Patent ID: 8591333

Claim:
A video game controller and a receptor assembly comprising: a controller core unit including an elongated, substantially rectangular housing formed with a top having an upper surface, a bottom having a lower surface, opposite sides and forward and rearward ends, at least the top having a plurality of control buttons including a cross-key button on said upper surface at said forward end; said lower surface having a trigger button, the forward end having an imaging operating unit, and the rearward end having first connector; and a substantially gun-shaped receptor including a barrel portion and a griper portion, said barrel portion having a laterally-oriented aperture therethrough; a first switch located within said aperture and a second switch located on an external surface of said receptor at an interface between said barrel portion and said gripper portion, said receptor adapted to receive said controller core unit; and wherein the receptor is formed with a recess sized and shaped to receive said core unit, said recess terminating at a second connector adapted to receive said first connector to thereby establish an electrical connection between the core unit and the receptor, and further wherein, when said core unit is received within and electrically connected to said receptor, said first and second switches perform functions of said trigger button and cross-key button, respectively.