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US 9,542,015 B2Granted
Pointing device having coupling structure
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorMichael David Ferrell
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Abstract
A pointing device includes a shaft having an elongated shape suitable for gripping by a user, a pointing tip coupled to a first end of the shaft for interacting with an input surface of a tablet computing device, and a hook coupled to a second end of the shaft, the hook having a first portion extending away from the shaft, and a second portion coupled to the first portion distal from the shaft and extending from the first portion generally toward the first end of the shaft such that the hook is adapted to fit a depth of the tablet computing device and retentively and removably couple the pointing device to the tablet computing device.
Claims19
A pointing device comprising:
- a shaft having an elongated shape suitable for gripping by a user;
- a pointing tip coupled to a first end of the shaft for interacting with an input surface of a tablet computing device;
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- a hook coupled to a second end of the shaft, the hook having a first portion extending away from the shaft, and a second portion coupled to the first portion distal from the shaft and extending from the first portion generally toward the first end of the shaft such that the hook has a depth that fits a depth of the tablet computing device and retentively and removably couples the pointing device to the tablet computing device, and wherein the first portion of the hook is coupled to the shaft via a first hinge, and the second portion of the hook is coupled to the first portion of the hook via a second hinge.
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A pointing device comprising:
- a shaft having an elongated shape suitable for gripping by a user;
- a pointing tip coupled to a first end of the shaft for interacting with an input surface of a tablet computing device;
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- a hook coupled to a second end of the shaft, the hook having a first portion extending away from the shaft, and a second portion coupled to the first portion distal from the shaft and extending from the first portion generally toward the first end of the shaft such that the hook has a depth that fits a depth of the tablet computing device and retentively and removably couples the pointing device to the tablet computing device, and wherein the first portion and second portion of the hook are coupled to the shaft such that the second portion is spring loaded against the tablet computing device when coupled to the tablet, and wherein the depth of the computing device corresponds to the distance between a front display side and a back side of the computing device.
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A pointing device comprising:
- a digitizing pen having a shaft with an elongated shape suitable for gripping by a user;
- a pointing tip coupled to a first end of the shaft for interacting with an input surface of a tablet computing device;
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- a hook coupled to a second end of the shaft, the hook having a first portion to -extend away from the shaft, and a second portion coupled to the first portion distal from the shaft to extend from the first portion generally toward the first end of the shaft such that the second portion of the hook is separated from the shaft a distance corresponding to a depth of the tablet and is positioned to retentively and removably couple the pointing device to the tablet computing device, and wherein the depth of the tablet corresponds to a distance between a front display side of the tablet and a back side of the tablet.
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A system comprising:
- a mobile computing device having a processor, memory, and display surface supported by a housing having a length, width, and depth;
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- a pointing device comprising:
- a shaft having an elongated shape suitable for gripping by a user;
- a pointing tip coupled to a first end of the shaft for interacting with an input surface of the mobile computing device;
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- a hook coupled to a second end of the shaft, the hook having a first portion extending away from the shaft, and a second portion coupled to the first portion distal from the shaft and extending from the first portion generally toward the first end of the shaft such that the hook has a depth that fits the depth of the mobile computing device and retentively and removably couples the pointing device to the mobile computing device, wherein the depth of the tablet corresponds to a distance between a front display side of the tablet and a back side of the tablet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.