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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2010
William Rudolph Hargreaves, Bellevue, WA (US);
Carsten Buus, Snohomish, WA (US);
Mark Shintaro Ando, Seattle, WA (US);
William Rudolph Hargreaves, Bellevue, WA (US);
Carsten Buus, Snohomish, WA (US);
Mark Shintaro Ando, Seattle, WA (US);
Kinesis Corporation, Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
A peripheral device includes at least one active or trigger element housed in a cartridge that is removably mounted. A user can easily remove the cartridge with the active or trigger elements without using special tools. In some embodiments, the peripheral device can include a leveling member between a detection switch and a triggering interface to facilitate effective actuation of the triggering interface and activation of the detection switch from regions spaced from the detection switch. Some embodiments can include silencing or dampening features or structures to minimize or substantially eliminate sound generated upon activation of the triggering interface.