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Tactile Enhancement For Input Devices

  • US 20100038821A1
  • Filed: 08/18/2008
  • Published: 02/18/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of making removable tactile-enhancing grips for a computer input device, comprising:

  • heating a thermoplastic elastomeric sheet to a temperature at which the thermoplastic elastomeric sheet is capable of receiving and retaining an imprinted feature;

    pressing onto the thermoplastic elastomeric sheet a plate comprising a pattern, thereby embossing the pattern onto the thermoplastic elastomeric sheet;

    cooling the thermoplastic elastomeric sheet to a temperature at which the pattern is retained in the thermoplastic elastomeric sheet; and

    forming an adhesive layer on an opposite side of the thermoplastic elastomeric sheet as the pattern.

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