Patent ID: 9134759
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a device housing having housing surfaces including a top surface and having a housing width; a display located at the top surface of said device housing, wherein a keyboard is positioned beneath said display; and said keyboard located at said top surface of said device housing and having a keyboard width less than the housing width, said keyboard comprising twenty-six alphabetic character keys each located on, or protruding through, said top surface and laid out in QWERTY style, said keyboard arranged in three rows including an upper row of alphabetic character keys disposed such that five alphabetic character keys of the upper row are disposed on each side of a straight vertical reference line, said keyboard including a lower row disposed such that four keys are disposed on the one side of the straight vertical reference line and three alphabetic character keys are disposed on the other side of the straight vertical reference line, each of the twenty-six alphabetic character keys includes a lower edge and an upper edge that is closer to the display than the lower edge, and keys left of the straight vertical reference line have upper edges tilted counterclockwise away from the vertical line, and keys right of the straight vertical reference line have upper edges tilted clockwise away from the vertical line.