Combined slider and key pad input device for a computer

- Avid Technology, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a top end and side perspective view of a combined slider and key pad input device for a computer showing our new design with the key pad being moved to expose a portion of the slider;

FIG. 2 is a top opposite end and side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top end and side perspective view thereof with the slider and key pad in a fully closed position;

FIG. 4 is an opposite side elevation view thereof of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an opposite side elevation thereof of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an opposite side elevation thereof of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a side elevation view thereof of FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view thereof of FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a side elevation view thereof of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view thereof of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof of FIG. 3;

FIG. 14 is a side elevation view thereof of FIG. 3;

FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view thereof of FIG. 3;

FIG. 16 is a top perspective view of the key pad shown separately for clarity of illustration only; and,

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the slider shown separately for clarity of illustration only.

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D299140 December 27, 1988 Nakamura
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3675208 July 1972 Bard
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Patent History
Patent number: D352278
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 13, 1992
Date of Patent: Nov 8, 1994
Assignee: Avid Technology, Inc. (DE)
Inventors: Henry Sharpe, III (Providence, RI), Ralph Beckman (Providence, RI), Jim McKain (Andover, MA), Thomas Ohanian (Cranston, RI)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Freda S. Nunn
Law Firm: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks
Application Number: 7/929,797
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/100; D14/115; Film Processing Equipment (D16/246)