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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1994
Edwin Joseph Selker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michio Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoyuki Takahaski, Fujisawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Uchiyama, Isehara, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An integrated manual control input device is provided for use in a computer system having a graphical user interface. The device comprises a keyboard unit having a plurality of keys, a pointing actuator mounted to the keyboard between preselected ones of the keys for engagement by a user's index finger, at least one click button assembly pivotably mounted to the keyboard unit adjacent the keys and a normally open momentary switch beneath the click button assembly. The click button assembly has a button moveable downwardly by a user's thumb to select an ON state and subsequently releasable to select an OFF state. The button is also moveable downwardly and slidable laterally in a rearward direction to select a locked ON state to facilitate a drag operation.