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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven J. Money, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Peter M. Nielsen, Quincy, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B68G 5/00 ; B43L 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B68G 5/00 ; B43L 1/500 ;
Abstract
A wrist or forearm support for a person operating a computer input device such as a computer mouse comprising a plurality of balls and a housing for captivating the balls so that they are capable of multi-directional rotational movement. The balls protrude through an opening in the housing in position to be engaged by and support a wrist or forearm that extends over said housing, thereby facilitating multi-directional motion of the supported wrist or forearm.