US 12,263,400 B2
Open and close features for game controller bridge
Jon Christopher Lake, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Wei-Jun Wang, Menlo Park, CA (US); Ozhan Maker, San Diego, CA (US); Maneet Singh Khaira, Vancouver, WA (US); Cory Newton, Redwood City, CA (US); Zachary Scott, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Eric Sorensen, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Backbone Labs, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US)
Filed by Backbone Labs, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/405,077.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/437,580, filed on Jan. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0226721 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/23 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 13/23 (2014.09)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
22. A handheld gaming device comprising:
a first handle comprising a first user-accessible hardware interface;
a second handle comprising a second user-accessible hardware interface, wherein the first and second handles are slidably movable between a first position and a second position;
a first arm coupled with the first handle and rotatably connected with the platform at a first pivot point;
a second arm coupled with the second handle and rotatably connected with the platform at a second pivot point;
a mobile device support surface, wherein the mobile device support surface is positioned between inside edges of the first and second handles when the first and second arms are rotated to a first position; and
an electrical connector on one of the first and second handles, wherein the electrical connector is configured to mate with a mobile device port.