FINGER LOOP FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE

• US 20140084034A1
• Filed: 09/25/2013
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Loopy Cases, LLC
• Original Assignee: George J. Jr. Wangercyn
• Inventors: WANGERCYN, George J. Jr., Wangercyn, John T., Wangercyn, James R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,950,638 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 224/217
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/00 Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/006 comprising a suspension strap or lanyard
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/008 Hand articles fastened to the wrist or to the arm or to the leg
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/93 Attached to animate bearer

Abstract

The invention disclosed herein is a finger loop for use with a portable electronic device case, housing or enclosure. The finger loop is formed by a strip of material such as silicone or rubber that extends away from the rear outer surface of the case, housing, or enclosure, and returns to the rear outer surface of the case, housing, or enclosure thereby forming a loop through which a user can insert at least one, or a plurality of fingers to aid in holding the device. The strip of material may include features to increase friction with the inside surface of the case or with the portable electronic device itself.

Claims

1. A cover for a portable electronic device, the cover including an inside surface and an outside surface, the cover including first and second apertures through the first surface to the second surface, a strip of material having a middle portion and a first end and a second end, the first end positioned in the first aperture and the second and positioned in the second apertures so that the middle portion extends from the apertures and is positioned above the outer surface of the cover, the first end secured between the back surface of a cell phone and the inside surface of the cover when the cover is placed on the phone, the ends oriented towards a bottom of the cover.