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Game-calculator having sliding mask

US4398086A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 6, 1982
Grant dateAug 9, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 6, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F9/24
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A game-calculator having a single housing for a handheld calculator and an electronic game each sharing the same display, with a sliding mask to alternatively cover in a first or second position either the calculator keyboard input keys, or both the game input keys and that portion of the display panel not used to display the calculator functions, with the slide also serving to position a switch which is coupled to the programmed data processor, responsive to movement of the slide from the first position to the second position, or vice versa.

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