistant computer;

    (iii) a game;

    mounted in a chassis having a substantially rectangular shape and front surface opposite a rear surface;

    wherein said keyboard comprises;

    said front surface facing an operator when said operator is operating said device;

    a right keyboard section having a right array of keys arranged on a key side of said right keyboard section;

    a left keyboard section having a left array of keys arranged on a key side of said left keyboard section;

    said right and left arrays arranged to provide that when said right keyboard section is positioned with a parting edge of said right keyboard section against a parting edge of said left keyboard section, the combination of said left and right arrays is arranged identically to a standard keyboard;

    means for securing said backside of said right keyboard section and said backside of said left keyboard section to said rear surface of said chassis oriented in a first position to provide that when said user faces said front surface and holds said device with a left hand holding a left edge and a right hand holding a right edge of said device, fingers of said left and right hand are in a normal position in which the palms of the hand are turned toward the face of the user and they have the same spatial relationship to said left and right arrays respectively as when the fingers are positioned for typing on a standard keyboard.

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