engages in the marketing and licensing of various proprietary technologies.
It commercializes a patented design for electronic switches, such as pushbuttons, rotary dials, and mouse/cursor controls that are used to operate or control products in various commercial and consumer applications.
The company’s switch applications based on its patented magnetic-based technologies include the PushGate, thiNcoder, and MagnaMouse.
The Duraswitch PushGate switch consists of up to five bonded micro-thin layers of material that measure less than 1/10th of an inch.
The Duraswitch thiNcoder resembles a volume control knob on a car radio or a selector knob on a washing machine, which is integrated on a flex-circuit.
The Duraswitch MagnaMouse is an omni-directional switch that works by using a disc-shaped actuator held by magnetic attraction.
InPlay Technologies licenses its technologies to switch manufacturers and other original equipment manufacturers worldwide, to produce switches for devices in various industries, including elevator, beverage dispensing, energy management, test and measurement, medical, point-of-sale, appliance, vending machine, gaming, recreational marine, industrial automation, health and fitness, restaurant equipment, gas pump, mass transit, computer, lighting and sound, aerospace, and industrial controls.
The company was formerly known as Duraswitch Industries, Inc.
and changed its name to InPlay Technologies, Inc.
in June 2005.
InPlay Technologies is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona.
