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Riding board game controller

  • US 5,860,861 A
  • Filed: 02/13/1997
  • Issued: 01/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A riding board game controller for sending directional and non-directional control signals to an audiovisual game having an audio-visual display device, a microprocessor-based host computer for sending audio-visual signals to said display device, and a software program for operating on said host computer to generate said audio-visual signals in response to said control signals, the riding board game controller comprising:

  • a platform having a longitudinal axis supported for pivotal movement along said longitudinal axis above a playing surface and for supporting an operator standing on said platform, such that side-to-side pivoting of said platform is effected by an operator shifting his or her weight side-to-side while standing on said platform;

    a resilient support positioned between said platform and said playing surface for urging said platform to maintain a substantially horizontal configuration;

    a first dual-state switch, for generating a first dual-state signal, said first switch being positioned beneath said platform on a side of said longitudinal axis to be actuated by pivoting of said platform to said side;

    a second dual-state switch for generating a second dual-state signal, said second switch being positioned beneath said platform on an opposite side of said longitudinal axis, said second switch being actuated by pivoting of said platform to said opposite side;

    a third dual-state switch for generating a third dual-state signal, said third switch being positioned beneath said platform, surface, substantially near said longitudinal axis, said third switch being actuated by movement of said longitudinal axis towards or away from said playing surface; and

    a signal processor for converting said first and second dual-state signals into directional control signals and said third dual-state signal into a non-directional signal, and for sending said directional and non-directional control signals to said host computer.

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