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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Travis Baldwin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Luis Ernesto Elizalde Rodarte, Durham, NC (US);
John Peter Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);
Susan Sommers Moffatt, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/702 ; B41J 5/10 ; B41J 5/12 ; B41J 5/14 ; B41J 5/16 ; B41J 5/26 ; B41J 5/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/702 ; B41J 5/10 ; B41J 5/12 ; B41J 5/14 ; B41J 5/16 ; B41J 5/26 ; B41J 5/28 ;
Abstract
A keyboard for a small, portable computing device includes a pair of mating sections that can be folded together after they are pulled apart. The sections are releasably held together by a spring and by a sliding attachment structure that holds them in alignment. When the sections are pulled away from one another to release the sliding attachment structure, they are held together by a pivoting sliding attachment structure that allows folding.