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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Logitech Europe S.a., Morges, CH;
Mathew Bates, Deansgrange, IE;
Brian Stephens, Glenageary, IE;
John Moriarty, San Francisco, CA (US);
Simone Mandelli, La Conversion, CH;
James Jackson, North Vancouver, CA;
James Lynch, Cabinteely, IE;
Ronan Carroll, Morges, CH;
Mel Reynolds, Bray, IE;
Stephen Harvey, County Cork, IE;
Denis O'Keeffe, Newmarket, IE;
Logitech Europe S.A., Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
Aspects of the invention relate to an apparatus including a housing and a slot disposed in the housing, the slot configured to hold an input device in a plurality of upright configurations including at least a forward-facing upright configuration such that the input device faces the front portion of the housing, and at least a backward-facing upright configuration such that the input device faces the back portion of the housing. The slot can be overmolded with a rubber compound (e.g. silicon-based) and configured to provide an improved coefficient of friction to reduce slippage of the input device when held in the slot. In some aspects, the housing includes a surface, and the overmolded portion of the slot can protrude above the surface of the housing.