Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface

- Microsoft
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof.

FIG. 3 is an underside view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a corresponding side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a corresponding cut-away of the side view thereof.

The broken lines showing the environment in the figures are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
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5059048 October 22, 1991 Sirkin
5332322 July 26, 1994 Gambaro
D355895 February 28, 1995 Soren et al.
5432510 July 11, 1995 Matthews
5745056 April 28, 1998 Takahashi et al.
D435045 December 12, 2000 Treadwell
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D436099 January 9, 2001 Hannig
6222526 April 24, 2001 Holmes
D448358 September 25, 2001 Tickle et al.
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Patent History
Patent number: D508048
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 16, 2004
Date of Patent: Aug 2, 2005
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear (Bellevue, WA), Barbee Eve Teasley (Leavenworth, WA), Leroy Bertrand Keely (Portola Valley, CA), William Hong Vong (Seattle, WA)
Primary Examiner: Freda S. Nunn
Attorney: Woodcock Washburn LLP
Application Number: 29/197,633
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Mouse (D14/402)