Mouse

• US 7,777,723 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2006
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tosiki Namiki
• Original Assignee: Tosiki Namiki
• Inventors: Namiki, Tosiki
• Primary Examiner(s): Lao; Lun-Yi
• Assistant Examiner(s): MERKOULOVA, OLGA VLADIMIROVNA
• Application Number:
  US11/545,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20080001920A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,406 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-158, 345163-164, 248/118, 248/118.5, 248/118.1, D14/402, D14/405, D14406-410, 463 37- 38
• US Class Current: 345/163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence

Abstract

A mouse is provided with function buttons being aligned back and forth on its surface. Thus, the width is narrower than in a general mouse to make the mouse slim. Furthermore, the back-and-forth function buttons can be pressed by a finger tip put on the upper surface of the mouse to operate the mouse.

Claims

1. A mouse for use with a personal computer comprising:

a mouse main body, the mouse main body including a horizontal portion, a vertical portion, and a finger rest portion for accommodating a finger placed thereon, the horizontal portion being vertically lower than the finger rest portion,

wherein the horizontal portion includes a first surface extending horizontally on the mouse main body, and the vertical portion includes a second surface extending vertically on the mouse main body such that the first surface and the second surface intersect in a substantially perpendicular manner,

wherein the horizontal portion, the vertical portion, and the finger rest portion are provided on an upper portion of the mouse main body,

wherein a first function button is disposed on the first surface of the horizontal portion and a second function button is disposed on the second surface of the vertical portion, the first and second function buttons being aligned in a forward/backward direction of the mouse main body such that both the first and second function buttons are actuated by a same single finger, the first function button being arranged to be pressed in a downward direction, the second function button being arranged to be pressed in a backward direction, and

wherein the first and second function buttons are arranged to be pressed by the finger placed on the finger rest portion.

2. A mouse for use with a personal computer comprising:

a mouse main body, the mouse main body including a horizontal portion, a vertical portion, and a finger rest portion for accommodating a finger placed thereon, the horizontal portion being vertically lower than the finger rest portion,

wherein the horizontal portion includes a first surface extending horizontally on the mouse main body, and the vertical portion includes a second surface extending vertically on the mouse main body such that the first surface and the second surface intersect in a substantially perpendicular manner,

wherein the horizontal portion, the vertical portion, and the finger rest portion are provided on an upper portion of the mouse main body,

wherein a first function button is disposed on the first surface of the horizontal portion and a second function button is disposed on the second surface of the vertical portion, the first and second function buttons being aligned in a forward/backward direction of the mouse main body such that both the first and second function buttons are actuated by a same single finger, the first function button being arranged to be pressed in a downward direction, the second function button being arranged to be pressed in a backward direction,

wherein the first and second function buttons are arranged to be pressed by the finger placed on the finger rest portion,

wherein a rotatable scroll plate is provided on the mouse main body, and

wherein the scroll plate can perform a common scroll function and a high-speed scroll function in accordance with the operation of the scroll plate.