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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:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1997
John D Lipps, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Stephen J Szczecinski, Stow, OH (US);
Gregory J Svetina, Streetsboro, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A riding board game controller for sending directional and non-directional control signals to an audio-visual game having a microprocessor-based host computer for sending audio-visual signals to a display device, the riding board game controller comprising: a substantially rectangular platform, pivotally supported along its central longitudinal axis on a playing surface and adapted to support an operator standing thereon, such that side-to-side pivoting of the platform can be performed by the operator; a biasing system, positioned between the platform and the playing surface, for biasing the platform away from the playing surface; a left dual-state switch, positioned between the platform and the playing surface, on the left side of the longitudinal axis, and activated by a pivoting of the platform to the left side; a right dual-state switch, positioned between the platform and the playing surface, on the right side of the longitudinal axis, and activated by a pivoting of the platform to the right side; a center dual-state switch, positioned between the platform and the playing surface, substantially along or near the longitudinal axis, and activated by a movement of the longitudinal axis towards or away from the playing surface; and a signal processor for converting signals from the left and right switches into directional control signals, for converting a signal from the center switch into a non-directional signal, and for sending the directional and non-directional control signals to the host computer.