Patents by Inventor Carol Lynn Cole

Carol Lynn Cole has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9292099
    Abstract: The thumbs-free computer keyboard is a computer keyboard having circuitry to detect user input and to communicate data corresponding to such user inputs. Thumbs-free computer keyboard includes depressible keys that are supported by the keyboard body and in data communication with the circuitry. The depressible keys are laid out in a modified QWERTY configuration and positioned such that a user does not have to press any keys with his thumbs. The modified keyboard configuration includes increased space between the G and H keys. An input device that works in place of the traditional space bar is disposed within the increased space between the G and H keys, such that when a user activates the input device, a space bar function is communicated to the computer. In some examples, the input is one input device, while in other examples, two input devices are described. One or more input devices are placed in locations on the keyboard that are least disruptive of conventional typing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Inventor: Carol Lynn Cole