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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Contour Design, Inc., Windham, NH (US);
Steven Wang, Windham, NH (US);
Scott H. Wakefield, Andover, MA (US);
William D. Chura, Newton, MA (US);
James H. Bleck, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Chad C. Terry, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Thomas Eagan, Chelmsford, MA (US);
John M. Aho, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Jonathan N. Towle, Amherst, NH (US);
Les Scenna, Wilton, NH (US);
CONTOUR DESIGN, INC., Windham, NH (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus provide for an adjustable pointing device. The adjustable pointing device includes a base and an adjustable arm connecting a portion of the base with an input control portion. The input control portion includes at least one input control. A first end of the adjustable arm, which is distal from the base, allows for and independently maintains changes to various orientations of the input control portion. In other words, after the user adjusts the input control portion to be set at a new orientation, the first end of the adjustable arm maintains the input control portion at the new orientation as the user interacts with the adjustable pointing device. In addition, a second end of the adjustable arm, proximal to the base, also allows for and independently maintains changes in a distance between the input control portion and the base itself.