And Standard Keyboard Patents (Class D14/333)
  • Patent number: 7056043
    Abstract: An apparatus has a keyboard panel with a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia. The apparatus further has a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia, and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel. Other parts of the apparatus include an output device responsive to actuation of the keys, and a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device. Summarized alternatively, the apparatus includes a keyboard with keys arranged in arcuate horizontal rows. The keys in each row have centerlines projecting radially from a respective common centerpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Velimir Pletikosa
  • Patent number: D460447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Gerard H. Lindhout
  • Patent number: D484126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masashi Shiomi
  • Patent number: D434758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Web Machines, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. DiPippo
  • Patent number: D736762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Paul Lovoi, Scott Allen Koski