TUMBLER MOUSE

• US 20100259480A1
• Filed: 11/24/2009
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: WU, KUN-TSAN, TIEN, LI-WEN
• Granted Patent: US 8,355,000 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence

Abstract

A tumbler mouse includes a housing including a swaying portion and a balancing weight secured in the housing. When the tumbler mouse is stood vertically on a support surface, it can sway as a tumbler.

Claims

1. A tumbler mouse, comprising:

a housing including a swaying portion;

the swaying portion including a curved wall and a wall connecting to the curved wall, a support point is formed at a joining point of the curved wall and the wall, wherein when the tumbler mouse is laid down on a support surface, an imaginary plane passes through the support point and is perpendicular to the support surface; and

a balancing weight secured in the housing, the balancing weight makes the tumbler mouse have a center of gravity located on a side of the imaginary plane away from the swaying portion and when the tumbler mouse perpendicularly stands on the support surface at a contacting point, a distance between the center of gravity and the contacting point is less than any distance from the center of gravity to the curved wall.

2. The tumbler mouse as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one latching plate is secured on an inside of the curved wall, the balancing weight latches to the latching plate.

3. The tumbler mouse as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a receiving chamber, the balancing weight is secured in the receiving chamber by adhesive.

4. A tumbler mouse, comprising:

an upper housing;

a lower housing matching with the upper housing to form a swaying portion and a main portion;

the swaying portion including a curved wall and a wall connecting to the curved wall at a support point, wherein an imaginary plane passing through the support point and perpendicular to a support surface is formed between a swaying portion and the main portion; and

a balancing weight secured in the swaying portion;

the balancing weight makes the tumbler mouse having a center of gravity located in the main portion;

the curved wall has a contacting point contacting with the support surface when the tumbler mouse perpendicularly stands on the support surface, a distance between the center of gravity and the contacting point is less than any distance from the center of gravity to the curved wall.

5. The tumbler mouse as claimed in claim 4, wherein at least one latching plate is secured on an inside of the curved wall, the balancing weight latches to the latching plate.

6. The tumbler mouse as claimed in claim 4, wherein the lower housing comprises a receiving chamber, the balancing weight is secured in the receiving chamber by adhesive.

7. A tumbler mouse, comprising:

at least one housing;

a balancing weight secured in the housing;

wherein when the tumbler mouse is laid down on a support surface, the tumbler mouse can not automatically stand up; and

when the tumbler mouse is stood up on the support surface, a force can be applied to the tumbler mouse to cause the tumbler mouse to sway as a tumbler.

8. The tumbler mouse as claimed in claim 7, wherein the housing includes a swaying portion including a curved wall and a wall connecting to the curved wall;

a support point is formed at a joining point of the curved wall and the wall;

when the tumbler mouse is laid down on a support surface, an imaginary plane passes through the support point and is perpendicular to the support surface;

the balancing weight makes the tumbler mouse have a center of gravity located on a side of the imaginary plane away from the swaying portion.

9. The tumbler mouse as claimed in claim 8, wherein when the tumbler mouse perpendicularly stands on the support surface at a contacting point, a distance between the center of gravity and the contacting point is less than any distance from the center of gravity to the curved wall.

10. The tumbler mouse as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one latching plate is secured on an inside of the curved wall, the balancing weight latches to the latching plate.

11. The tumbler mouse as claimed in claim 9, wherein the lower housing comprises a receiving chamber, the balancing weight is secured in the receiving chamber by adhesive.