Patent ID: 8445795

Claim:
An assembly, comprising: an electronic device having a set of depressible controls; a support disposed in a fixed position relative to the electronic device; and a navigation button which is positioned over the electronic device by the support, the navigation button including (i) a central portion, and (ii) directional lobes extending from the central portion, the navigation button being constructed and arranged to: initially reside in a non-pivoting orientation in which none of the depressible controls are actuated, pivot about a first axis relative to the support in response to depression of a first directional lobe to actuate a first depressible control of the electronic device without actuating a second depressible control of the electronic device, and pivot about a second axis relative to the support in response to depression of a second directional lobe to actuate the second depressible control of the electronic device without actuating the first depressible control of the electronic device, each of the first axis and the second axis being offset from a midpoint of the navigation button, wherein the first axis is adjacent the second directional lobe; wherein the second axis is adjacent the first directional lobe; wherein the first axis and the second axis are substantially parallel to each other; wherein the support defines a first set of pivot domes and a second set of pivot domes; and wherein the navigation button further includes: a first set of pivot pointers adjacent the second directional lobe, and a second set of pivot pointers adjacent the first directional lobe, the first set of pivot pointers pivoting within the first set of pivot domes and the second set of pivot pointers escaping from the second set of pivot domes in response to depression of the first directional lobe, and the second set of pivot pointers pivoting within the second set of pivot domes and the first set of pivot pointers escaping from the first set of pivot domes in response to depression of the second directional lobe.