Adjustable keyboard

Description

FIG. 1 is a top front and side perspective view of an adustable computer keyboard showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top front and side perspective view thereof showing a second arrangement wherein a left keyboard portion, a right keyboard portion and a numerical keypad portion are spaced apart;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the left keyboard portion thereof shown separately for clarity of illustration only;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the right keyboard portion thereof shown separately for clarity of illustration only;

FIG. 10 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front view of the numerical keypad portion thereof shown separately for clarity of illustration only;

FIG. 16 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 20 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines are shown in the views for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design and the cord is shown broken away to shown an indeterminate length.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D338000 August 3, 1993 Aurigema
D362235 September 12, 1995 Franzen
D362434 September 19, 1995 Abell, Jr., et al.
D370476 June 4, 1996 Dalesky
Patent History
Patent number: D389822
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 7, 1996
Date of Patent: Jan 27, 1998
Assignee: Alps Electric (USA), Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Inventors: Masahiko Kawauchi (San Jose, CA), Shigetoshi Amano (Sunnyvale, CA), J. Scott Petermann (San Jose, CA), Thomas Overthun (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Freda Nunn
Attorneys: Guy W. Shoup, Patrick T. Bever
Application Number: 0/58,080
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/115
International Classification: 1402;