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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marvin W Shores, Pomona, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Dynamics Pomona Division, Pomona, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33 / ; 178 18 ; 340710 ; 33 181 ;
Abstract
A graphic aid device is disclosed which may be used with computers having a mouse-type computer cursor controller. The device provides a specific geometric orientation to the mouse, thereby enabling a tracing member attached onto or near the mouse to be used to manually trace complex figures while simultaneously and accurately transferring the complex figures to the computer memory. The device of the present invention utilizes a drawing machine arm to maintain a specific geometrical relationship of the mouse with respect to the surface over which the mouse is moved to trace the complex figure.