geoff said:
Well I knew that - but given at the audience that this appears aimed
at, is a glaring omission !
If it is indeed your finger that you are palnning to operate it with
....
I didn't think you could patent something so generic and obvious.
You usually can't, but you can easily patent your particular implementation
of it.
Then of course it's trivally easy for anyone to get around your patent.
And if you want to protect it, you'd better have really really deep pockets.
Of course, Don Lancasters classic must get an airing:
http://www.tinaja.com/patnt01.asp
Dave.