Mouse with adjustable angle

• US 10,324,541 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2016
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jae Wook Lee
• Original Assignee: Jae Wook Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Jae Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Adrian S
• Application Number:
  US15/550,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20180239447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0333 Ergonomic shaped mouse for one hand
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0334 Ergonomic shaped mouse for vertical grip, whereby the hand controlling the mouse is resting or gripping it with an attitude almost vertical with respect of the working surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0354 with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03541 Mouse/trackball convertible devices, in which the same ball is used to track the 2D relative movement
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence

Abstract

A mouse with an adjustable angle includes an internal body coupled to an upper portion of the lower body in an inner space of the upper body, a plurality of angle adjusting bodies coupled to the upper portion of the lower body to surround the internal body or another angle adjusting body and having one end fixedly coupled to the lower body and the other end detachably coupled to the lower body, and an upper body formed above the lower body so as to surround an angle adjusting body formed at an outermost portion among the angle adjusting bodies and having one end fixedly coupled to the lower body and the other end detachably coupled to the lower body.

Claims

1. A mouse with an adjustable angle comprising a lower body that contacts a floor surface and an upper body that is coupled to an upper surface of the lower body so as to be held by a user hand, the mouse comprising:

an internal body coupled to an upper portion of the lower body in an inner space of the upper body;

a plurality of angle adjusting bodies coupled to the upper portion of the lower body to surround the internal body or another angle adjusting body and having one end fixedly coupled to the lower body and the other end detachably coupled to the lower body; and

the upper body formed above the lower body so as to surround an angle adjusting body formed at an outermost portion among the angle adjusting bodies and having one end fixedly coupled to the lower body and the other end detachably coupled to the lower body,

wherein, when the angle of the mouse is adjusted, while the other end of upper body is separated from the lower body to adjust a height of the mouse, the other end of upper body is coupled to the angle adjusting body formed at the outermost portion through a coupler or while the other end of the angle adjusting body is separated from the lower body to adjust the height of the mouse, the other end of the angle adjusting body is coupled to another angle adjusting body or the internal body formed inside the angle adjusting body through the coupler.

3. The mouse according to claim 1, wherein the coupler comprises:

a projection formed inside the upper body and the other end of the angle adjusting body; and

a plurality of protrusions formed outside the internal body and the other end of angle adjusting body.

4. The mouse according to claim 3, wherein:

the protrusions comprise at least one first protrusion for supporting the projection so as not to fall toward the lower body when the angle adjusting body or the upper body is lifted, and at least one second protrusion for preventing the projection from being separated upward when the angle adjusting body or the upper body is lifted; and

the second protrusion is positioned above the first protrusion and an interval between the first protrusion and the second protrusion is the same as a height of the projection or greater than the height of the projection.

5. The mouse according to claim 3, wherein the protrusions further comprise a fixing protrusion for preventing the projection from being separated upward while the angle adjusting body or the upper body contacts the lower body when the angle adjusting body or the upper body is not lifted.

6. The mouse according to claim 1, wherein portions of the upper body, the angle adjusting body, and the internal body, which are to be coupled to the internal body, are formed of a flexible material so as to change a coupling angle between the upper body, the angle adjusting body, or the internal body and the lower body when the angle of the mouse is adjusted.

7. The mouse according to claim 1, wherein the internal body and the angle adjusting body are formed to surround an entire portion or partial portion of an internal side of the upper body.

8. The mouse according to claim 1, wherein the lower body further comprises at least one of:

a pushing portion formed to extend on the lower body in an outward direction of one end of the upper body; and

a support formed to extend on the lower body in an outward direction of the other end of the upper body.

9. The mouse according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first height adjuster formed toward the other end of the upper body from one end, having one end coupled to an internal side in a direction of the other end of the upper body, and inclined in an upward direction of the lower body; and

a second height adjuster having one end coupled to the other end of the first height adjuster and the other end protruding out of the upper body,

wherein, when the other end of the second height adjuster is moved between one end and the other end of the upper body, the other end of the first height adjuster is moved up and down so as to move the upper body in an upward direction or a downward direction.

10. The mouse according to claim 9, wherein the first height adjuster comprises a plurality of grooves formed on an upper surface thereof.

11. The mouse according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first height adjuster formed toward the other end of the upper body from one end, having one end coupled to an internal side in a direction of the other end of the upper body, and inclined in an upward direction of the lower body;

a second height adjuster having one end coupled to the other end of the first height adjuster and coupled to an upper portion of the lower body so as to be moveable between one end and the other end of the upper body; and

a third height adjuster having one end coupled to the other end of the second height adjuster and the other end protruding out of the upper body and controlling the second height adjuster to be moved between one end and the other end of the upper body using the other end that protrudes out of the upper body,

wherein, when the second height adjuster is moved between one end and the other end of the upper body using the third height adjuster, the other end of the first height adjuster is moved up and down so as to move the upper body in an upward direction or a downward direction.

