Digital video and music player belt buckles

• US 20080024976A1
• Filed: 02/06/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mark Bush, Winston Hardson
• Original Assignee: Mark Bush, Winston Hardson
• Inventors: Hardson, Winston, Bush, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 7,848,093 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/686
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/001 Ornamental buckles
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0508 Portable audio devices, e.g. walkman, discman, radio, MP3 player, headphones
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/021 to the belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203

Abstract

Portable devices configured to be worn as a belt buckle are disclosed herein. The portable device includes a housing, a first connector attached to the housing and adapted to slideably receive a belt, and a second connector attached to the housing and adapted to secure the housing to the belt.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a belt; and

a portable device connected to the belt.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device comprises a housing and a connector attached to the housing, the connector adapted to connect the housing to the belt.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device comprises a display screen.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device comprises a speaker.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device comprises a port adapted to receive headphones.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the portable device comprises a data processing system, the data processing system capable of displaying video files on the display screen.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the portable device comprises a data processing system, the data processing system capable of playing files over the speaker.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the connector comprises a first connector and a second connector, the first connector adapted to slideably receive a belt and the second connector adapted to secure the housing to the belt.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device is hingeably connected to the belt.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a housing including a data processing system; and

a connector attached to the housing, the connector adapted to connect the housing to a belt.

11. The portable device of claim 10, wherein the housing comprises a display screen.

12. The portable device of claim 10, wherein the housing comprises a speaker.

13. The portable device of claim 10, wherein the housing comprises a port adapted to receive headphones.

14. The portable device of claim 11, wherein the data processing system is capable of displaying video files on the display screen.

15. The portable device of claim 12, wherein the data processing system is capable of playing audio files over the speaker.

16. The portable device of claim 10, wherein the connector comprises a first connector and a second connector, the first connector adapted to slideably receive a belt and the second connector adapted to secure the housing to the belt.

17. The portable device of claim 10, wherein the housing comprises a hinge, a first surface connected to the connector and the hinge and a second surface connected to the hinge and including the data processing system, the second surface being rotatable relative to the first surface.

18. A system comprising:

a housing adapted to receive a portable device;

a first connector attached to the housing and adapted to slideably receive a belt; and

a second connector attached to the housing and adapted to secure the housing to the belt.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the portable device is removable from the housing.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the portable device is hingeably connected to the housing.