USD538281S1 - Two-thumb keyboard device - Google Patents
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FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a two-thumb keyboard device;
FIG. 2 is a bottom isometric view of the two-thumb keyboard device of FIG. 1 showing the keys arranged for use by the digits of the hands for data entry;
FIG. 3 is a top view of the two-thumb keyboard device of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 showing the left and right thumb keyboard portions;
FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the two-thumb keyboard device of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 showing the keys arranged for use by the first and second digits of the left and right hands for data entry;
FIG. 5 is a top end view of the two-thumb keyboard device of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2;
FIG. 6 is a left side view of the two-thumb keyboard device of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2;
FIG. 7 is a right side view of the two-thumb keyboard device of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom end view of the two-thumb keyboard device of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.
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- I claim the ornamental design for a two-thumb keyboard device, as shown and described.
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| US3022878A (en) | 1960-01-11 | 1962-02-27 | Ibm | Communication device |
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| USD605646S1 (en) * | 2009-03-12 | 2009-12-08 | Compal Electronics, Inc. | Notebook computer |
| US20100271241A1 (en) * | 2009-04-22 | 2010-10-28 | Weller Jeffrey C | Text entry device with radial keypad layout |
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| US8717200B2 (en) | 2009-04-22 | 2014-05-06 | Jeffrey C Weller | Text entry device with radial keypad layout |
| USD627774S1 (en) * | 2009-12-16 | 2010-11-23 | Tess Setthalath | Ergonomic laptop computer |
| USD759025S1 (en) * | 2013-02-19 | 2016-06-14 | Francisco Javier Hinojosa De Leon | Ergonomic keypad |
| USD714246S1 (en) * | 2013-05-10 | 2014-09-30 | Panasonic Corporation | Mobile phone |
| USD799484S1 (en) * | 2016-01-28 | 2017-10-10 | Louis Tamillow | Keyboard with display |
| USD989072S1 (en) * | 2021-10-01 | 2023-06-13 | Peter Changhee Park | Stenography keyboard |
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