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Multi-state one-button computer pointing device

  • US 5,585,823 A
  • Filed: 12/30/1994
  • Issued: 12/17/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer pointing device with multiple states on a button comprising:

  • a housing;

    a tracking mechanism coupled to said housing to provide positional coordinates in a reference surface;

    a button movable between a base position, a first button position, and a second button position by a force exerted on said button, said button being biased to said base position in the absence of said force; and

    a switch mechanism coupled to said button, said switch mechanism activating a first switch at said first button position and a second switch at said second button position.

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