Patent ID: 8378630

Claim:
A video game controller charging system for charging a plurality of video game controllers, each having a power input port, the video game controller charging system comprising: a base; a plurality of docking bays supported by the base and configured to receive and support the video game controllers while the video game controllers are being charged, each of the docking bays comprising a pair of opposing surfaces and being open on opposite sides between the opposing surfaces such that handle portions of the video game controllers are outwardly projectable from each of the open opposite sides and graspable by a user; and a plurality of male DC ports, each electrically coupled to a power input and configured to directly couple to and provide DC power to the power input port of a respective video game controller of the plurality of video game controllers without the use of an external or retractable cable, each of the DC ports being between the opposing surfaces of a respective docking bay of the plurality of docking bays, each of the DC ports configured to electrically and mechanically couple to and support the respective video game controller within the respective docking bay, wherein the power input is spaced apart from the plurality of docking bays, wherein the video game controller charging system is configured to concurrently charge the plurality of video game controllers in the plurality of docking bays, and wherein at least one of the opposing surfaces extends continuously from a first end to a second end, the first end being spaced from the DC port of the respective docking bay at a first side of the DC port, the second end being spaced from the DC port of the respective docking bay at a second side of the DC port opposite the first side.