Patent ID: 6378345
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A soft key comprising:a main body comprising a compartment defined by a pair of wall tracks; a shank casing mounted in the main body and movable along the wall tracks between a first position in the main body and a second position out of the main body, the shank casing including a longitudinal hole; a shank extended through the longitudinal hole of the shank casing and the compartment of the main body, the shank comprising a first end positioned in the main body and a second end, a plurality of key sections being attached to the second end of the shank in series, each two adjacent said key sections being connected by a pin, thereby allowing relative pivotal movement therebetween, each said key section including a depression in a side thereof, an outermost said key section that is most distal to the shank including at least one slanted face; and means mounted between an end of the shank casing and the main body for biasing the other end of the shank casing out of the main body.