Cover for Mobile Device with Ecological Lighter

• US 20150141093A1
• Filed: 04/22/2013
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lilach Sela
• Original Assignee: Sagi Sela
• Inventors: Sela, Sagi, Sharipov, Eli, Amshikashvili, Shalva
• Granted Patent: US 9,641,208 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.8
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 15/00 Purses, bags, luggage or other receptacles covered by groups A45C1/00 - A45C11/00, combined with other objects or articles A45C1/08, A45C3/14, A45C11/321, A45C13/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: F23Q 2/32 Lighters characterised by being combined with other objects combinations with smokers' equipment A24F
• CPC Class Codes: F23Q 2/36 Casings
• CPC Class Codes: F23Q 7/16 with built-in battery
• 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 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1633 Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/185 Improving the rigidity of the casing or resistance to shocks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads

Abstract

A portable electric cigarette lighter or mobile device accessory with integrated portable electric cigarette lighter, the mobile device accessory including: (a) a protective accessory for a. mobile device; (b) an electric lighter mechanism integrated into the protective accessory, the lighter mechanism including: (i) a heating element, (ii) a power source, (iii) an actuator, adapted to activate the heating element by operationally coupling the heating element to the power source and (d) a slide shutter adapted to reversibly expose the heating element.

Claims

1. A mobile device accessory with integrated portable electric cigarette lighter comprising:

(a) a protective accessory for a mobile device;

(b) an electric lighter mechanism integrated into said protective accessory, said lighter mechanism including;

(i) a heating element,

(ii) a power source, and

(iii) an actuator, adapted to activate said heating element by operationally coupling said heating element to said power source.

2. The mobile device accessory of claim 1, wherein said power source is an independent power source.

3. The mobile device accessory of claim 1, wherein said power source is a power source of a mobile device encased in said protective accessory.

4. The mobile device accessory of claim 2, wherein said independent power source is selected from the group including:

a rechargeable battery, a non-rechargeable battery, a solar powered battery, and a combination of any of the above.

5. The mobile device accessory of claim 1, wherein said protective accessory is a carry case.

6. The mobile device accessory of claim 1, wherein said protective accessory is a mobile device cover.

7. The mobile device accessory of claim 1, wherein said lighter mechanism further includes:

(iv) a slide shutter adapted to reversibly expose said heating element.

8. The mobile device accessory of claim 7, wherein said slide shutter is further adapted to actuate said actuator when exposing said heating element.

9. The mobile device accessory of claim 7, wherein said slide shutter is further adapted to actuate said actuator when hiding said heating element from view.

10. The mobile device accessory of claim 1, wherein said actuator is a slide shutter adapted to reversibly expose said heating element.

11. The mobile device accessory of claim 2, wherein said lighting mechanism further includes:

(iv) a power port, adapted to receive a line from a power source to charge said independent power source.

12. The mobile device accessory of claim 11, wherein said, power port is further adapted to charge a power source of a mobile device encased in said protective accessory.

13. The mobile device accessory of claim 11, wherein said power port is selected from the group comprising:

a mini Universal Serial Bus (USB) port and a micro USB port.

14. The mobile device accessory of claim 3, further comprising:

(c) a coupling mechanism adapted to couple said power source of said encased mobile device to said heating element.

15. The smartphone of cover claim 1, wherein said lighting mechanism is housed in a housing operationally coupled to said protective accessory.

16. A portable electric cigarette lighter, comprising:

(a) a heating element;

(b) a power source;

(c) an actuator, adapted to activate said heating element by operationally coupling said heating element to said power source; and

(d) a slide shutter adapted to reversibly expose said heating element.

17. The portable electric cigarette lighter of claim 16, further comprising:

(e) a power port, adapted to receive a power line to charge said power source.