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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul A. Revis, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Nampa, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/08 ;
Abstract
A combined computer mouse and telephone device is provided. The device includes a common housing which can open to provide a telephone handset, and close to provide a computer mouse. The device is toggled between a mouse and telephone mode of operation via a hinge-switch which switches upon opening and closing of the housing. The telephone keypad is located on an interior of the housing during operation of the mouse, thereby eliminating the possibility of accidentally depressing the keypad when using the mouse.