Patent
   D457525
Priority
Apr 02 1999
Filed
Feb 27 2001
Issued
May 21 2002
Expiry
May 21 2016
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
25
12
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The ornamental design for a folding keyboard, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 shows a front, perspective view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.

FIG. 2 shows a back, perspective view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.

FIG. 3 shows a top, side view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.

FIG. 4 shows a bottom, side view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.

FIG. 5 shows a back, right view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.

FIG. 6 shows a back, left view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.

FIG. 7 shows a front, side view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.

FIG. 8 shows a back, side view of a folding keyboard, in a folded state.

FIG. 9 shows a back, perspective view of a folding keyboard in a partially folded state.

FIG. 10 shows a front, perspective view of a folding keyboard in a partially folded state.

FIG. 11 shows a back, perspective view of a folding keyboard in a partially folded state.

FIG. 12 shows a back view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state.

FIG. 13 shows a top view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state, with the outer sets of keys positioned away from the inner sets of keys.

FIG. 14 shows a top view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state, with the outer sets of keys positioned next to the inner sets of keys.

FIG. 15 shows a top view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state, with the outer sets of keys positioned next to the inner sets of keys.

FIG. 16 shows a bottom, side view of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 13.

FIG. 17 shows a left, side view of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 13.

FIG. 18 shows a right, side view of the folding keyboard shown in FIG. 13.

FIG. 19 shows a back, perspective view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state, with a support member partially extended.

FIG. 20 shows a back, perspective view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state, with a support member fully extended; and,

FIG. 21 shows a top, perspective view of a folding keyboard in an unfolded state with a support member fully extended.

FIGS. 3-8 are drawn on a slightly reduced scale.

Brunner, Robert D., Meuniot, Arturo, Kim, Sung, Tang, John, Chia, Benjamin Pei-Ming, Olodort, Robert, Cazalet, Peter M.

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