Patent ID: 6292175
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A pointing device for use on a working surface, the device comprising a housing which includes:a bottom configured to be placed on the working surface;at least one finger-operated pointing member; andan upper surface including a crown for contacting a palmar region of the palm of the hand of a user substantially at the metacarpal-phalangeal joint of the second digit and at least a portion of the metacarpal-phalangeal joint of the third digit, the crown being higher in elevation than remaining portions of the upper surface relative to the bottom, the upper surface extending from the crown downwardly in a forward direction toward the tips of the second and third digits to form a front region, downwardly in a rearward direction toward the wrist of the user to form a back region, and downwardly in an outward direction toward the metacarpal-phalangeal joints of the fourth and fifth digits to form an outside region, the back region being formed to be located outwardly of the thenar region of the palm to substantially avoid supporting the thenar region.