United States Patent (19) 11 Des.

251,143
Hardy et al. 45) Feb. 20, 1979
(54) GAME CONTROL CONSOLE Primary Examiner-Melvin B. Feifer
(75. Inventors: Douglas A. Hardy, Portola Valley; Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Stephen S. Townsend
Frederick W. Thompson, Soquel, (57) CLAM
both of Calif.
The ornamental design for a game control console, as
73) Assignee: Atari, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. shown and described.
(**) Term: 14 Years DESCRIPTION
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the game control con
(21) Appl. No.: 826,047 sole employing our new design.
(22) Filed: Aug. 19, 1977 FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the game control
console shown in FIG. 1.
51) Int. C. ..................................................... D21-01 FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view of the game con
52 U.S. C. ................................................... D34/5 R trol console shown in FIG. 1.
58) Field of Search ..... D34/5 R; 273/1 E, DIG. 28; FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the game control console
D13/32, 40 shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the game control
(56) References Cited console shown in FIG. 1.
PUBLICATIONS FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the game control con
sole shown in FIG. 1.
Popular Science, Nov. 1976, p. 88, TV Game controls. The left side elevation of the game control console is a
Playthings, Feb. 1976, p. 195, "Tele-Pong" control. mirror image of the right side.
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