Patent ID: 6256015
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An improved computer mouse of a type that has a body with a generally convex upper surface, front and rear ends, a front portion having a pair of finger-actuated buttons on an upper surface thereof, a rear portion having an upper surface shaped to conform generally to the palm and heel of a user's hand, and a generally planar bottom surface having means thereon for enabling the mouse to be moved about on a flat surface by the user's hand and for translating that movement into a corresponding movement of a cursor on a display of a computer to which the mouse is connected, the improvement in combination therewith comprising:a cover having a generally convex upper surface, a generally concave lower surface, and front, middle and rear sections,the front section tapering downward and forward over the front end of the mouse body to form a rounded nose on the front section of the cover,at least one of the middle and rear sections having a lower surface with at least one point thereon disposed in immediate opposition to a corresponding point on a corresponding one of the upper surfaces of at least one of the front and rear portions of the mouse body, andthe middle section having a pair of apertures therethrough, each aperture overlying a corresponding one of the buttons on the front portion of the mouse such that each button can be directly actuated with a finger of the user's hand.