Patent ID: 8314353

Claim:
A keypad for a mobile device, comprising: a dome sheet comprising at least one dome, and at least one key associated with the at least one dome, wherein the at least one key is arranged to be movable between a non-depressed position and a depressed position and the at least one key is pivotably supported so that the respective key is pivotable between the non-depressed position and the depressed position, wherein the dome sheet is slidable in relation to the at least one key between a first position and a second position, wherein the at least one key is configured such that the associated at least one dome is actuated by the at least one key when the at least one key is in its depressed position and the dome sheet is in its first position, and that the associated at least one dome is not actuated by the at least one key when the at least one key is in its depressed position and the dome sheet is in its second position, wherein the dome sheet includes at least one first lifting element associated with the at least one dome, wherein the at least one key includes a second lifting element, wherein the first and the second lifting elements cooperate such that the at least one key is lifted into the non-depressed position when the dome sheet is being moved from the second position to the first position, and wherein the first lifting element includes a protrusion on the dome sheet protruding in a direction towards the at least one key, and the second lifting element is a sloped surface on a side of the at least one key facing the dome sheet and being arranged to slidably contact the protrusion.