Computer keyboard

- Ergonomics, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view showing our new design for a computer keyboard with the broken lines being shown for illustrtive purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right-hand side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left-hand side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right-hand side elevational view of the keyboard raised at the front;

FIG. 8 is a right-hand side elevational view of the keyboard raised at the rear;

FIG. 9 is a raised front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a raised rear elevational view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D357911
Type: Grant
Filed: May 4, 1994
Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
Assignee: Ergonomics, Inc. (Chevy Chase, MD)
Inventors: Alan H. Grant (Chevy Chase, MD), Eugene A. Helmetsie (Spencer, NY)
Primary Examiner: Freda S. Dunn
Law Firm: Jacobson, Price, Holman & Stern
Application Number: 0/22,402
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/115