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US 8,784,208 B2Granted
Game control thumb grip
OwnerJeffrey Todd Borrelinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for controlling gaming analog sticks, comprising an upwardly generally concave thumb support, and attachment means underlying the thumb support for adjustably attaching the support to upper extent of a gaming analog stick.
Claims6
In apparatus for controlling gaming device analog sticks, the combination comprising
- a) a thumb support, and
- b) attachment means underlying said thumb support for adjustably attaching said support to upper extent of a gaming analog stick, the attachment means including a split sleeve having sections hinge connected together to enable closing together displacement of the sleeve sections about said analog stick,
- c) said support having an uppermost surface the entirety of which is downwardly U-shaped toward said attachment means,
- d) the thumb support and underlying attachment means having an elongated slide groove attachment extending along U-shaped lowermost curved extent of said thumb support,
- e) said attachment means including an elongated U-shaped groove sunk upwardly in the underside of said support, the groove everywhere spaced downwardly from said support uppermost surface, the attachment means including a support positioner everywhere located below the support uppermost surface and having a tongue in the groove to be slidable in the groove and lengthwise of the groove, whereby the support has variably and selectably tilted positioning relative to the positioner in response to such tongue sliding,
- f) the support having a first tilted position in which it is displaced in one direction to the end of the groove and relative to the positioner and to a displaced extent exceeding a width of the tongue,
- g) the support having a second tilted position in which it is displaced in the opposite direction to the end of the groove and relative to the positioner and to a displaced extent exceeding a width of the tongue.
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