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USD342241S
USD342241S US07/665,840 US66584091F USD342241S US D342241 S USD342241 S US D342241S US 66584091 F US66584091 F US 66584091F US D342241 S USD342241 S US D342241S
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Stuart Ashmun
Charlie Garthwaite
Bridget Cameron
Allan H. Stephan
Michael D. Nelson
Mike M. Paull
Paul Bradley
James R. Yurchenco
Elinor J. Fulton
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FIG. 1 is a rear isometric view of a computer trackball showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a bottom isometric view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof in the tilted orientation;
FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is a front elevational view thereof.
The broken line drawing of an electrical cord in FIGS. 2 and 4 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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  1. The ornamental design for a computer trackball, as shown and described.
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USD349492S (en) 1992-06-04 1994-08-09 Shih-Yang Tso Clamp for fastening a trackball to a computer keyboard
USD350344S (en) 1992-10-13 1994-09-06 International Business Machines Corporation Computer pointing device
USD356788S (en) 1993-06-30 1995-03-28 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Cursor control for computer display
USD361760S (en) 1993-12-17 1995-08-29 Silitek Corporation Trackball
USD361991S (en) 1994-02-14 1995-09-05 Grant Alan H Combined trackball and mouse
USD371350S (en) 1995-01-23 1996-07-02 Tammy Chavarria Computer mouse
USD375300S (en) 1995-07-07 1996-11-05 Wu Chun K Pointer
USD448377S1 (en) 1999-05-13 2001-09-25 Sony Corporation Dial portion of a computer
USD487462S1 (en) 1999-05-13 2004-03-09 Sony Corporation Dial portion of a computer

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USD292600S (en) 1984-04-09 1987-11-03 Asea Aktiebolag Track ball unit
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US4739315A (en) 1985-08-31 1988-04-19 Alps Electric Co., Ltd. X-Y input device
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USD300324S (en) 1985-10-30 1989-03-21 Digital Equipment Corporation Cursor control for computer display
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USD302010S (en) 1986-07-21 1989-07-04 Itac Systems, Inc. Computer cursor control
USD302426S (en) 1987-09-01 1989-07-25 Microsoft Corporation Computer mouse
USD307739S (en) 1987-01-23 1990-05-08 Tunstall Telecom Limited Remote control
US4952919A (en) 1989-04-06 1990-08-28 Tektronix, Inc. Trackball mechanism
USD315552S (en) 1989-12-22 1991-03-19 Curtis Manufacturing Company, Inc. Trackball for a computer
USD315896S (en) 1989-04-20 1991-04-02 Northern Telecom Limited Keypad
USD326261S (en) 1991-03-08 1992-05-19 Microsoft Corporation Trackball for computer
USD328458S (en) 1990-04-09 1992-08-04 Microspeed Inc. Trackball for computer system monitor

