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Combination computing device and game controller with flexible bridge section

  • US 9,592,452 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2015
  • Issued: 03/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device comprising:

  • a computing device, the computing device providing a plurality of sides, each of the plurality of sides are disposed between an electronic display screen of the computing device and a back of the computing device, the computing device having a length greater than a width of the computing device;

    an input device in electronic communication with the computing device, the input device providing a pair of control modules, the pair of control modules adjacent to and confining the computing device on at least two opposing sides of the plurality of sides of the computing device, the pair of control modules configured such that the pair of control modules adapt to and are in pressing, sliding contact with each side of the width of the computing device, else the pair of control modules adapt to and are in pressing, sliding contact with each side of a width of a second computing device, wherein the width of the second computing device is greater than the width of the computing device, and in which the second computing device having a length greater than the width of the second computing device; and

    a structural bridge securing the pair of control modules one to the other, the structural bridge configured such that the structural bridge adapts to and is in pressing, sliding contact with each end of the length of the computing device, else the structural bridge adapts to and is in pressing, sliding contact with each end of the length of the second computing device, wherein the length of the second computing device is greater than the length of the computing device.

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