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US 7,547,854 B1Granted
Boundary for switch apparatus
AssigneeCobalt Flux
InventorLadd Anderson
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AssigneeCobalt Flux
InventorLadd Anderson
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A platform of the type holding a plurality of normally-open electric switches in position for activation of a selected individual switch by application of a force in a direction normal to a surface of the switch by a portion of a human body. An exemplary platform according to the invention forms a dance platform on which a user steps to activate switches in accordance with instructions viewed on a video display device. A joining structure may by used to hold two platforms in a side-by-side competition arrangement. A security vault may be affixed to structure associated with platform to resist theft of a commercially available game controller adapted to operate the video display and to receive switch input from a platform. Certain aspects of the invention include one or more, typically inert, practice platforms structured to represent the user interface surface of an activatable platform. A method for using a system of active and inert platforms is also disclosed.
In a platform of the type having a substantially planar top surface defining an area bounded by a perimeter, with the top surface being spaced apart by a first distance from a support surface on which the platform may be disposed, the platform including a plurality of switches disposed on the top surface for actuation of the switches by a stepping action of a user's foot, the improvement comprising:
In a platform of the type having a substantially planar top surface defining an area bounded by a perimeter, with the top surface being spaced apart from the platform's bottom surface by a first distance, the platform including a plurality of switches disposed on its top surface for actuation of the switches by a stepping action of a user's foot, the improvement comprising:
In a platform of the type used in machine dance activity and having a substantially planar top surface defining an area bounded by a perimeter, with the top surface being spaced apart from the platform's bottom surface by a first distance, the platform including a plurality of switches arranged in at least three rows and at least three columns on its top surface for actuation of the switches by a stepping action of a user's foot, the improvement comprising:
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