IP Library Granted Patent US 8,784,208
Granted Patent B2
US 8,784,208 · App. 12/584,735 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Game control thumb grip

Inventor: Jeffrey Todd Borrel (Pasadena, CA)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,784,208
App. No.
12/584,735
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatus for controlling gaming analog sticks, comprising an upwardly generally concave thumb support, and attachment means underlying the thumb support for adjustably attaching the support to upper extent of a gaming analog stick.

Claims (13)

1. In apparatus for controlling gaming device analog sticks, the combination comprising

a) a thumb support, and

b) attachment means underlying said thumb support for adjustably attaching said support to upper extent of a gaming analog stick, the attachment means including a split sleeve having sections hinge connected together to enable closing together displacement of the sleeve sections about said analog stick,

c) said support having an uppermost surface the entirety of which is downwardly U-shaped toward said attachment means,

d) the thumb support and underlying attachment means having an elongated slide groove attachment extending along U-shaped lowermost curved extent of said thumb support,

e) said attachment means including an elongated U-shaped groove sunk upwardly in the underside of said support, the groove everywhere spaced downwardly from said support uppermost surface, the attachment means including a support positioner everywhere located below the support uppermost surface and having a tongue in the groove to be slidable in the groove and lengthwise of the groove, whereby the support has variably and selectably tilted positioning relative to the positioner in response to such tongue sliding,

f) the support having a first tilted position in which it is displaced in one direction to the end of the groove and relative to the positioner and to a displaced extent exceeding a width of the tongue,

g) the support having a second tilted position in which it is displaced in the opposite direction to the end of the groove and relative to the positioner and to a displaced extent exceeding a width of the tongue.

2. The combination of claim 1 including said gaming analog stick to which said attachment means is adjustably attached.

3. The combination of claim 2 including gaming apparatus associated with said analog stick.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said means includes a split sleeve having sections hinge connected together to enable closing together displacement of the sleeve sections, said attachment closable about the positioner.

5. The combination of claim 1 wherein at least one of said sections is operatively connected to said thumb support, at least another of the sections being free of any integral connection to the support, and being movable relative to the support to enable said closing together displacement.

6. The combination of claim 5 including a releasable connector for releasably holding said sleeve sections in closed together condition.

Continuity (1)
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