Video game controller
AssigneePerformance Designed Products LLC
InventorsNicholas John Tondee, Storm Orion, Thomas John Roberts, Trevor Thomas Lehr
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Abstract
A video game controller includes a body having a shape that resembles a guitar body, a neck and a headstock, the neck extending between the body and the headstock. The neck has fret buttons or action buttons on one side of the neck and has a thumbstick on an opposite side of the neck proximate at least one of the fret buttons or action buttons to allow a user to operate the fret buttons or action buttons and thumbstick simultaneously with the same hand.
Claims20
(canceled)
A video game controller, comprising:
- a body having a shape that resembles a guitar body and one or more control inputs;
- a neck extending from a proximal end attached to the body and a distal end, the neck having one or more action buttons on one surface of the neck;
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- a user interface on an opposite surface of the neck that is actuatable to control an operation of a video game, the user interface located relative to the one or more action buttons so that the user interface is actuatable simultaneously with the one or more action buttons by a user's same hand.
A video game controller, comprising:
- a body having a shape that resembles a guitar body;
- a neck attached to the body, the neck having one or more action buttons on a front surface of the neck;
- a headstock attached to an opposite end of the neck from the body;
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- a user interface on an opposite surface of the neck that is actuatable to control an operation of a video game, the user interface located relative to the one or more action buttons so that the user interface is actuatable simultaneously with the one or more action buttons by a user's same hand.
A video game controller, comprising:
- a body having a shape that resembles a guitar body;
- a neck attached to the body, the neck having one or more action buttons on a front surface of the neck;
- a headstock attached to an opposite end of the neck from the body;
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- a user interface on an opposite surface of the neck that is actuatable to control an operation of a video game, the user interface located relative to the one or more action buttons so that the user interface is actuatable simultaneously with the one or more action buttons by a user's same hand, the one or more action buttons including at least one action button proximate the headstock and including at least one action button proximate the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.