Panel and special function keys for a keyboard or similar article

- Hewlett Packard
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Description

The U.S. Utility patent application 10/800,281 titled Keyboard With a Switch-Membrane Circuit-Node Support Located in a Cavity, and filed on Mar. 12, 2004, is incorporated herein by this reference.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a panel and special function keys for a keyboard showing the design.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the panel and special function keys.

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the panel and special function keys.

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view of the panel and special function keys.

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view of the panel and special function keys.

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view of the panel and special function keys; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the keyboard in FIGS. 1-6.

The broken lines in FIGS. 1-7 showing other keys and structure of the keyboard are illustrative of environmental structure only and do not form a part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a panel and special function keys for a keyboard or similar article, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
5717430 February 10, 1998 Copland et al.
D428613 July 25, 2000 Chen
D442590 May 22, 2001 Ledbetter et al.
D461051 August 6, 2002 Cheng
Patent History
Patent number: D515578
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 12, 2004
Date of Patent: Feb 21, 2006
Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX)
Inventors: Thomas S. Neal (Cupertino, CA), Ken Wood (Portola Valley, CA)
Primary Examiner: Freda S. Nunn
Application Number: 29/201,291
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Plural Key Array (D14/396)