Ergonomic computer mouse

Details Ergonomic computer mouse Ergonomic computer mouse

2005-07-26

2005-07-26

Zimmerman, Mark (Department: 2673)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Display peripheral interface input device

Cursor mark position control device

Reexamination Certificate

active

06922186

ABSTRACT:
This invention is a pointing device, i.e. a computer mouse, for producing computer program commands issued by young children or others that have difficulty operating a conventional mouse device. A rotatable ball or other pointing mechanism is provided in the housing. A horizontally-elongated button is located within the front surface of the housing. This button, having a horizontal arc of between approximately 150 to 180 degrees, may be readily operated by any or all of the fingers of one hand of the user and may be pulled backward by cupping the hand in a grasping action. This eliminates the physically-difficult downward, single-finger, pressing action required of conventional pointing devices. Preferably, the mouse has a mass of approximately 150-250 grams, which, for the preferred small-volume mouse, amounts to a high-density mouse that tends to reduce or eliminate rapid or erratic movements that may be inadvertently initiated by the young or less-then-dexterous user.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3835464 (1974-09-01), Rider
patent: 3854131 (1974-12-01), Vanderheiden et al.
patent: 4540176 (1985-09-01), Baer
patent: 4738417 (1988-04-01), Wenger
patent: 4862165 (1989-08-01), Gart
patent: D315552 (1991-03-01), Sacherman
patent: 5045842 (1991-09-01), Galvin
patent: D330230 (1992-10-01), Carter
patent: 5157381 (1992-10-01), Cheng
patent: D335656 (1993-05-01), Garthwaite
patent: 5252970 (1993-10-01), Baronowsky
patent: 5287090 (1994-02-01), Grant
patent: D347628 (1994-06-01), Ashmun
patent: D349491 (1994-08-01), Copper et al.
patent: D350344 (1994-09-01), Nakada
patent: D350737 (1994-09-01), Chen
patent: 5355147 (1994-10-01), Lear
patent: D354746 (1995-01-01), Colani et al.
patent: D361991 (1995-09-01), Grant
patent: D369154 (1996-04-01), Powell
patent: D373999 (1996-09-01), Staats
patent: D374867 (1996-10-01), Canavan
patent: 5570112 (1996-10-01), Robinson
patent: 5576733 (1996-11-01), Lo
patent: 5581277 (1996-12-01), Thjiri
patent: D377485 (1997-01-01), Kaneko et al.
patent: D377486 (1997-01-01), Shih et al.
patent: D377487 (1997-01-01), Shih et al.
patent: D378516 (1997-03-01), Smith et al.
patent: D381969 (1997-08-01), Ratzlaff
patent: D383453 (1997-09-01), Scenna et al.
patent: D387749 (1997-12-01), Diaz
patent: 5692956 (1997-12-01), Rifkin
patent: 5726683 (1998-03-01), Goldstein
patent: 5801692 (1998-09-01), Muzio et al.
patent: 5880715 (1999-03-01), Garrett
patent: 5894302 (1999-04-01), Scenna et al.
patent: 5923318 (1999-07-01), Zhai et al.
patent: 5990871 (1999-11-01), Adams et al.
patent: 6005552 (1999-12-01), Stanley et al.
patent: 6124846 (2000-09-01), Goldstein et al.
patent: D437598 (2001-02-01), Han et al.
patent: D437852 (2001-02-01), Ledbetter
patent: D439907 (2001-04-01), Edwards
patent: D442595 (2001-05-01), Lee
patent: 6323843 (2001-11-01), Giles
patent: 6396474 (2002-05-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 6469692 (2002-10-01), Rosenberg
patent: WO 91/04526 (1991-04-01), None
patent: WO 99/57627 (1999-11-01), None
patent: WO 00/51069 (2000-08-01), None
Printout of Website of “KidzMouse” printed Jun. 4, 2002.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Ergonomic computer mouse does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Ergonomic computer mouse, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Ergonomic computer mouse will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3395536