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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2012
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masashi Tanizaki, Kuwana, JP;
Shinji Kobayashi, Tokoname, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A rubber key comprising: a key top portion having a rectangular shape in planar view; a skirt portion formed along a perimeter of the key top portion; and a contact portion projecting within the skirt portion from the key top portion on a same side of the skirt portion in a convex state in a length direction of the key top portion, wherein a shortest distance from the contact portion to a virtual plane defined by a ring of an edge of the skirt portion is longer as measured at a portion closer to a center of the key top portion in the length direction than at a portion closer to an end of the key top portion in the length direction.