US Patent Issued to Junk Food Custom Arcades on March 18 for "Thumb actuated gaming controller and methods of use" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,626, issued on March 18, was assigned to Junk Food Custom Arcades LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Thumb actuated gaming controller and methods of use" was invented by Hardy Travis Crittenden (Cumming, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game controller component configured for controlling an electronic game. An improved thumb actuated user input enables greater performance, increases ergonomics, and offers a new tactile input option. The improved thumb actuated user input includes various components to make possible an input experience resembling a centering trackball, with physical user feedback further augmenting user performance. Other ...