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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:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald Root, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
GM Nameplate, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09J / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428343 ; 4283 / ; 428350 ; 345156 ;
Abstract
A repositionable mouse pad (20) for a computer having an input device (30) operatively connected to the computer. The mouse pad includes a tracking surface (22) having upper and lower surfaces (26) and (28). The upper surface being textured for precise tracking of the pointing device. The mouse pad also includes an attachment member (24) bonded on the lower surface of the tracking surface and includes an adhesive (34). The attachment member is bonded to the lower surface of the tracking surface such that the adhesive side faces outwardly away from the tracking surface. The adhesive side is renewable to restore its adhesive strength by cleaning the adhesive side.