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US 2001/0043192 A1Published application
Peripheral input device with a retractable cord
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorSTEPHEN C. MURPHY
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Abstract
The invention, in one embodiment, is a peripheral input device including a body, the body further including an input mechanism; an electrical cord operably connected to the body through which input from the input mechanism can be transmitted; and a spool biased to rotate and retract the electrical cord; and an anchor for the electrical cord.
Claims27
A peripheral input device comprising:
- a body including an input mechanism;
- an electrical cord operably connected to the body through which input from the input mechanism can be transmitted;
- a spool biased to rotate and retract the electrical cord;
- and
- an anchor for the electrical cord.
2 more elements
A mouse comprising:
- a body;
- an electrical cord operably connected to the body through which input from the input mechanism can be transmitted;
- a spool biased to rotate and retract the electrical cord;
- and
- an anchor for the electrical cord.
2 more elements
A mouse comprising:
- a body including an input mechanism;
- an electrical cord operably connected to the body through which input from the input mechanism can be transmitted;
- a spool rotatably mounted in the body and biased to retract the electrical cord;
- and
- an anchor for the electrical cord.
2 more elements
A mouse comprising:
- a body including an input mechanism;
- an electrical cord operably connected to the body through which input from the input mechanism can be transmitted;
- an anchor for the electrical cord;
- and
- a spool rotatably mounted in the anchor and biased to retract the electrical cord.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.