Invertible hand-held electronic game apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4969647
SERIAL NO

07360385

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An invertible, hand-held, electronic game apparatus having a manually engageable housing, a display screen mounting in the housing, an electronic circuit electrically connected to drive the display screen, and a control switch assembly mounted for manipulation by at least one hand of the player while holding the housing. The control switch assembly includes a joypad and fire buttons which are positioned on the housing to permit rotation or inverting of the housing and operation of the switches in a rotated position. Inversion of the housing and operation of the switches is possible when the images are vertically or horizontally oriented. In the preferred form, the control switch assembly includes a joypad on one side of the display screen and two pairs of functionally duplicate fire buttons symmetrically positioned about a central plane of the housing on an opposite side of the screen. The back of the housing is formed with protruding convex surfaces to facilitate gripping.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • ATARI CORPORATION;EPXY, INC., 600 GALVESTON DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY, CA. 94063, A CORP. OF CA.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mical, Robert J Foster City, CA 12 918
Morse, David S Saratoga, CA 1 314
Needle, David L Alameda, CA 16 1057

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