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Chair-mounted platform for adjustably support control devices

  • US 5,419,613 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1991
  • Issued: 05/30/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for supporting a manually-actuated control device for a video game, comprising:

  • a. a manually-actuated control device for a video game, said control device being capable of generating video control signals in response to an application of manual forces by a player of a video game, and the application of manual forces by a player producing measurable torques that must be resisted in accordance with Newton'"'"'s laws of motion so that the control device will remain sufficiently static as to be functional;

    b. a static structure having a floor;

    c. a chair-like structure that is designed to support a human in a seated position while the chair-like structure is supported by the static floor;

    d. a base and means for connecting the base to the chair-like structure;

    e. a platform having a top surface that is sized and configured to support the control device;

    f. means for releasably supporting the control device on the top surface of the platform, whereby the application of a manual force on the control device by a player of a video game will result in the transfer of that manual force to the platform; and

    g. elongated structural means for supporting the platform at a plurality of spatial positions relative to the base, said structural means having first and second ends, and the first end being connected to the base, and the second end being connected to the platform, and said elongated structural means being sufficiently stiff as to hold the platform in an essentially fixed position with respect to the base in response to the application of a manual force on the platform that produces a torque of less than six inch-pounds, such that a torque of at least six inch-pounds will be required in order to change the relative position of the platform with respect to the base, and said structural means for supporting the platform being sufficiently weak as to yield if and when the platform is even subjected to the application of a manual force on the platform that produces a torque of more than five foot-pounds, whereby said structural means will not constitute an object that is immovable as to reasonably be categorized as a safety hazard.

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