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Steering wheel for a game controller

Granted 1 Jan 2008 · no office action yet

Assignee: Microsoft Corporation

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Inventors: John Ikeda, Joshua David Maruska · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/275,193
filed 15 Dec 2006
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US D558651
granted 1 Jan 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a steering wheel for a game controller showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken line showing of various regions on the steering wheel and the remainder of the game controller is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design. The contrast in shading represents a contrast in appearance and no specific color or texture is claimed.

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D12/176

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