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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sanjay Batra, Chicago, IL (US);
Anton Poole, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
Assignee:
Gateway, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 1/900 ;
Abstract
A remote control device is provided with a rotatably mounted door member. The device has a main body with two, three, or more sides adapted for having selection buttons coupled therewith. The door member covers the selection buttons for the sides not in use so that the user can grasp the device or set the device on a surface without inadvertent actuation of the selection buttons. The remote control device also has a locking mechanism for preventing access to certain selection buttons on certain side surfaces.