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US 8,641,525 B2Granted
Controller for video game console
AssigneeIronburg Inventions Limited
InventorsSimon Burgess, Duncan Ironmonger
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Abstract
An improved controller (10) for a game console that is intended to be held by a user in both hands in the same manner as a conventional controller (1), which has controls on the front operable by the thumbs (2), (3), (4), (5), and has two additional controls (11) located on the back in positions to be operated by the middle fingers of a user.
Claims20
A hand held controller for a game console comprising:
- an outer case comprising a front, a back, a top edge, and a bottom edge, wherein the back of the controller is opposite the front of the controller and the top edge is opposite the bottom edge;
- and
- a front control located on the front of the controller;
- wherein the controller is shaped to be held in the hand of a user such that the user's thumb is positioned to operate the front control;
- and
- a first back control and a second back control, each back control being located on the back of the controller and each back control including an elongate member that extends substantially the full distance between the top edge and the bottom edge and is inherently resilient and flexible.
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A hand held controller for a game console comprising:
- an outer case comprising a front, a back, a top edge, and a bottom edge, wherein the back of the controller is opposite the front of the controller and the top edge is opposite the bottom edge;
- a front control located on the front of the controller, wherein the controller is shaped to be held in the hand of a user such that the user's thumb is positioned to operate the front control;
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- a first back control and a second back control, each back control being located on the back of the controller and each back control including an elongate member that extends substantially the full distance between the top edge and the bottom edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.