1. A computer pointing device for use on a work surface by a human user located facing the work surface, the pointing device
comprising: a first module disposed at a first position corresponding to the natural rest position of such human user's first
hand on such work surface wherein the first module further comprises mouse pointing circuitry operative to transmit to the
computer standard signals associated with the pointing of a joystick; a substantially flat second module disposed at a second
position corresponding to the natural rest position of such human user's second hand on such work surface wherein the second
module further comprises mouse click circuitry operative to transmit to the computer standard signals associated with all
of the clicking of a standard mouse; the first and second modules being operatively electrically connected to a first computer
input port; the first module having a pointing mechanism; and the second module having a plurality of touch sensitive devices
thereon; wherein the second module further comprises mouse click circuitry operative to transmit to the computer standard
signals associated with all of the clicking of a standard mouse wherein the operative connections further comprise one member
selected from the group consisting of:
i) a first cable carrying the standard joystick pointing signals from the first module and a second cable carrying the standard
mouse click signals from the second module, the first and second cables merging prior to the first computer input port, the
combined length of the two cables greater than the length of a standard computer keyboard,
ii) a first cable carrying the standard joystick pointing signals and also standard left-click mouse click signals from the
first module, a second cable carrying the clicking signals from the second module, the first and second cables merging prior
to the first computer input port, the combined length of the two cables greater than the length of a standard computer keyboard.
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