Patent ID: 6084576
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An ergonomic keyboard comprising:a left quadrant having an angle ranging from 25.degree. to 35.degree. from a user's body centerline;a right quadrant having an angle ranging from 25.degree. to 35.degree. from a user's body centerline; andsaid left and right quadrants each having a curved home row of keys located to conform to a user's index, middle, ring, and pinkie fingers when bent in a slightly flexed position; and each quadrant having a curved adjacent upper row of keys above the home row and a curved adjacent middle row of keys below the home row and a curved adjacent lower row of keys below the middle row and a curved adjacent bottom row of keys below the lower row, said keys forming four columns, each comprising a domain and each having an alignment with a centerline of a user's index, middle, ring, and pinkie fingers; and each quadrant having a fifth column of four keys inboard from a user's index finger and a column of at least two keys outboard from a user's pinkie finger defining a pinkie-domain area; and each quadrant having a plurality of keys located in a thumb-domain area defined by a reach of a user's thumb; and each quadrant having a palm support to enable a user to touch every key without lifting his palm from the palm support.