KEYBOARD AND STAND FOR PORTABLE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES

摘要

The present invention provides a fully functional keyboard in a form factor no larger than that of a small cell phone. This is achieved by utilizing a keyboard layout in which the keys in the top and bottom letter rows are reduced in the North-South axis, (the transverse axis i.e. the axis at right angles to the letter rows) whilst all the keys in the middle letter row, (the "Home" row) are maintained as full-size, in both the North-South and East-West axis. (the longitudinal axis i.e. the axis parallel to the letter rows) The size is further reduced by having the keyboard divided into four sections, hingedly connected along three fold lines, whereby the keys are cut at the fold lines to permit folding of the keyboard into a "W" shape.