POSITION INPUT DEVICE WITH ANCHORAGE

• US 20100045602A1
• Filed: 08/25/2008
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pilkington, Adam, Rowland, Simon C.E.
• Application Number:
  US12/197,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20100045602A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/039 Accessories therefor, e.g. mouse pads

Abstract

A position input device is provided. The input device includes a mouse module configured for providing position information, the mouse including a body, and a skirt element attached to the mouse body and extending from a lower surface of the mouse body, for maintaining the mouse in an essentially stationary position on a support surface by holding the skirt against a surface under the mouse module.

Claims

1. A position input device, comprising:

a mouse module configured for providing position information, the mouse including a body; and

a skirt element attached to the mouse body and extending from a lower surface of the mouse body, for maintaining the mouse in an essentially stationary position on a support surface by holding the skirt against a surface under the mouse module.

2. The input device of claim 1, wherein the skirt is positioned and configured on the mouse body to allow maintaining the mouse against the support surface by the heel of a user hand.

3. The input device of claim 1, wherein the skirt is substantially planar and extending from the mouse body at a position for resting the heel of a user hand thereon.

4. The input device of claim 1, wherein the skirt is detachably attached to the mouse body.