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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Paul Masser, Heidelberg, CA;
Inventor:
Paul Masser, Heidelberg, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 17/00 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/83 (2013.01); H01H 2219/03 (2013.01); H01H 2221/07 (2013.01); H01H 2229/048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for producing a keycap of a keyboard of a portable electronic device that includes removing material from the backside of a body of the keycap to form a cavity in a shape associated with a character, filling the cavity with fill material, and removing material from the front side of the body to expose the fill material on the front surface of the keycap.