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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Overthun, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shigetoshi Amano, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Masahiko Kawauchi, San Jose, CA (US);
J Scott Petermann, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alps Electric (U.S.A.), Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400489 ; 400472 ; 248918 ;
Abstract
A bifurcated computer keyboard including separated keyboard segments adjustably mounted on supports. The supports include an upper wall which is inclined relative to a supporting surface. The keyboard segments include beveled protrusions which are rotatably mounted on the upper wall of the supports. The keyboard segments are adjusted to a desired tilt (side to side) angle by rotating the supports relative to the keyboard segments. A retaining member is provided to maintain the keyboard segments at a predetermined spacing.