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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2001
David Naghi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Herschel Naghi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Eric A. Hanscom, San Pedro, CA (US);
Technology Creations, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for cleaning a computer mouse device with a computer mouse ball located in an interior ball cavity that has a plurality of mouse contact rollers includes removing the computer mouse ball from the interior ball cavity; inserting a cleaning surface of a mouse cleaner into the interior ball cavity, the cleaning surface attached to a lumen and in communication with a pressure mechanism via the lumen, the cleaning surface including an expandable and collapsible body; actuating the pressure mechanism so as to cause an operative effect at the cleaning surface, the operative effect being the expansion of the body within the mouse cavity so that the cleaning surface compresses against the mouse contact rollers; and rotating the cleaning surface so as to cause one or more of the plurality of mouse contact rollers to roll and thereby be cleaned by the cleaning surface.