Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Weight
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-17
2006-10-17
Lee, K. (Department: 2832)
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Weight
C200S0050EA, C482S038000, C463S004000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07122751
ABSTRACT:
A platform of the type holding a plurality of normally-open electric switches in position for activation of a selected individual switch by application of a force in a direction normal to a surface of the switch by a portion of a human body. An exemplary platform according to the invention forms a dance platform on which a user steps to activate switches in accordance with instructions viewed on a video display device. A joining structure may by used to hold two platforms in a side-by-side competition arrangement. A security vault may be affixed to structure associated with platform to resist theft of a commercially available game controller adapted to operate the video display and to receive switch input from a platform. Certain aspects of the invention include one or more, typically inert, practice platforms structured to represent the user interface surface of an activatable platform. A method for using a system of active and inert platforms is also disclosed.
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Anderson Ladd
Anderson Matthew L.
Anderson Tyson C.
Blatnick Enoch J.
Foley Brian J.
Cobalt Flux
Lee K.
Trask Brian C.
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