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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:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Kao, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Peripheral Technology Inc., Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361681 ; 345905 ;
Abstract
A foldable data input device includes a keyboard, a hinge device and a lid. The keyboard is formed with a top face and opposing first and second side edges and has a plurality of keys mounted on the top face and a signal transmission device mounted on the keyboard. The lid is connected pivotally to the first side edge of the keyboard by the hinge device in order to cover the top face of the keyboard. The lid further has an inside face for confronting the top face, a touch pad and selection buttons provided on the inside face.