Attachment
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroki Ikuta, Hironori Furuike, Hitoshi Tsuchiya
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Abstract
An example attachment is attachable to a game controller including a controller-side slide portion on which a controller-side operation button is provided. The attachment includes a strap and an attachment-side slide portion, the attachment-side slide portion having a first side and a second side opposite to each other in a predetermined slide direction. The attachment-side slide portion is provided on a first surface of the attachment, wherein the attachment-side slide portion is configured to slidably engage with the controller-side slide portion in the predetermined slide direction. The controller-side slide portion is insertable into the attachment-side slide portion from the first side.
Claims24
An attachment which is attachable to a game controller including a controller-side slide portion that includes a controller-side first operation button, the attachment comprising:
- a strap;
- an attachment-side slide portion on a first surface of the attachment, the attachment-side slide portion having a first side of a center of the attachment-side slide portion and a second side of the center of the attachment-slide portion opposite to each other in a predetermined slide direction, wherein the attachment-side slide portion is configured to slidably engage with the controller-side slide portion in the slide direction, and wherein the controller-side slide portion is insertable into the attachment-side slide portion from the first side;
- a lock portion on the first side of the center of the attachment-side slide portion and configured to generally prevent a slide movement, in a removal direction opposite to an insertion direction, of the controller-side slide portion in a state in which the controller-side slide portion has been inserted into the attachment-side slide portion, thereby attaching the game controller to the attachment;
- and
- an attachment-side first operation button on a second surface which is on a reverse side of the first surface,
- wherein the attachment-side first operation button includes a first actuation portion configured to move from a first position to a second position, thereby pressing the controller-side first operation button, in response to an operation of pressing the attachment-side first operation button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.