Patent ID: 8253691

Claim:
A keyboard comprising: a plurality of keys having accompanying alphabetic indicia and, when viewed from the front with the accompanying alphabetic indicia in upright positions, being split into a left side section and a right side section, with each side section arranged in horizontal rows of keys including a top row, a middle row, and a bottom row respectively providing part of a top row, part of a middle row, and part of a bottom row of a QWERTY array of the letters A-Z; wherein the left side section is positioned 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 at least part of the bottom row of the left side section positioned above at least part of the top row of the right side section; or wherein the right side section is positioned 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 at least part of the bottom row of the right side section positioned above at least part of the top row of the left side section.