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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2001
Michael A. Willner, Mason Neck, VA (US);
Scott M. Arnel, Syosset, NY (US);
Alphagrip, Inc., Mason Neck, VA (US);
Abstract
A hand grippable combined keyboard and game controller system ( ′) includes a pair of housings ( and ). One housing ( ) is provided with a first surface portion which carries a group of first control switches ( ) and a hand grip portion ( ) which carries a group of third control switches ( ). The other housing ( ) includes a first surface portion ( ) which carries a group of second control switches ( ) and a hand grippable portion ( ) which carries a group of fourth control switches ( ). The signals from the groups of first control switches ( ), second control switches ( ), third control switches ( ), and fourth control switches ( ) define all of the lowercase alphabetic characters of an alphabet, which signals are generated without the use of chording. One housing ( ) is provided with a connecting portion ( ′) and the other housing ( ) is provided with a connecting portion ( ′), the complementary connecting portions allowing the two housings ( and ) to be releasably joined together, or alternately releasably coupled to an adaptor ( ). The adaptor ( ) provides a docking port for coupling to a palm/tablet sized computing device ( ).