Gaming controller thumb glove interface
Abstract
A gaming controller thumb glove interface may include a wrist strap that has a first end and a second end. The first end may attach to the second end of the wrist strap by fasteners. A thumb pocket may have a top end and a bottom end. The bottom end of the thumb pocket may attach to the wrist strap. A controller component interface may be attached to the top end of the thumb pocket. In certain embodiments, a pull tab may be attached to the bottom end of the thumb pocket. A controller cap such as a thumb stick cap, a D-pad cap and the like may attach to a controller thumb stick, a controller D-pad and the like. The controller component interface may removably attach to the controller cap for maneuvering the components of the controller through leverage.
Claims
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1 . A gaming controller thumb glove interface comprising:
a wrist strap having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a first fastener and the second end has a second fastener, wherein the first end removably attaches to the second end; a thumb pocket, wherein the thumb pocket has a controller component interface attached to a top end of the thumb pocket, wherein the bottom end attaches to the wrist strap; and a controller component cap, wherein the controller component interface on the thumb pocket removably attaches to the controller component cap.
2 . The gaming controller thumb glove interface of claim 1 , wherein the first fastener and the second fastener are a hook and loop fastener.
3 . The gaming controller thumb glove interface of claim 1 , wherein the controller component cap has a mushroom shape and comprising latches on a bottom portion of the controller component cap to removably snap onto a controller component.
4 . The gaming controller thumb glove interface of claim 1 , wherein the controller component cap removably attaches to a controller component.
5 . The gaming controller thumb glove interface of claim 1 , wherein the controller component interface comprises a connector tab.
6 . The gaming controller thumb glove interface of claim 1 , wherein the controller component interface comprises a thumb tip patch attached to the top end of the thumb pocket of the wrist strap, wherein a connector tab attaches to the thumb tip patch.
7 . The gaming controller thumb glove interface of claim 1 , further comprising a pull tab attached to a lower end of the thumb pocket.
8 . A method of preventing gamer thumb comprising:
securing a controller component cap onto the approximate center of a controller component, wherein the controller component cap has a hole; placing a gaming controller thumb glove interface around a thumb of an individual, wherein the gaming controller thumb glove interface comprises a wrist strap having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a fastener and the second end has a fastener, wherein the first end removably attaches to the second end, wherein the wrist strap comprises a thumb pocket, wherein the thumb pocket has a connector tab attached to the top end of the thumb pocket; pressing the connector tab into the hole in the controller component cap; and maneuvering the controller thumb stick by leverage.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising pulling the gaming controller thumb glove interface into a comfortable position around the thumb of the individual by using a pull tab.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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