Portable phone organizer

• US 5,348,347 A
• Filed: 07/26/1993
• Issued: 09/20/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Quaker State Investment Corp. (Shell Plc)
• Original Assignee: Auto-Shade, Inc.
• Inventors: Shink, Joe
• Primary Examiner(s): Rosenbaum, Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAN, FRANCES CHIN
• Application Number:
  US08/097,459
• Time in Patent Office: 421 Days
• Field of Search: 402/70, 402/80 R, 281/15.1, 281/29, 281/31, 281/51, 40/537, 40/159, 40/405, 206/38, 206/214, 206/224, 206/371, 206/576, 206/220, 206/305, 248/205.2, 505/311.2, 150/131, 150/135, 150/139, 150/143, 190/102, 224/901, 294/146, 379/426, 379/446, 379/454, 379/455, 379/447, 379/437, 455/89, 455/90
• US Class Current: 281/31
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 5/006 combined with auxiliary devices

Abstract

A pocketbook size organizer that can store a portable cellular phone. The organizer comprises a flexible book which has a first cover portion that can fold onto a center cover portion and a second cover portion that folds onto the first cover portion. The book has hook and loop material that fastens the second cover to the first cover to secure the organizer in a folded condition. The inside of the first cover has a pair of straps that secure the portable phone to the book. The straps are attached together by hook and loop material which allows the organizer to carry phones having different outer dimensions. The book also contains a pocket which can receive a calculator and a slit that can capture a note pad. The organizer can be carried by a handle which is attached to the book and has a free end that can be coupled to the outer surface of the center cover by hook and loop material.

Claims

1. A portable phone organizer book that can hold a portable phone, a calculator and a note pad, comprising:

a flexible book which has a first cover portion that can fold onto a center cover portion and a second cover portion that can fold onto said first cover portion, said flexible book having a first slit that is adapted to capture the note pad;

a phone strap attached to said flexible book and adapted to secure the portable phone to said flexible book;

a pocket attached to said flexible book and adapted to secure the calculator to said flexible book; and

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fastening means for attaching said second cover portion to said first cover portion.

2. The organizer as recited in claim 1, further comprising a handle attached to said flexible book.

3. The organizer as recited in claim 2, wherein said handle can be fastened to said flexible book by hook and loop material.

4. The organizer as recited in claim 1, further comprising a pen strap attached to said flexible book and adapted to secure a pen to said flexible book.

5. The organizer as recited in claim 1, wherein said flexible book has a plurality of second slits that form pockets within said flexible book.

6. The organizer as recited in claim 1, wherein said fastening means is hook and loop material.

7. The organizer as recited in claim 1, wherein said phone strap includes two strap sections that are secured by hook and loop material.

8. The organizer as recited in claim 1, further comprising secondary straps that extend from said center cover portion and can be attached to said first cover portion by hook and loop material.

9. A portable phone organizer book that can hold a portable phone, a calculator, a note pad and a pen, comprising:

a flexible book which has a first cover portion that can fold onto a center cover portion and a second cover portion that can fold onto said first cover portion, said flexible book having a first slit that is adapted to capture the note pad and a plurality of second slits that form a plurality of pockets in said flexible bag;

hook and loop material that can attach said second cover portion to said first cover portion;

a phone strap attached to said flexible book and adapted to secure the portable phone to said flexible book, said phone strap having two strap sections that are secured by hook and loop material;

a pair of secondary straps that extend from said center cover portion and can be attached to said first cover portion by hook and loop material;

a pocket attached to said flexible book and adapted to secure the calculator to said flexible book;

a pen strap attached to said flexible book and adapted to secure the pen to said flexible book; and

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a handle attached to said flexible book, said handle having an end that can be attached to said flexible book by hook and loop material.