Patent ID: 7489301

Claim:
A keyboard comprising: a plurality of keys associated with alphanumeric characters including the letters A-Z and at least the numbers 1-9, said keys being split into a left side section and a right side section, with the left side section being grouped as a contiguous block of keys having a top row and a bottom row, and the right side section being grouped as a contiguous block of keys having a top row and a bottom row, the left side section is oriented at least partially above the right side section to define an upper section corresponding to the left side section and a lower section corresponding to the right side section, with the left side section being positioned above the right side section such that at least part of the bottom row of the left side section is positioned above at least part of the top row of the right side section, or the right side section is oriented at least partially above the left side section to define an upper section corresponding to the right side section and a lower section corresponding to the left side section, with the right side section being positioned above the left side section such that at least part of the bottom row of the right side section is positioned above at least part of the top row of the left side section, wherein the alphanumeric characters represent a QWERTY-style key arrangement, and when the left side section is oriented at least partially above the right side section, the upper section includes said keys associated with the alphabetic characters “QWERTASDFGZXCV”, and the lower section includes said keys associated with the alphabetic characters “YUIOPHJKLBNM”, or when the right side section is oriented at least partially above the left side section, the upper section includes said keys associated with the alphabetic characters “YUIOPHJKLBNM”, and the lower section includes said keys associated with the alphabetic characters “QWERTASDFGZXCV”.