ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,208, issued on Sept. 23.
"Input apparatus for a games console" was invented by Duncan Ironmonger (Milton, Ga.), Carl Jeffrey (Cheltenham, Great Britain) and Sunil Daddar (Suwanee, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an improved controller (10) for a games console. The invention is a games controller (10) that is intended to be held by a user in both hands in the same manner as a conventional controller (1). Additionally, the controller of the invention (10) may comprise the same controls (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) as a conventional controller (1). The controller of the present invention (10) is advantageous as it...