Patent ID: 7907121

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a housing comprising a display for presenting information, the housing having a housing bottom surface; a keyboard assembly slidably deployable relative to the housing, the keyboard assembly comprising a first keyboard and a second keyboard, wherein the first keyboard and the second keyboard are slidably deployable relative to one another, wherein the first keyboard comprises a first key arrangement on a first keyboard top surface opposite a first keyboard bottom surface, wherein the second keyboard comprises a second key arrangement on a second keyboard top surface, wherein the second key arrangement is different from the first key arrangement, the keyboard assembly deployable relative to the housing in a first direction and a second direction, wherein deployment in the first direction presents the first key arrangement and deployment in the second direction presents the second key arrangement; a first connector slidably connecting the housing and the first keyboard, wherein the first connector comprises a first track slidably interconnected with a first carrier, wherein a first one of the first track or the first carrier is disposed on the housing bottom surface, wherein a second one of the first track or the first carrier is disposed on the first keyboard top surface; and a second connector slidably connecting the first keyboard and the second keyboard, wherein the second connector comprises a second track slidably interconnected with a second carrier, wherein a first one of the second track or the second carrier is disposed on the first keyboard bottom surface, wherein a second one of the second track or the second carrier is disposed on the second keyboard top surface; wherein the apparatus comprises a first end and an opposing second end, and a first side and an opposing second side; wherein the first carrier is fixed to the first keyboard top surface near the first end, and wherein the first key arrangement is positioned on the first keyboard top surface near the second end; wherein the first track is fixed to the housing bottom surface and extends in the first direction; wherein the second carrier is fixed to the second keyboard top surface near the first side, and wherein the second key arrangement is positioned on the second keyboard top surface near the second side; and wherein the second track is fixed to the first keyboard bottom surface and extends in the second direction.