Patent ID: 6561708
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G06F,H01H,Y10S

Abstract:
A foldable keyboard, comprising:a first keyboard portion having a front edge and a rear edge, and a first locating region formed at the rear edge; a second keyboard portion pivotably connected to the first keyboard portion so that the first key board portion is foldable relative to the second keyboard portion, and having a front edge and a rear edge, and a second locating region formed at the rear edge, the second locating region aligning with the first locating region to form an accommodation region when the first keyboard portion and the second keyboard portion are unfolded relative to each other; and a clamping stage mounted on the accommodation region at a first position when the first keyboard portion and the second keyboard portion are folded relative to each other, the clamping stage being movable to a second position when the first keyboard portion and the second keyboard portion are unfolded relative each other to prevent the first keyboard portion and the second keyboard portion from being folded relative to each other; wherein the first keyboard portion has a rail on a top surface of the first locating region and a first groove on a bottom surface of the first locating region, the second keyboard portion has a second rail on a top surface of the second locating region and a second groove on a bottom surface of the second locating region, the first rail and the second rail are aligned to form a strip-shaped rail and the first grove and the second groove are aligned to form a guiding groove while the first keyboard portion and the second keyboard portion are unfolded relative to each other and the clamping stage has a panel, a contact part extended downward from a front side of the panel that fits with the strip-shaped rail and a clamping part on a rear side thereof that fits with the guiding groove such that the clamping stage is capable of sliding back and forth from the first position to the second position on the accommodation region.