Patent ID: 8441446

Claim:
A wireless input device integrable with a mobile device, the wireless input device being configured for use with the mobile device and comprising: a wireless keyboard configured for making wireless connection with the mobile device, the wireless keyboard having a top surface provided with a plurality of keys, the wireless keyboard further having two opposite sides each provided with a first rail element, wherein the first rail elements are parallel to each other; a carrier having a top surface defining a receiving cavity, the receiving cavity corresponding in configuration to the mobile device so as for the mobile device to be placed and secured in position in the receiving cavity; a retracting plate provided with a second rail element at each of two opposite positions on the retracting plate, the second rail elements corresponding in configuration to the first rail elements and being engaged therewith respectively to position the retracting plate on the wireless keyboard, wherein the retracting plate can be movably embedded in a bottom surface of the carrier so that both the carrier and the retracting plate are movable along the rail elements to a position where the wireless keyboard is completely covered by the carrier or a position where all the keys of the wireless keyboard are exposed outside the carrier; the retracting plate is peripherally provided with at least a projection, and the bottom surface of the carrier is concavely provided with a recessed portion, the recessed portion corresponding in configuration to the retracting plate so as to receive the retracting plate, the recessed portion having a positioning slot corresponding in position to each said projection so that the retracting plate when positioned in the recessed portion is movable therein to drive each said projection away from a corresponding said positioning slot and into engagement with an inner wall of the recessed portion and the inner wall of the recessed portion is provided with an engaging portion adjacent to each said positioning slot; and wherein the retracting plate is further provided with at least a resilient element, each said resilient element having a first end connected to the retracting plate and a second end fixed to the wireless keyboard at a position away from the keys such that the first end of each said resilient element can apply a retracting force to the retracting plate to keep the carrier in a state in which the carrier covers the wireless keyboard completely or, when the carrier has been pushed to a position where all the keys are located to one side of the carrier and therefore exposed, can apply an opening force to the retracing plate to keep the carrier in a state in which the keys are exposed outside the carrier.