ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,923, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Panda Hardware LLC (Spring House, Pa.).
"Game controller with replaceable joystick gate(s)" was invented by Matthew Samperi (Lansdale, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game controller that includes at least removable gate. Preferably, the game controller has at least one joystick and a gate associated with that joystick can be easily replaced, either with a gate having the same shaped opening or a gate having a different sized and/or shaped opening. The gate is connected to the game controller via any type of suitable attachment that provides for quick and easy removal of the gate, such as ...