Patents by Inventor Marvin Jacobs

Marvin Jacobs 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: 5059958
    Abstract: A control device having a boxlike shaped enclosure that is held with both hands for tiling to produce corresponding tilt attitude control signals while the fingers of both hands are used to actuate switches symmetrically disposed on the top section of the enclosure to produce auxiliary control signals. The device is a non-joystick control box that provides easy reference to neutral and equally accommodates both left and right handed persons for rapid control of computers, video games, toys, vehicles, models, and machinery to which it is interfaced. The enclosuure can be contoured to represent the shape of the object being controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Inventors: Jordan S. Jacobs, Marvin Jacobs