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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Richard John Dombrowski, Libertyville, IL (US);
Christopher Arnholt, Highland Park, IL (US);
Steven Clark Emmert, McHenry, IL (US);
Richard John Dombrowski, Libertyville, IL (US);
Christopher Arnholt, Highland Park, IL (US);
Steven Clark Emmert, McHenry, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility, Inc., Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
A keypad including a plurality of user interface key caps flexibly coupled to a carrier and forming a substantially planar unitary member. The user interface key caps defined by and located between nested slots formed in the substantially planar unitary member wherein the nested slots are devoid of a material from which the plurality of user interface key caps and the carrier are formed. A flexible web is disposed the slots between the plurality of user interface key caps, wherein the plurality of user interface key caps, the carrier and the flexible web constitute a unitary member.