Apparatus and method for a storage case attached to the backside of a smart phone

• US 20120264491A1
• Filed: 04/14/2011
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tara Chand Singhal
• Original Assignee: Tara Chand Singhal
• Inventors: Singhal, Tara Chand
• Application Number:
  US13/066,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20120264491A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads

Abstract

A storage case for attaching to a side of a smart phone with multiple pockets that are used to store cosmetic and other personal items while the case is attached to the side of the smart phone is described. The case is sized to be about ¼″ inch in thickness and of a height and a width equal to height and width of the backside of the smart phone. The cosmetic case has a frame that is integrally attached to the case and extending out around the edges of the case for placing over and around the four edges of the smart phone with the case on the backside of the phone. The case may be used in conjunction with a grooming mirror in a portable electronic device with a user-facing CCD camera that has a makeup function that when activated activates the user-facing camera on the device.

Claims

1. A storage case for personal items, in smart phones and handheld electronic devices, comprising:

a. a flat storage case for attaching to a backside of a smart phone;

b. the case has multiple pockets that are used to store personal items while the case is attached to the backside of the smart phone.

2. The case as in claim 1, comprising:

the case is of a thickness that is sized to be from ¼

″

to ⅓

″

inch in thickness and of a height and a width equal to height and width of the backside of the smart phone.

3. The case as in claim 1, comprising:

a frame that is integrally attached to the case and extends out around the edges of the case;

the frame is placed over and around the four edges of the phone with the case on the backside of the phone, thus the case is attached to the phone to also functions as a protective cover for the phone.

4. The case as in claim 3, comprising:

the frame has a lip on all sides to be able to hold the smart phone inside the frame and also has suitable openings that allow access to the controls of the smart phone.

5. The case as in claim 1, comprising:

the case is of a thickness that includes a thickness of 1/4″

, 5/16″

, 6/16″

, 7/16″

or 1/2 inches and of a height and a width substantially equal to four inches by three inches.

6. The case as in claim 1, comprising:

five pockets, including (i) a vertical orientation pocket for a comb, (ii) two bottom horizontal pockets for lip stick, (iii) a top horizontal pocket for a brush and (iv) a square pocket for a powder.

7. The case as in claim 1, comprising:

the case has a camera access opening that is sized to accommodate a camera on the backside of the smart phone.

8. The case as in claim 1, comprising:

the case has a vertical oriented pocket to store a comb and multiple horizontal oriented pockets to store cosmetic items.

9. The case as in claim 1, comprising:

a two inch long, half inch wide and a quarter inch deep size pocket in the case to accommodate and store a miniature lipstick sized to the pocket.

10. The case as in claim 1, comprising:

a four inch long, a one inch wide and a quarter inch deep size pocket in the case to accommodate and store a miniature comb sized to the pocket.

11. A storage case, for attaching to a side of a smart phone, comprising:

a. a flat storage case for attaching to a side of a smart phone;

the case has multiple pockets that are used to store personal items while the case is attached to the backside of the smart phone;

b. the case has a frame that is integrally attached to the case and extending out around the edges of the case, the frame is placed over and around the four edges of a smart phone with the case on the backside of the phone, thus the case also functions as a protective cover for the phone.

12. The case as in claim 11, comprising:

five pockets, including (i) a vertical orientation pocket for a comb, (ii) two bottom horizontal pockets for lip stick, (iii) a top horizontal pocket for a brush and (iv) a square pocket for a powder.

13. The case as in claim 11, comprising:

the case has a camera access opening that is sized to accommodate a camera on the backside of the smart phone.

14. The case as in claim 11, comprising:

the case is of a thickness that is sized to be from ¼

″

to ⅓

″

inch in thickness and of a height and a width equal to height and width of the backside of the smart phone.

15. A method for a storage case for a smart phone, comprising the steps of:

attaching a storage case to a backside of a smart phone

16. The method as in claim 15, further comprising the steps of:

providing multiple pockets in the storage case.

17. The method as in claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

providing five pockets, including (i) a vertical orientation pocket for a comb, (ii) two bottom horizontal pockets for lip stick, (iii) a top horizontal pocket for a brush and (iv) a square pocket for a powder.

18. The method as in claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

providing three different pockets, two horizontally orientated pockets for storage of keys and one horizontally orientated pocket for storage of bank and other types of cards.

19. The method as in claim 15, further comprising the steps of:

creating the case with a thickness that is sized to be from ¼

″

to ⅓

″

inch in thickness and of a height and a width equal to height and width of the backside of the smart phone.

20. The method as in claim 15, further comprising the steps of:

attaching a frame to the case and using the frame for attaching the case around the rim of the smart phone.