Patent ID: 8492666

Claim:
A key assembly for an electronic device, the key assembly comprising: at least one pair of switches; a deflection web disposed adjacent the at least one pair of switches and including at least one pair of actuators; a plurality of keys including: a first set of double keys arranged in five columns with three rows; a second set of keys arranged in three columns with one row, the second set of keys including double keys and a space key; at least one of the double keys being supported by the at least one pair of actuators opposite the at least one pair of switches and including a body having: a first external contact portion being movable to move a first actuator of the at least one pair of actuators to thereby actuate a first switch of the at least one pair of switches; a second external contact portion being movable to move a second actuator of the at least one pair of actuators to thereby actuate a second switch of the at least one pair of switches; and wherein the body of the at least one double key pivots about the first external contact portion when the second external contact portion moves to thereby actuate the second switch, and the body of the at least one double key pivots about the second external contact portion when the first external contact portion moves to thereby actuate the first switch.