Patent ID: 8653791

Claim:
A charging cradle for an electronic game device incorporating a rechargeable battery comprising: a housing having a first surface and a second surface with a peripheral edge wall therebetween, said housing forming a substantially closed interior chamber, said first surface adapted to engage the electronic game device; at least one port in said peripheral edge wall adapted to receive a charging wire connector, said port electrically connected to a pair of charging contacts supported within said substantially closed interior chamber and movable from a normal retracted position where tips of said charging contacts are inside said housing to an in-use extended position where said tips project from said housing; and an actuator button on said first surface operatively connected to said pair of charging contacts, such that in use, upon engaging the electronic game device with said first surface, said button is depressed, causing said pair of charging contacts to move to said extended position to engage corresponding charging ports on a peripheral edge of the electronic game device; and wherein said first surface comprises an upper surface, and said second surface comprises a lower surface, said upper surface sloping upwardly in a front-to-back direction.