Patent ID: 6921054
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer mouse having a separately movable hand rest, the mouse comprising: a computer mouse housing having a frustroconically shaped recess within a top wall of the mouse housing; an aperture through the top wall of the housing centrally located within the frustroconically shaped recess; a connecting pin extending through the aperture having an interior end secured within the mouse housing; a hand rest sized and shaped to separately provide ergonomic support to the heel and palm of the hand of a user orbitally connected to the connecting pin by an aperture through the hand rest centrally located within a frustroconically shaped well sized and shaped to orbitally move within the recess of the mouse housing, the hand rest having an arcuate shaped bottom portion and a base end moving about the mouse housing during use to maintain alignment of the hand rest with the hand, the mouse housing moving free of interference from the hand rest adjacent the arcuate shaped bottom portion; and at least one tensioning means tensioning movement of the hand rest about the mouse housing.