Patent ID: 6275215
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A mouse comprising:an upper case;an operating lever provided at a side portion of the upper case and having a push member integrally formed at a lower surface of the operating lever such that at a bottom side thereof a first contact portion and a second contact portion are formed laterally to have a stepwise shape and are movable in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction;a lower case having an aperture formed in a central portion thereof, a circumferential wall extending from a circumference of a bottom portion of said lower case, an elongated guide hole formed in a side portion of the circumferential wall;a rotary member having a ring shape plate, said member being rotatably supported around the aperture of the lower case and provided with a mouse movement detector, said member having a rotating range defined by the guide hole;a pushbutton switch mounted in a bottom portion of the lower case, said switch having an operating portion thereof operated by the first and second contact portions of the push member;a lever peripherally extending from the rotary member and having at one end thereof an operating knob, said knob being inserted in the guide hole of the circumferential wall of the lower case to rotate the rotary member along the guide hole; anda rotary member positioning means for positioning the rotary member within the rotating range set by the guide hole;wherein the first contact portion is in contact with the operating portion of the pushbutton switch, in the assembled state; andwherein the second contact portion includes a slant portion extending downwardly from the first contact portion;said rotary member including a plurality of hooks formed integrally in the periphery of the ring shape plate, said hooks extending in opposite directions; anda plurality of support members peripherally extending along the aperture of the lower case, each of said support members having an elongated hole receiving one of said hooks.