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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2011
Applicants:
LI Huang, Kitchener, CA;
Albert Murray Pegg, Cambridge, CA;
Paul Masser, Heidelberg, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4987 (2015.01); H01H 9/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/20 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1671 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile device has a front frame with a key opening, a first forward facing surface adjacent the key opening and a second forward facing surface adjacent the key opening. The mobile device includes a keypad with keys coupled to a flexible backing. The keypad is insertable from behind the front frame of the mobile device to position the keys into openings in the front frame and laterally expandable to position the keys on opposing lateral sides of the keypad in front of forward facing surfaces of the front frame.