Impact absorbing keyboard, contoured to the natural shape of the

Details Impact absorbing keyboard, contoured to the natural shape of the Impact absorbing keyboard, contoured to the natural shape of the

1997-10-21

1999-05-04

Burr, Edgar

Typewriting machines

Key-board or key lever-actuating mechanism

Key-board including keys grouped to facilitate positioning...

400491, 400715, 400488, B41J 500

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058996168

ABSTRACT:
An ergonomic adaptation to a keyboard, including a plurality of pads, or key pillows, preferably formed together into a key pillow tablet. The key pillows either replace or fit over keys of a keyboard to advantageously alter the consistency, texture and/or shape of the traditional keys. In alternative embodiments, each of the key pillows may be formed individually to replace or fit over some or all of the keyboard keys. The key pillow tablet further includes raised pads at the front of the keyboard on which the palms may rest during typing to maintain a satisfactorily low angle of the fingers with respect to the elbow. The adaptation may either be an attachment to a keyboard or may be integrally formed to a keyboard during the keyboard's manufacture.

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