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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Lee Sandbach, London, GB;
Christopher Chapman, Oxon, GB;
Stuart Mark Walkington, Hertfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Electrotextiles Company Limited, Hertfordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/10 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a data input device suitable for inputting data to electronic processing means. The data input device is configured to produce an output in response to a mechanical interaction and may be reconfigured into two operational configurations. In a first flexible configuration the device may be bent or flexed about a first axis, and in a second rigid configuration the data input device is substantially rigid such that bending or flexing of the device about the first axis is inhibited.