Patent ID: 6558057
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A keyboard, comprising:a keyboard body having a front side and a rear side, and a top surface and a bottom surface; a linkage board having a front side and a rear side, the front side of the linkage board being pivotally connected to the rear side of the keyboard body; and a lid having a front side, a rear side and two lateral sides, and a top surface and a bottom surface, the front side of the lid being pivotally connected to the rear side of the linkage board, the lid further having tapered walls formed at each respective lateral side, the tapered walls being on the top surface of the lid, whereby when the lid is at a first position, the tapered walls sit on the top surface of the keyboard body so that the lid covers the keyboard body, and when the lid is pivoted to a second position, the keyboard body sits on the bottom surface of the lid with the tapered walls raising the rear side of the keyboard body higher than the front side of the keyboard body.