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{{infobox patent|image=[[file:joystickattach2.png|95px]]|country=US|number=4575591|inventor=Thomas J. Lugaresi|issued=11 March 1986|reference={{cite patent|number=US4575591}}}} '''Joystick attachment for a computer keyboard''' is an invention comprised of a joystick assembly attached to a computer keyboard. Its patent number 4575591 was granted on 1986. <ref>{{ cite patent | country = US | number = 4575591 | status = patent | title = Joystick attachment for a computer keyboard | pubdate = | gdate = 11 March 1986 | fdate = 23 April 1984 | pridate = | inventor = Thomas J. Lugaresi | invent1 = | invent2 = | assign1 = | assign2 = | class = }}</ref> ==Description== '''Joystick attachemnt for a computer keyboard''' * Inventor: Thomas J. Lugaresi * Patent number: 4575591 * Filing date: 23 April 1984 * Issue date: 11 March 1986 ==Cited patents== * {{cite patent|country= US |number =3401240 |fdate= September 14, 1966 |gdate= September 10, 1968 |title = Switch with position maintainer means}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number = 3950634 |fdate = February 19, 1974 |gdate = Apr 13, 1976 |title =Keyboards}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number = 4020328 |fdate = December 16, 1975 |gdate = Apr 26, 1977 |assign1 = NCR Corporation |title = Auxiliary keyboard apparatus}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number = 4029915 |fdate= December 3, 1975 |gdate = June 14, 1977 |assign1= Hoshidenkoseizo Kabushiki Kaisha |title = Miniaturized calculator keyboard switch assembly having universally pivoted key actuators}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number = 4124787 |fdate = March 11, 1977 |gdate = November 7, 1978 |assign1 = Atari, Inc. |title = Joystick controller mechanism operating one or plural switches sequentially or simultaneously}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number = 4135074 |fdate = July 26, 1977 |gdate = Jan 16, 1979 |assign1 = Donald Gutkowski |title = Automatic keyboard operator}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number = 4158130 |fdate = May 9, 1977 |gdate= June 12, 1979 |assign1 = NCR Corporation |title = Interchangeable auxiliary keyboard}} * {{cite patent|country = US4349708 |fdate = August 22, 1979 |gdate = September 14, 1982 |assign1 = Atari, Inc. |title = Joystick control}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number =4394548 |fdate = March 8, 1982 |gdate =July 19, 1983 |assign1 = AMP Incorporated |title = Joystick switch}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number =4401864 |fdate = June 1, 1981 |gdate = August 30, 1983 |assign1 =Olympus Optical Company Ltd. |title = Seesaw type switch mechanism}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number =4414438 |fdate =June 4, 1982 |gdate =November 8, 1983 |assign1 = International Jensen Incorporated |title = Video game controller}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number =4439648 |fdate =July 28, 1982 |gdate= March 27, 1984 |assign1 =Coleco Industries, Inc. |title =Joystick-type controller}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number =4480103 |fdate =November 5, 1981 |gdate =October 30, 1984 |assign1 = Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. |assign2 = Daikin Kogyo Co., Ltd. |title = 4-Fluoro-5-oxypyrazole derivatives}} * {{cite patent|country = US |number =4486629 |fdate = July 18, 1983 |gdate =December 4, 1984 |assign1 = Coleco Industries, Inc. |title = Joystick controller}} ==Referenced by== * {{cite patent |country = US |number =4786768 |fdate =August 20, 1987 |gdate =November 22, 1988 |assign1 = Interlock |title=Manual cursor actuator for electronic keyboards}} * {{cite patent |country = US |number =4824111 |fdate =January 26, 1988 |gdate =April 25, 1989 |assign1 = T.R. Applied Development Corporation |title=Proportional control with an automatic centering manual input device for inputting computer variables}} * {{cite patent |country = US |number =4825019 |fdate =April 14, 1988 |gdate =April 25, 1989 |title=Cursor control accessory for a computer keyboard}} * {{cite patent |country = US |number =4872672 |fdate =January 26, 1988 |gdate =October 10, 1989 |assign1 = Microcube Corporation |title=Proportional control with a joystick device for inputting computer variables}} * {{cite patent |country = US |number =4937564 |fdate =January 17, 1989 |gdate =June 26, 1990 |title=Direction sensitive input system for a computer}} * {{cite patent |country = US |number =4945357 |fdate =April 3, 1989 |gdate =July 31, 1990 |assign1 = Rotal Industries & Trading Ltd. |title=Joystick assembly}} * {{cite patent |country = US |number =5021771 |fdate =August 9, 1988 |gdate =June 4, 1991 |title=Computer input device with two cursor positioning spheres}} * {{cite patent |country = US |number =5034574 |fdate =April 18, 1988 |gdate =July 23, 1991 |title=Joystick for computer keyboards}} * {{cite patent |country = US |number =5041819 |fdate =October 18, 1989 |gdate =August 20, 1991 |assign1 = Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha |title=Data processing device}} * {{cite patent |country = US |number =5213327 |fdate =October 24, 1991 |gdate =May 25, 1993 |assign1 = Konami Co. 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