ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,405, issued on Sept. 30.
"Input apparatus for a games console" was invented by Duncan Ironmonger (Milton, Ga.), Carl Jeffrey (Cheltenham, Great Britain), Sunil Daddar (Suwanee, Ga.) and Matthew Hooper (Westbury Park, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an improved controller (110) for a games console. The invention is a games controller (110) that is intended to be held by a user in both hands in the same manner as a conventional controller (1). The controller of the invention (110) may comprise a plurality of controls (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107A, 107B, 107C, 108, 109) on the front and top of ...