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Thumb twiddle operated amusement device

  • US 4,721,308 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1986
  • Issued: 01/26/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A thumb twiddling device comprising:

  • a flat housing sized to be held between a user'"'"'s hands, said housing including elongate aperture means suitable for receiving the fingers of a user and a cylindrical aperture suitable for rotatably receiving a wheel;

    a wheel rotatably mounted in said cylindrical aperture in said housing, said wheel including a slot positioned such that the thumbs of a user'"'"'s hand can be positioned at the ends of said slot when said housing is held between a user'"'"'s hands and the fingers of the user'"'"'s hands are located in said elongate aperture means; and

    ,electronic means for sensing the rotation of said wheel and producing a fluctuating signal whose frequency is related to the frequency of rotation of said wheel suitable for controlling a display.

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