Extendible User Input Device
OwnerAndrew Strawn, Brian Davidsoninventors
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Abstract
A portable electronic gaming device including a user input device including an extendible support having at a first end a tactile member for user actuation and mounted at a second end for pivotal movement, wherein the user input device has a first configuration in which the extendible support is retracted and a second configuration in which the extendible support is extended, wherein in the second configuration the user input device is operable as a joystick game controller or wherein the user input device functions as an input device in both first and second operational configurations.
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A portable electronic gaming device comprising:
- a user input device comprising an extendible support having at a first end a tactile member for user actuation and mounted at a second end for pivotal movement, wherein the user input device has a first configuration in which the extendible support is retracted and a second configuration in which the extendible support is extended, wherein in the second configuration the user input device is operable as a joystick game controller.
A user input device, for a portable electronic gaming device, comprising:
- an extendible support having at a first end a tactile member for user actuation and mounted for pivotal movement about a second end, wherein the user input device has a first configuration in which the extendible support is retracted and a second configuration in which the extendible support is extended, wherein in the second configuration the user input device is operable as a joystick.
An electronic device comprising:
- a user input device comprising an extendible support having at a first end a tactile member for user actuation and mounted at a second end for pivotal movement, wherein the user input device has a first operational configuration in which the extendible support is retracted and a second operational configuration in which the extendible support is extended, wherein the user input device functions as an input device in both first and second operational configurations.
A user input device, for an electronic device, comprising:
- an extendible support having at a first end a tactile member for user actuation and mounted for pivotal movement about a second end, wherein the user input device has a first operational configuration in which the extendible support is retracted and a second operational configuration in which the extendible support is extended, wherein the user input device functions as an input device in both first and second operational configurations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.