METAL KEYCAPS WITH BACKLIGHTING
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Mar 26, 2015
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Mar 31, 2011
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Mar 31, 2011
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According to one general aspect of the invention, a keyboard of a computing device includes a keycap and a light source. The keycap is configured to actuate a switch of the computing device. The keycap includes a metal material and has an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface of the keycap is configured to be viewed by a user while operating the computing device and defines one or more openings in the keycap. The one or more openings in the upper surface is patterned in the shape of a single alphanumeric character. The lower surface of the keycap defines one or more openings in the keycap. The keycap defines one or more passageways extending from the one or more openings defined by the upper surface of the keycap through the keycap to the one or more openings defined by the lower surface of the keycap. The light source is configured to emit light through the one or more passageways of the keycap from the lower surface side of the one or more passageways to the upper surface side of the one or more passageways.
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