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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Jason Tyler Griffin, Kitchener, CA;
James William Reeves, Twyford, GB;
Inventors:
Jason Tyler Griffin, Kitchener, CA;
James William Reeves, Twyford, GB;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1662 (2013.01);
Abstract
A foldable keyboard including an upper housing having a plurality of keys, a lower housing having a plurality of keys, a spine member configured for pivotally connecting the upper and lower housings along a horizontal axis defined by the upper and lower housings, and a hinge mechanism provided in the spine member and configured for enabling movement of the upper housing relative to the lower housing to move the keyboard between a closed configuration and an open configuration.