Patents by Inventor Brett Christie

Brett Christie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9504912
    Abstract: A controller for a video game is disclosed. The controller may be a generally U-shaped steering wheel including a pair of hand grips attached to and extending from a base connector. The ends of the hand grips may be angled downward. The design of the hand grips together with the downwardly extending ends provides for an ergonomic design of the controller with easy access to controls on the hand grips whether the controller is grasped with a pronated or supinated hand positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Ikeda, Scott Wilson, Dennis Matthew Puhalla, Brett Christie
  • Publication number: 20130053146
    Abstract: A controller for a video game is disclosed. The controller may be a generally U-shaped steering wheel including a pair of hand grips attached to and extending from a base connector. The ends of the hand grips may be angled downward. The design of the hand grips together with the downwardly extending ends provides for an ergonomic design of the controller with easy access to controls on the hand grips whether the controller is grasped with a pronated or supinated hand positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Ikeda, Scott Wilson, Dennis Matthew Puhalla, Brett Christie
  • Publication number: 20070000958
    Abstract: A securing arrangement for a portable electronic device comprises a wrist receiving loop a first end of which is permanently coupled to a first location on the device and an anchoring member coupled to a second end of the wrist receiving loop in combination with a coupling member including a first anchoring loop coupled to the device at a second location separated from the first location, the first anchoring loop and the wrist receiving loop being sized so that the anchoring loop may be passed over the anchoring member to releasably couple the securing arrangement in a first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Jaeho Choi, Brett Christie, Ian Jenkins
  • Patent number: D561182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Jenkins, Ben Michaeli, Brett Christie
  • Patent number: D653932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Scranton Products Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Christie, Steven W. Hamblin