Switch apparatus

Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Weight

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

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.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4386776 (1983-06-01), Bromley
patent: 5322489 (1994-06-01), Webb et al.
patent: 5822690 (1998-10-01), Rynk et al.
patent: 6028278 (2000-02-01), Fluman
patent: 6106439 (2000-08-01), Boland
patent: 6589989 (2003-07-01), Bollag et al.
patent: 6765165 (2004-07-01), Torrens
4 pages from website: http://www.geofitness.com.
Review from PSM, Issue 78, Dec. 2003, vol. 7.
Review from WIRED, Dec. 2003.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Switch apparatus does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

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

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3622899

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.