Patent ID: 6991389
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A foldable keyboard including a first keyboard unit and a second keyboard unit which are rotatably connected by a rotation rod so that the first and second keyboard units are rotated about the rotation rod to come apart from each other into an unfolded, horizontally arranged state for use of the keyboard, whereas the first and second keyboard units are rotated about the rotation rod to come close to each other into a folded, superposed state for nonuse of the keyboard, wherein the keyboard further includes: first support parts formed in opposite corners in one side of the first keyboard unit; second support parts formed in opposite corners in one side of the second keyboard unit; a cover member including a cover part, a pair of supporting elements formed on both ends of the cover part, first slots formed in the supporting elements respectively to correspond to each first support part, and second slots formed in the supporting elements to correspond to each second support part; first support shafts supported in the first support parts respectively, each first support shaft passing through each first slot with play; second support shafts supported in the second support parts respectively, each second support shaft passing through each second slot with play; when the first and second keyboard units are rotated from the horizontally arranged state to the superposed state, the cover member is synchronously turned by cooperation between the first support shafts and the first slots and between the second support shafts and the second slots, and the cover part of the cover member covers end faces of the first and second keyboard units in the superposed state and the support elements of the cover member cover side portions of each end face of the first and second keyboard units.