ULTRA-COMPACT MOBILE TOUCH-TYPE KEYBOARD

摘要

An ultra compact mobile keyboard. The keyboard has a plurality of mechanical keys suitable for touch typing. Each such key has a travel distance sufficient to provide a touch type feel and a rigid cap for crisp actuation by a user. The keyboard has a deployed configuration for touch-typing use and a collapsed configuration for transport and storage. In the collapsed configuration, the keyboard fits within bounding volume of less than 180 cubic centimeters.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
at least two discrete dissociable elements that, when dissociated, have no physical connection there between and that, when associated, collectively form a touch type keyboard; a battery residing in a first of the discrete dissociable elements; a wireless transceiver residing in one of the first dissociable element and a second dissociable element; wherein the keyboard in a deployed configuration has a footprint on a work surface of less than 180 square centimeters.