Patent Document ID: 20030067758
Application ID: 10294396
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A lighted keyboard comprising: a keyboard housing; at least twenty-six key members constructed of a substantially hard non-deformable material, said key members including a key cap and a vertically projecting keyshaft, said key members being depressably positioned within said keyboard housing and being constructed at least partially of a substantially translucent material for communicating light rays through said key members; a biasing means underlying said key members for biasing said key members in an upward direction; a circuit board underlying said plurality of key members, said circuit board being operational to produce signals in response to depression of said key members; a light source for producing light rays; and a light pipe connected to said light source, said light pipe not independently light producing but instead provides for channeling light from said light source to a plurality of said key members, said light pipe being positioned adjacent to a plurality of key shafts to enable said light pipe to transmit light laterally along a portion of its length upon the exterior of a plurality of key members to illuminate a plurality of said key members.