Patent ID: 7212191
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An operating device for a computer or the like, comprising a support for a human hand provided with at least one button positioned such that it can be operated by the extremity of a finger, said device comprising a bearing surface having a longitudinal axis and a bulbous part, shaped in accordance with the shape of the human hand, arranged thereon, said bulbous part comprising a surface for the palm of the hand for supporting the mid section of the hand (metacarpus)/wrist section (carpus) of the operator, a central surface for supporting the proximal phalanges of the fingers and a distal surface for supporting the medial phalanges and distal phalanges, wherein a tangent at said distal surface in a plane perpendicular to said bearing face, said plane including said longitudinal axis, is at an angle (α) of approximately 75° with said bearing surface.