Ergonomically Optimized Self-Stabilizing Leg Mounted Mouse Pad With Integrated Mouse Storage Holster
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless computer mouse pads are limited to use on flat hard surfaces, failing to provide ergonomic flexibility and comfort for users with varying tactile performance due to age or disability, and existing alternatives like touchpads are inadequate substitutes for traditional mice.
Innovation Solution
A wireless mouse pad designed with a molded one-piece body made of soft plastic or urethane, featuring a flexible holster with a ramp for secure mouse storage and a camphered hexagonal contact surface, allowing use on non-flat surfaces such as the thigh or arm of a couch, providing a larger working surface area adaptable to different user needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional mouse pads are used on flat hard surfaces, then stability and mouse tracking accuracy are improved, but ergonomic comfort and accessibility for users with varying tactile performance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the mouse pad by making it conformable and adaptable to different body contours (thigh, arm, lap) rather than requiring a flat hard surface. This allows the mouse pad to maintain stability and tracking accuracy while adapting to ergonomic positions that reduce wrist strain and improve accessibility for users with varying tactile performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The mouse pad is designed to be dynamic and conformable, able to adapt to different body surfaces and positions. This dynamic特性 allows it to maintain functionality on non-traditional surfaces while improving ergonomic comfort for various user conditions.
2Ease of operation
If portable mouse pad designs are created for use on non-flat surfaces, then ergonomics and accessibility are improved, but device complexity and stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible, conformable mouse pad design that can adapt to non-flat surfaces without requiring complex mechanical structures. The flexible nature of the pad allows it to stabilize on body contours through material properties rather than mechanical complexity, thus improving ergonomics while maintaining structural simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If mouse pad size is increased to accommodate different user needs, then versatility and comfort are improved, but stability on non-flat surfaces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent addresses the stability issue by changing the physical parameters of the mouse pad material and its interaction with the surface. The conformable design allows larger pads to adapt to body contours, distributing weight and maintaining stability through material properties rather than relying solely on surface flatness.
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AI summary
The ergonomically optimized self-stabilizing leg mounted mouse pad with integrated mouse storage holster provides a stable working surface area designed specifically for operating a common wireless computer mouse while resting the mouse pad discussed here on other than flat firm surfaces. Such alternative platforms upon which this device can be used effectively would include a user's thigh, the arm of a couch or an automobile's center console. The design features are purposefully engineered to ensure that the invention is self stabilizing on other than a flat firm surface through the use of a contact surface that is a curvilinear concavity with a camphered surface architecture that maximizes the advantage of the weight of the device coupled with the tacky characteristics of the material from which the device is constructed. The device is stable in its intended use without the use of supplemental attachments to secure or stabilize the device.