Guitar shaped video game controller
AssigneePerformance Designed Products LLC
InventorsEric Fulghum, Brad Strahle, Gaston Santiago, KK Leung, Raymond Leung, Jacky Kam
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Abstract
A guitar-shaped video game controller includes a body having a shape that resembles a guitar body, and a neck that is pivotally coupled to the guitar body via a hinge so that the neck can pivot between an extended position and a folded position relative to the guitar body. A latch assembly is actuatable to selectively lock the neck in the extended position to the body. A cable extends between and electrically connects the neck and the body to maintain an electrical connection between the neck and the body when the neck is in the extended and the folded positions.
Claims20
A guitar-shaped video game controller, comprising:
- a body having a shape that resembles a guitar body and one or more control inputs on a front surface of the body;
- a neck pivotally attached to the body via a hinge, the neck configured to pivot between an extended position and a folded position relative to the body;
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- a latch assembly actuatable by a user to lock the neck in the extended position to the body, the latch assembly comprising a latch connector configured to slide between a first position that allows the neck to pivot relative to the body and a second position in which the neck is locked in the extended position to the body.
A guitar-shaped video game controller, comprising:
- a body having a shape that resembles a guitar body and one or more control inputs;
- a neck pivotally attached to the body via a hinge, the neck configured to pivot between an extended position and a folded position relative to the body;
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- a latch assembly actuatable by a user to lock the neck in the extended position to the body, the latch assembly comprising a latch connector in the neck that is configured to slide between a retracted position that allows the neck to pivot relative to the body and a deployed position in which the latch connector extends past a proximal end of the neck to lock the neck to the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.