VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER WITH UNITARY BACK SHELL FOR BUTTON CONTROL AND BATTERY ACCESS
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A hand-held video game controller, comprising:
- a controller body having a front and a back and a top edge;
at least two thumb controls on the front of the controller body, and at least two triggers located along the top edge of the controller body;
the controller body including a removable unitary back shell on the back of the controller body, the removable unitary back shell being resilient;
left and right back control buttons within the controller body and underlying the removable unitary back shell, and that are depressible by flexing the removable unitary back shell into contact with the left and right back control buttons; and
at least one battery compartment that is accessible by removal of the removable unitary back shell.
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A hand-held video game controller includes a controller body having a front and a back, with at least one front control on the front of the controller body. A removable and resilient unitary back shell is removably attached to the back of the controller body. At least one back control button underlies the unitary back shell, and is depressible by flexing of the unitary back shell into contact with that back control button. At least one battery compartment may underlie the unitary back shell, and may be accessible by removal of the removable unitary back shell.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A hand-held video game controller, comprising:
-
a controller body having a front and a back and a top edge; at least two thumb controls on the front of the controller body, and at least two triggers located along the top edge of the controller body; the controller body including a removable unitary back shell on the back of the controller body, the removable unitary back shell being resilient; left and right back control buttons within the controller body and underlying the removable unitary back shell, and that are depressible by flexing the removable unitary back shell into contact with the left and right back control buttons; and at least one battery compartment that is accessible by removal of the removable unitary back shell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A hand-held video game controller, comprising:
-
a controller body having a front and a back that is opposite the front; a plurality of thumb controls on the front of the controller body; the controller body including a removable unitary back shell on the back of the controller body, the removable unitary back shell being resilient; a back control button within the controller body and underlying the removable unitary back shell, and that is depressible by flexing the removable unitary back shell into contact with the back control button; and at least one battery compartment that is accessible by removal of the removable unitary back shell. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. A hand-held video game controller, comprising:
-
a controller body having a front and a back that is opposite the front; a plurality of thumb controls on the front of the controller body; the controller body including a removable unitary back shell on the back of the controller body, the removable unitary back shell being resilient; a back control button within the controller body and underlying the removable unitary back shell, and that is depressible by flexing the removable unitary back shell into contact with the back control button; and at least one battery compartment that at least partially underlies the removable unitary back shell. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
-
Specification