SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MOUNTABLE MULTI-POSITIONAL DEVICE HOLDER

• US 20190185094A1
• Filed: 12/15/2017
• Published: 06/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nite Ize Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Nite Ize Incorporated
• Inventors: Vogel, Frank, Ormsbee, Bowden, Lindquist, Steven L.
• Granted Patent: US 11,292,543 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/10 Arrangement of audio equipment; Supports therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 50/225 Mounting arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/21 above or alongside the front wheel, e.g. on the handlebars
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 1/00 Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/005 Means to increase the friction-coefficient
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/08 using bands
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/22 of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material F16B2/205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/83 Use of a magnetic material

Abstract

A device holder includes a base portion, the base portion attachable to an object. The device holder further includes a ball portion mounted on the base portion. The device holder further includes a cage portion, interconnected with the base portion, the cage portion shaped to hold a mobile device.

Claims

1. A device holder, the device holder comprising:

a base portion, the base portion attachable to an object;

a ball portion mounted on the base portion;

a cage portion, interconnected with the base portion, the cage portion shaped to hold a mobile device.

2. The device holder of claim 1, wherein the cage portion is made of elastic material such that it stretches around the mobile device holding it firmly.

3. The device holder of claim 2, further comprising a cage holder, the cage holder having a locking tab, the locking tab interacting with the base portion to hold the cage portion to the base portion.

4. The device holder of claim 3, wherein the locking tab has a first position and a second position, the first position characterized by the locking tab being proximate to the base portion such that the cage portion is held to the base portion, the second position characterized by the locking tab being distal from the base portion, such that the cage portion can be removed.

5. The device holder of claim 4, further comprising a socket, the socket including a magnet, wherein the ball portion is made of magnetic material, and the magnet of the socket and the magnetic material of the ball portion cooperate to hold the socket in a position, and wherein the socket is interconnected with the mobile device.

6. The device holder of claim 5, wherein the base portion includes a support, the support having a connection area.

7. The device holder of claim 6, wherein the base portion includes a strap.

8. The device holder of claim 7, wherein the strap includes a plurality of apertures and the base portion includes a prong.

9. The device holder of claim 8, wherein the support and connection area are configured to accommodate an object placed in the connection area and the strap is positioned in relation to the object and the connection area such that the strap wraps around the object and is held in place by the prong passing through one of the plurality of apertures.

10. The device holder of claim 9, wherein the connection area has a concave shape and the object is a handle bar of a bike.

11. The device holder of claim 10, wherein the cage portion is shaped to surround a rectangular prism and includes a first, second, third, and fourth aperture, each of the first, second, third, and fourth apertures positioned to be diagonal to the sides of the rectangular prism, such that the first, second, third, and fourth aperture each allow a corner of the rectangular prism to pass through and thereby hold the rectangular prism.

12. A device holder, the device holder comprising:

a base portion, the base portion attachable to an object;

a device plate;

a cage portion, interconnected with the base portion, the cage portion shaped to hold a mobile device.

13. The device holder of claim 12, wherein the device plate is rotatable in relation to the base portion.

14. The device holder of claim 13, wherein the cage portion is made of elastic material such that it stretches around the mobile device holding it firmly.

15. The device holder of claim 14, wherein the base portion includes a support, the support having a connection area.

16. The device holder of claim 15, wherein the base portion includes a strap.

17. The device holder of claim 16, wherein the strap includes a plurality of apertures and the base portion includes a prong.

18. The device holder of claim 17, wherein the support and connection area are configured to accommodate an object placed in the connection area and the strap is positioned in relation to the object and the connection area such that the strap wraps around the object and is held in place by the prong passing through one of the plurality of apertures.

19. The device holder of claim 18, wherein the connection area has a concave shape and the object is a handle bar of a bike.

20. The device holder of claim 19, wherein the cage portion is shaped to surround a rectangular prism and includes a first, second, third, and fourth aperture, each of the first, second, third, and fourth apertures positioned to be diagonal to the sides of the rectangular prism, such that the first, second, third, and fourth aperture each allow a corner of the rectangular prism to pass through and thereby hold the rectangular prism.

21. A method of securing a device to a bicycle handle bars, the method comprising:

providing a socket and attaching the socket to the device;

providing a device holder, the device holder having a base portion, a ball portion mounted on the base portion, and a cage portion, interconnected with the base portion, the cage portion shaped to hold the device;

stretching the cage portion around the device, such that the device is held by the cage portion;

connecting, using magnetism, the socket portion to the ball portion;

connecting the base portion to the bicycle handle bars, by placing a connection area on the handle bars, stretching a strap around the handle bars, and locking the strap to the base portion using a prong of the base portion.