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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:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edwin Joseph Selker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kazunori Seki, Machida, JP;
Michio Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Kenshin Yonemochi, Kamakura, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345161 ; 745519 ; 428 90 ; 400490 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a resilient hollow grip cap for removable mounting on the top of a computer control device i.e., a finger actuated pointing stick. The cap has a plurality of short fibers adhered to its outer surface and extending outwardly away from the surface of the cap.