Foot control mechanism for computer mouse
OwnerDouglas A. Hammer, Lance Hopkinsinventors
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Abstract
A foot control for a computer mouse-computer pad combination, to move a computer cursor around the computer display monitor including two foot pedals in spaced-apart arrangement, each foot pedal having a centralized neutral position, arranged for movement therefrom through and into two other positions by pressure applied from separate areas of each foot, a harness for holding one part of a computer mouse-computer pad combination and moving the harness about a flat plane, and a series of pulleys and wires interconnecting the foot pedals with the harness to provide north-south, east-west, oblique and curved movements of the harness about the plane with movement of the foot pedals.
Claims29
A foot control for a computer mouse-computer pad combination, to move a computer cursor around the computer display monitor, comprising:
- a) a foot pedal, having a centralized neutral position, said pedal arranged for movement from said neutral position toward and into two other positions by pressure applied from separate areas of the user's foot;
- b) a harness for holding one part of a computer mouse-computer pad combination and moving said harness about a flat plane;
- c) means interconnecting said foot pedal with said harness to provide north-south, east-west, oblique and curved movements of said harness about said plane with the pivotal movement of said pedal.
A foot control for a computer mouse-computer pad combination, to move a computer cursor around the computer display monitor, comprising:
- a) two foot pedals in spaced-apart arrangement, each said foot pedal having centralized neutral positions and each said foot pedals arranged for movement from said neutral position toward and into two other positions by pressure applied from separate areas of each of the user's feet;
- b) a harness for holding one part of a computer mouse-computer pad combination and moving said harness about a flat plane;
- c) means interconnecting said foot pedals with said harness to provide north-south, east-west, oblique and curved movements of said harness about said plane with the pivotal movement of said foot pedals.
A foot control for a computer mouse-computer pad combination, to move a computer cursor around the computer display, comprising:
- a) two foot pedals in spaced-apart arrangement, each said foot pedal having a centralized neutral position, each said pedal arranged for movement from said neutral positions toward and into two other positions by pressure applied from separate areas of each foot;
- b) a harness for holding one part of a computer mouse-computer pad combination and moving said harness about a flat plane;
- c) means interconnecting one of said foot pedals with said harness to provide north-south, east-west, oblique and curved movements of said harness about said plane with the pivotal movement of said pedal;
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- d) means interconnecting the other of said foot pedals to switches for selecting various functions in the computer as a function of the cursor position.
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