Patent ID: 8215483
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A controller cover utilized for a controller which a user holds and moves to thereby output operation information, the controller cover comprising: an elongated main body portion having a forward end and a rearward end and made of an elastic material, said elongated main body portion attachable to an outer surface of a controller, said main body portion including a top surface, a bottom surface, side surfaces and opposite respective end surfaces; at least one window in said top surface and another window in each of said opposite end surfaces; a shock-absorbing portion formed at least in said forward end and adapted to engage, when installed on the controller, at least a corresponding end of the controller; said shock-absorbing portion comprising first, inwardly directed shock-absorbing protrusions of a first relatively greater height, internal to said main body portion, formed in a grid pattern, and second relatively shorter and inwardly directed shock-absorbing protrusions of a second relatively shorter height located within said grid pattern and wherein, upon attachment of said controller cover to the controller, said first inwardly directed shock-absorbing protrusions are adapted to engage the controller and said second relatively shorter and inwardly directed shock-absorbing protrusions do not engage the controller, said shock-absorbing portion located at least on said bottom surface and said side surfaces in said forward end, and wherein said top, bottom and side surfaces toward said rearward end are devoid of any shock-absorbing protrusions.