CUSTOMIZABLE MOISTURE ABSORBING GAME CONTROLLER COVER

• US 20140141891A1
• Filed: 11/19/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Karim Georgy
• Original Assignee: Karim Georgy
• Inventors: GEORGY, KARIM
• Application Number:
  US14/083,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20140141891A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/47
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/214 for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/24 Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1043 being characterized by constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1068 being specially adapted to detect the point of contact of the player on a surface, e.g. floor mat, touch pad

Abstract

A customizable moisture absorbing game controller cover includes a waterproof main body having a bottom half, and a top half that are joined together via a permanent seam along a first end and a removable seam along a second end. The top and bottom halves of the main body form a pocket into which a game controller can be housed. The main body includes a shape and dimension that is complementary to a particular game controller, and has a layered construction having a porous outer layer, a moisture absorbing middle layer and a waterproof inner layer. The controller cover also include a plurality of button nodules and/or joystick sleeves which are positioned along the main body at locations that correspond to the location of the buttons and/or joysticks of the game controller for which the device is intended to cover, and a plurality of removable markings securable to the main body at any location are provided.

Claims

1. A video game controller cover, said cover comprising:

a waterproof main body having a bottom section and a top section that are permanently joined along a first side, and removably joined along a second side, said top and bottom sections forming a pocket for receiving a video game controller having a known shape and dimension;

a plurality of button nodules disposed along the main body, each of said nodules being constructed from a resilient waterproof material and functioning to engage a button on an inserted game controller; and

an opening positioned along the main body, said opening functioning to accommodate at least one of a cord and a wireless transmitter.

2. The cover of claim 1, wherein the main body includes a layered construction consisting of a moisture absorbing middle layer that is interposed between a waterproof inner layer and a soft, porous outer layer.

3. The cover of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one joystick sleeve, said sleeve including a shape and size that is complementary to a joystick located on an inserted game controller, said sleeve being constructed from a resilient waterproof material.

4. The cover of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of button nodules and at least one joystick sleeve are constructed as from an identical material to the main body and as integrated elements of the main body.

5. The cover of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of button nodules and at least one joystick sleeve are constructed a different material than the main body.

6. The cover of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of removable markings each consisting of a main body having a front facing surface that includes indicia, and a rear facing surface that includes a connector for mating with the main body of the cover.

7. The cover of claim 6, wherein an outer surface of the main body includes a plurality of soft loop portions and each of the removable markings include connectors that are constructed from hook elements, said hook and loop elements function to create a bond between the markings and the main body.