12. The mouse according to claim 11, wherein:

the third height adjuster is a rotating screw that rotates at the same position; and

the second height adjuster is a moving screw that is engaged with an upper surface of the rotating screw and moved between one end and the other end of the upper body when the rotating screw rotates.

2. A mouse with an adjustable angle comprising a lower body that contacts a floor surface and an upper body that is coupled to an upper surface of the lower body so as to be held by a user hand, the mouse comprising:

an internal body coupled to an upper portion of the lower body in an inner space of the upper body;

an angle adjusting body coupled to the upper portion of the lower body to surround the internal body and having one end fixedly coupled to the lower body and the other end detachably coupled to the lower body; and

the upper body formed above the lower body to surround the angle adjusting body and having one end fixedly coupled to the lower body and the other end detachably coupled to the lower body,

wherein, when the angle of the mouse is adjusted, while the other end of upper body is separated from the lower body to adjust a height of the mouse, the other end of upper body is coupled to the angle adjusting body through a coupler or while the other end of the angle adjusting body is separated from the lower body to adjust the height of the mouse, the other end of the angle adjusting body is coupled to the internal body through the coupler.

13. The mouse according to claim 2, wherein the coupler comprises:

a projection formed inside the upper body and the other end of the angle adjusting body; and

a plurality of protrusions formed outside the internal body and the other end of angle adjusting body.

14. The mouse according to claim 13, wherein:

the protrusions comprise at least one first protrusion for supporting the projection so as not to fall toward the lower body when the angle adjusting body or the upper body is lifted, and at least one second protrusion for preventing the projection from being separated upward when the angle adjusting body or the upper body is lifted; and

the second protrusion is positioned above the first protrusion and an interval between the first protrusion and the second protrusion is the same as a height of the projection or greater than the height of the projection.

15. The mouse according to claim 13, wherein the protrusions further comprise a fixing protrusion for preventing the projection from being separated upward while the angle adjusting body or the upper body contacts the lower body when the angle adjusting body or the upper body is not lifted.

16. The mouse according to claim 2, wherein portions of the upper body, the angle adjusting body, and the internal body, which are to be coupled to the internal body, are formed of a flexible material so as to change a coupling angle between the upper body, the angle adjusting body, or the internal body and the lower body when the angle of the mouse is adjusted.

17. The mouse according to claim 2, wherein the internal body and the angle adjusting body are formed to surround an entire portion or partial portion of an internal side of the upper body.

18. The mouse according to claim 2, wherein the lower body further comprises at least one of:

a pushing portion formed to extend on the lower body in an outward direction of one end of the upper body; and

a support formed to extend on the lower body in an outward direction of the other end of the upper body.

19. The mouse according to claim 2, further comprising:

a first height adjuster formed toward the other end of the upper body from one end, having one end coupled to an internal side in a direction of the other end of the upper body, and inclined in an upward direction of the lower body; and

a second height adjuster having one end coupled to the other end of the first height adjuster and the other end protruding out of the upper body,

wherein, when the other end of the second height adjuster is moved between one end and the other end of the upper body, the other end of the first height adjuster is moved up and down so as to move the upper body in an upward direction or a downward direction.

20. The mouse according to claim 19, wherein the first height adjuster comprises a plurality of grooves formed on an upper surface thereof.

21. The mouse according to claim 2, further comprising:

a first height adjuster formed toward the other end of the upper body from one end, having one end coupled to an internal side in a direction of the other end of the upper body, and inclined in an upward direction of the lower body;

a second height adjuster having one end coupled to the other end of the first height adjuster and coupled to an upper portion of the lower body so as to be moveable between one end and the other end of the upper body; and

a third height adjuster having one end coupled to the other end of the second height adjuster and the other end protruding out of the upper body and controlling the second height adjuster to be moved between one end and the other end of the upper body using the other end that protrudes out of the upper body,

wherein, when the second height adjuster is moved between one end and the other end of the upper body using the third height adjuster, the other end of the first height adjuster is moved up and down so as to move the upper body in an upward direction or a downward direction.

22. The mouse according to claim 21, wherein:

the third height adjuster is a rotating screw that rotates at the same position; and

the second height adjuster is a moving screw that is engaged with an upper surface of the rotating screw and moved between one end and the other end of the upper body when the rotating screw rotates.