Portable media player control panel relocator

• US 20060209641A1
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NYKO Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: NYKO Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Navid, Amirahmad
• Application Number:
  US11/084,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20060209641A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/30.60
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/022 Control panels

Abstract

A control panel relocator device for use with a portable media player that has a built in control panel on a front surface of the device but does not have controls on a top surface. The control panel relocator has a main body portion with an upper surface and a lower surface, interface electronics, a headphone prong and an accessory control prong that extend downwardly from the bottom surface, a plurality of control elements located on the upper surface including at least one of volume control buttons, a play/pause button, a forward button and a reverse button, and a headphone jack. When engaged at the top of the media player device, the control panel relocator device permits a user to control the media player from the top of the portable media player in addition to its front face.

Claims

1. A control panel relocator device for use with a portable media player having at least one connector, the control panel relocator comprising:

a main body portion having a first outside surface and a second outside surface;

interface electronics;

at least one connector on the second outside surface; and

a plurality of control elements located on the first outside surface.

2. The control panel relocator of claim 1, wherein the control elements comprise at least one of volume control buttons, a play/pause button, a forward button and a reverse button.

3. The control panel relocator of claim 1, wherein the at least one connector comprises a headphone prong and an accessory control prong.

4. The control panel relocator of claim 1, further comprising a headphone jack located on the first outside surface.

5. The control panel relocator of claim 1, wherein the first outside surface is an upper surface and the second outside surface is a lower surface.

6. The control panel relocator of claim 5, wherein the interface electronics provides for electrical and logical communication between the control elements and the at least one connector.

8. The control panel relocator of claim 5, wherein the interface electronics provides for electrical and logical communication between the control elements and the at least one connector.

7. A control panel relocator device for use with a portable media player having at least one connector, the control panel relocator comprising:

a main body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface;

interface electronics;

a headphone prong and an accessory control prong that extend downwardly from the second outside surface;

a plurality of control elements located on the upper surface comprising at least one of volume control buttons, a play/pause button, a forward button and a reverse button; and

a headphone jack.