US 12,134,030 B2
Accessory device
Hideaki Kamata, Kyoto (JP); and Yuriko Sakai, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,243.
Application 17/943,243 is a continuation of application No. 17/109,288, filed on Dec. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,771,980.
Application 17/109,288 is a continuation of application No. 16/254,277, filed on Jan. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,881,952, issued on Jan. 5, 2021.
Application 16/254,277 is a continuation of application No. 15/626,488, filed on Jun. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,220,309, issued on Mar. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-002536 (JP), filed on Jan. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001291 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); A63F 13/235 (2014.01); A63F 13/245 (2014.01); A63F 13/26 (2014.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01); A63F 13/428 (2014.01); A63F 13/803 (2014.01); A63F 13/98 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 13/211 (2014.09); A63F 13/2145 (2014.09); A63F 13/235 (2014.09); A63F 13/245 (2014.09); A63F 13/26 (2014.09); A63F 13/285 (2014.09); A63F 13/428 (2014.09); A63F 13/803 (2014.09); A63F 13/98 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory device for use with a game controller that includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a side wall surface that connects the top surface and the bottom surface, the side wall surface including at least a right button and a left button, the accessory device comprising:
a compartment configured to removably secure the game controller at least partly therein, with the right button and the left button being positioned at least partly within the compartment and the right button positioned to the right of the left button;
a right lever; and
a left lever, wherein
the right lever includes:
a right fulcrum;
a right point of effort located to the right of the right fulcrum and configured to be contacted by one hand of a user holding the accessory device and pressed by the user; and
a right point of load located between the right fulcrum and the right point of effort and configured to apply a pressing force to the right button of the game controller at least partly received within the compartment by the right point of effort being pressed;
the left lever includes:
a left fulcrum;
a left point of effort located to the left of the left fulcrum and configured to be contacted by the other hand of the user holding the accessory device and pressed by the user; and
a left point of load located between the left fulcrum and the left point of effort and configured to apply a pressing force to the left button of the game controller at least partly received within the compartment by the left point of effort being pressed.