COLLAR FOR PORTABLE DEVICE

• US 20160198821A1
• Filed: 01/13/2015
• Published: 07/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomas Gerard Carpenter
• Original Assignee: Thomas Gerard Carpenter
• Inventors: Carpenter, Thomas Gerard
• Granted Patent: US 10,004,308 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 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

Abstract

Briefly, embodiments of a collar, which may be suitable for removably securing a portable communications device to a user, are disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a collar to be removably secured to a portable device, the collar including a claw, at a first side of the collar, to make contact with an upward-facing substantially horizontal surface of the portable device; and

one or more protruding features, proximate with a second side of the collar, to make contact at one or more sides of a display portion of the portable device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more protruding features comprises two fin-shaped features, the two fin-shaped features spaced from one another so as to make intimate contact at two sides of a display portion of the portable device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the two fin-shaped features are coupled to one another by a substantially rigid material.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the one or more protruding features protrude from the substantially rigid material, the substantially rigid material forming a shroud to shade at least a portion a display portion of the portable device.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the substantially rigid material is coupled to the collar and comprises a receptacle for accepting a fastener for coupling the collar to an object.

6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the substantially rigid material is at least partially opaque.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a polycarbonate material.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the collar comprises one or more outwardly flared portions to deform responsive to removably securing the collar to the portable device.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more flared portions are to deform so as to provide and inward-directed force to secure the collar to the portable device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the claw comprises two or more teeth.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the collar further comprises one or more orifices for permitting air coupling with one or more microphones of the portable device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more orifices comprise two orifices disposed on approximately opposite sides of the collar.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an eyelet to fasten the collar to an accoutrement via an at least partially ring-shaped clip coupled to a lanyard.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a collar having a claw, proximate with a first end portion of the collar, for coupling to a substantially horizontal surface of a portable device, the collar coupled to at least one prong, proximate with a second end portion, the claw and the at least one prong cooperating to removably secure a portable device to the collar.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, the collar comprising at least one flared portion to deform responsive to insertion of the portable device into the collar.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the claw comprises two or more teeth.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the two or more teeth are disposed at a substantially 90 degree angle, so as to couple to a corner of the portable device.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the collar further comprises one or more orifices for permitting air coupling with one or more microphones of the portable device.

19. An apparatus, comprising:

a collar having a claw, proximate with a first end portion of the collar, for coupling to a substantially horizontal surface of a portable device, the collar coupled to two fin-shaped features, proximate with a second end portion, the claw, the collar, and two fin-shaped features to removably secure a portable device to an object.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the collar comprises one or more flared portions which, upon removably securing to a portable device, deform so as to cooperatively maintain and inward force directed toward a center axis of the portable device.