Portable Device Accessory

• US 20100155550A1
• Filed: 12/23/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John Weiss-Vons
• Original Assignee: John Weiss-Vons
• Inventors: Weiss-Vons, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,186,642 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/206.300
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/34 electric cords or electric power cables
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/533 Storage compartments for accessories
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/143 at least one end flange being shaped to cover the windings
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 47/00 Suction cups for attaching purposes; Equivalent means using adhesives devices using adhesives, suction or magnetism for hanging or supporting pictures or the like A47G1/17; vacuum work holders B25B11/005; anchoring of ships using suction B63B21/27; suction cups for handling glass B65G49/061; load-engaging elements for cranes using suction means B66C1/02

Abstract

A portable device accessory is used to hold, grip or manipulate a portable device such as and not limited to mobile phones, MP3 players, portable entertainment/computing devices, and/or gaming devices. The accessory possesses two suctions cups connected by a neck and having an aperture for receiving a jack on earphone. Certain embodiments of the accessory will have tabs, ridges, groove and/or a space to receive earphones. The accessory permits a jack of earphones to be threaded through an aperture and the cord of the earphones to be wrapped around the accessory. The suction cups may be inverted to conceal the cord wrapped around a neck of the accessory and tabs may be used to hold inverted suction cups together.

Claims

1. A portable device accessory comprising:

a first suction cup having a concave side and a convex side, said first suction cup having an outer rim, at least one first tab disposed on said outer rim;

a second suction cup having a concave side and a convex side, said second suction cup having an outer rim, at least one matching tab disposed on said outer rim, said at least one matching tab being aligned with and inversely oriented with said at least one first tab, wherein said at least one first tab of said first suction cup and said at least one matching tab of said second suction cup can releasably mate;

a neck connecting said convex side of said first suction cup with said convex side of said second suction cup; and

an aperture disposed through said neck, said aperture having a first open end and a second open end.

2. The portable device accessory of claim 1, wherein said at least one first tab is elliptically shaped and angled, said at least one first tab having a first end, a second end, an inner side and an outer side, said second end of the at least one first tab being thicker than said first end of the at least one first tab, a notch being disposed at a junction where said inner side meets the outer rim of said first suction cup, wherein said at least one matching tab is elliptically shaped and angled, said at least one matching tab having a first end, a second end, an inner side and an outer side, said second end of the at least one matching tab being thicker than said first end of the second tab, a notch being disposed at a junction where said inner side meets the outer rim of said second suction cup, wherein said at least one first tab releasably mates with said at least one matching tab and the outer rim of the first suction cup abuts the outer rim of the second suction cup when each the first suction cup and the second suction cup are inverted.

3. The portable device accessory of claim 2, wherein there are at least two first tabs and at least two matching tabs, said at least two first tabs being aligned with said at least two matching tabs to releasably mate by clasping.

4. The portable device accessory of claim 1, wherein at least one groove is disposed on said neck, said at least one groove is dimensioned and configured to receive a width of a cord.

5. The portable device accessory of claim 1, wherein a space having an opening is disposed in each said concave side of said first suction cup and said concave side of said second suction cup, said space being dimensioned and configured to receive an ear phone.

6. The portable device accessory of claim 5, wherein said space in said concave side of said first suction cup and said space in said concave side of said second suction cup is disposed in a centermost area of said concave side of said first suction cup and in a centermost area of said concave side of said second suction cup.

7. A portable device accessory comprising:

a first suction cup having a concave side and a convex side, said first suction cup having an outer rim;

a second suction cup having a concave side and a convex side, said second suction cup having an outer rim;

a neck connect said convex side of said first suction cup with said convex side of said second suction cup, at least one groove is disposed on said neck, said at least one groove is dimensioned and configured to receive a width of a cord; and

an aperture disposed through said neck, said aperture having a first open end connected to a second open end,

wherein the outer rim of the first suction cup abuts the outer rim of the second suction cup when each the first suction cup and the second suction cup are inverted.

