Patent ID: 8125355

Claim:
Mobile communication device, comprising a casing and a keypad comprising a plurality of keys and a plurality of rotatable key elements comprising an elongate protrusion, wherein each key element is adapted to depress a first key in a first direction, when rotated in a first rotating direction, and depress a second key in said first direction, when rotated in a second rotating direction; each key element is adapted to be rotated in said first rotating direction upon application of a force onto the protrusion in a second direction; each key element is adapted to be rotated in said second rotating direction upon application of a force onto the protrusion in a third direction; said second and third direction are opposite to each other; said first direction is perpendicular to said second and said third direction; and said casing has one opening for each protrusion of the key elements and wherein substantially only the protrusions of the key elements are exposed protruding through the respective openings of the casing.