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Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface

Granted 16 Aug 2005 · no office action yet

Assignee: Microsoft Corporation

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Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, William Hong Vong, Leroy Bertrand Keely · Examiner: Freda S. Nunn · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/197,249
filed 13 Jan 2004
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US D508492
granted 16 Aug 2005

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof.

FIG. 3 is an underside view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a is a side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a corresponding side view thereof.

The broken lines showing the environment in the figures are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/402

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