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US3625083A (en) 1969-10-17 1971-12-07 Singer Co Track ball encoder
US3835464B1 (en) 1973-01-11 1984-11-20
US3835464A (en) 1973-01-11 1974-09-10 Xerox Corp Position indicator for a display system
US3987685A (en) 1974-12-16 1976-10-26 Xerox Corporation Cursor position device
GB1526428A (en) 1974-12-16 1978-09-27 Xerox Corp Cursor position device
US4245244A (en) 1978-09-01 1981-01-13 General Electric Company Device for delineating zones in a video image display
USD266563S (en) 1979-04-02 1982-10-19 Arizona Digital Corp. Case for data processor or similar article
US4310839A (en) 1979-11-23 1982-01-12 Raytheon Company Interactive display system with touch data entry
USD272921S (en) 1982-02-04 1984-03-06 Wico Corporation Control for a video game or the like
US4404865A (en) 1982-02-10 1983-09-20 Wico Corporation Trackball device
US4464652A (en) 1982-07-19 1984-08-07 Apple Computer, Inc. Cursor control device for use with display systems
US4559532A (en) 1982-08-07 1985-12-17 Alps Electric Co., Ltd. X-Y Position input device for display system
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US4573925A (en) 1982-09-14 1986-03-04 Rockwell International Corporation Electronic flight instrument design and evaluation tool
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US4652871A (en) 1983-03-03 1987-03-24 Alps Electric Co., Ltd. X-Y position input device for display system
US4612539A (en) 1983-03-09 1986-09-16 Alps Electric Co., Ltd. X-Y position input device for display system
US4562314A (en) 1983-03-09 1985-12-31 Alps Electric Co., Ltd. X-Y Positions input device for display system
US4538476A (en) 1983-05-12 1985-09-03 Luque Tom R Cursor control assembly
US4613853A (en) 1983-07-14 1986-09-23 Alps Electric Co., Ltd. X-Y Input device
US4734685A (en) 1983-07-28 1988-03-29 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Position control apparatus
USD281776S (en) 1983-11-21 1985-12-17 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Remote control hemisphere switch
USD292600S (en) 1984-04-09 1987-11-03 Asea Aktiebolag Track ball unit
USD288930S (en) 1984-06-27 1987-03-24 Hewlett-Packard Company Computer mouse
US4595070A (en) 1984-06-27 1986-06-17 Hodges Richard P Cursor control support device
USD289306S (en) 1984-11-16 1987-04-14 Wico Distribution Company, L.P. Trackball
USD291318S (en) 1985-01-14 1987-08-11 Wico Distribution Company, L.P. Combined trackball and mouse
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US4797665A (en) 1985-02-06 1989-01-10 Alps Electric Co., Ltd. X-Y position input device
US4686522A (en) 1985-02-19 1987-08-11 International Business Machines Corporation Method of editing graphic objects in an interactive draw graphic system using implicit editing actions
US4635496A (en) 1985-04-18 1987-01-13 Mctyre Scott B Attachment for a display position indicator
US4739315A (en) 1985-08-31 1988-04-19 Alps Electric Co., Ltd. X-Y input device
USD300324S (en) 1985-10-30 1989-03-21 Digital Equipment Corporation Cursor control for computer display
US4818851A (en) 1985-12-18 1989-04-04 Alps Electric Co., Ltd. High precision coordinate input device using sequentially driven conductors in an input plane and stored correction values
USD302010S (en) 1986-07-21 1989-07-04 Itac Systems, Inc. Computer cursor control
USD307739S (en) 1987-01-23 1990-05-08 Tunstall Telecom Limited Remote control
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USD302426S (en) 1987-09-01 1989-07-25 Microsoft Corporation Computer mouse
US4952919A (en) 1989-04-06 1990-08-28 Tektronix, Inc. Trackball mechanism
USD315896S (en) 1989-04-20 1991-04-02 Northern Telecom Limited Keypad
USD315552S (en) 1989-12-22 1991-03-19 Curtis Manufacturing Company, Inc. Trackball for a computer
USD328458S (en) 1990-04-09 1992-08-04 Microspeed Inc. Trackball for computer system monitor
USD326261S (en) 1991-03-08 1992-05-19 Microsoft Corporation Trackball for computer

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USD349492S (en) 1992-06-04 1994-08-09 Shih-Yang Tso Clamp for fastening a trackball to a computer keyboard
USD350344S (en) 1992-10-13 1994-09-06 International Business Machines Corporation Computer pointing device
USD356788S (en) 1993-06-30 1995-03-28 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Cursor control for computer display
USD361760S (en) 1993-12-17 1995-08-29 Silitek Corporation Trackball
USD361991S (en) 1994-02-14 1995-09-05 Grant Alan H Combined trackball and mouse
USD371350S (en) 1995-01-23 1996-07-02 Tammy Chavarria Computer mouse
USD375300S (en) 1995-07-07 1996-11-05 Wu Chun K Pointer
USD448377S1 (en) 1999-05-13 2001-09-25 Sony Corporation Dial portion of a computer
USD487462S1 (en) 1999-05-13 2004-03-09 Sony Corporation Dial portion of a computer

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