Patent ID: 8591128

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first assembly and a second assembly, said first assembly being connected to said second assembly by an extendable mechanism, said extendable mechanism being configured to extend an input area when the first assembly is moved with respect to the second assembly from a first position to a second position, the extendable mechanism comprising key graphic panes corresponding to keys of more than one adjacent key row for user input, wherein the extendable mechanism comprises a first set of diagonally opposing interconnected arms and a second set of diagonally opposing interconnected arms, said first and second sets of diagonally opposing arms comprising two layers of substantially parallel arms, and wherein the movement from the first position to the second position causes the more than one adjacent key row to one of separate or move closer together in order to at least in part reveal or conceal the key graphic panes; and wherein at least a part of a surface of the more than one adjacent key row is transparent and the key graphic panes are substantially visible through the transparent surface when the extendable mechanism is in the first position.