8. The portable device accessory of claim 7, further comprising at least one first tab disposed on said outer rim of said first suction cup, said at least one first tab being elliptically shaped and angled, said at least one first tab having a first end, a second end, an inner side and an outer side, said second end being thicker than said first end, a notch being disposed at a junction where said inner side meets the outer rim of said first suction cup.

9. The portable device accessory of claim 8, further comprising at least one matching tab disposed on said outer rim of said second suction cup, said at least one matching tab being elliptically shaped and angled, said at least one matching tab having a first end, a second end, an inner side and an outer side, said second end being thicker than said first end, a notch being disposed at a junction where said inner side meets the outer rim of said second suction cup, said at least one matching tab being aligned with and inversely oriented with said at least one first tab, wherein said at least one first tab of said first suction cup corresponds to said at least one matching tab of said second suction cup to releasably mate.

10. The portable device accessory of claim 9, wherein there are at least two first tabs, said at least two first tabs being disposed opposite the other and at least two matching tabs, said at least two matching tabs being disposed opposite the other each, said at least two first tabs being aligned with and inversely oriented with said at least two matching tabs to releasably mate.

11. The portable device accessory of claim 7, wherein a space having an opening is disposed in each said concave side of said first suction cup and said concave side of said second suction cup, said space being dimensioned and configured to receive an ear phone.

12. The portable device accessory of claim 11, wherein said space in each said concave side of said first suction cup and said concave side of said second suction cup is disposed in a centermost area of said concave side of said first suction cup and in a centermost area of said concave side of said second suction cup.

13. A portable device accessory comprising:

a first suction cup having a concave side and a convex side, said first suction cup having an outer rim, a first space having an opening being disposed in said concave side of said first suction cup, said first space being dimensioned and configured to receive an ear phone;

a second suction cup having a concave side and a convex side, said second suction cup having an outer rim, a second space having an opening being disposed in said concave side of said second suction cup, said second space being dimensioned and configured to receive an ear phone;

a neck connect said convex side of said first suction cup with said convex side of said second suction cup; and

an aperture disposed through said neck, said aperture having a first open end and a second open end,

wherein the outer rim of the first suction cup abuts the outer rim of the second suction cup when each the first suction cup and the second suction cup are inverted

14. The portable device accessory of claim 13, wherein said space in each said concave side of said first suction cup and said concave side of said second suction cup is disposed in a centermost area of said concave side of said first suction cup and in a centermost area of said concave side of said second suction cup.

15. The portable device accessory of claim 13, wherein grooves are disposed on said neck, said grooves being dimensioned and configured to receive a width of a cord.

16. The portable device accessory of claim 13, wherein at least one groove is disposed on said neck, said at least one groove is dimensioned and configured to receive a width of a cord.

17. The portable device accessory of claim 13, further comprising at least one first tab disposed on said outer rim of said first suction cup, said at least one first tab being elliptically shaped and angled, said at least one first tab having a first end, a second end, an inner side and an outer side, said second end being thicker than said first end, a notch being disposed at a junction where said inner side meets the outer rim of said first suction cup.

18. The portable device accessory of claim 17, further comprising at least one matching tab disposed on said outer rim of said second suction cup, said at least one matching tab being elliptically shaped and angled, said at least one matching tab having a first end, a second end, an inner side and an outer side, said second end being thicker than said first end, a notch being disposed at a junction where said inner side meets the outer rim of said second suction cup, said at least one matching tab being aligned with and inversely oriented with said at least one first tab, wherein said at least one first tab of said first suction cup corresponds to said at least one matching tab of said second suction cup to releasably mate.

19. The portable device accessory of claim 18, wherein there are at least two first tabs and at least two matching tabs, said at least two first tabs being disposed opposite the other, said at least two matching tabs being disposed opposite the other, said at least two first tabs being aligned with and inversely oriented with said at least two matching tabs to releasably mate.

20. The portable device accessory of claim 15, wherein said grooves are coaxial.