Portable phone pouch, mounting and usage system

• US 5,711,469 A
• Filed: 08/05/1996
• Issued: 01/27/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Engineering Consortium, Incorporated
• Original Assignee: The Engineering Consortium, Incorporated
• Inventors: Pavol, John T., Gormley, Alfred E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Walczak, David J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vidovich, Gregory M.
• Application Number:
  US08/692,204
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 224/312, 224/901.8, 224/929, 224/930, 224/603, 224/604, 224/605, 224/222, 224/676, 224/674, 224/675, 224/235, 224/236, D 3/215, D 3/218, D 3/224, D 3/225, D 3/226, D 3/230, D12/417
• US Class Current: 224/675
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/021 to the belt
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0035 Sun visors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/05 mounted on sun visor
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3877 Arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/929 Article carrier for electrical device
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/93 Attached to animate bearer

Abstract

A pouch body (12) used to contain a portable phone utilizes a closure strap (18) to seal the top opening of the pouch with a hook and loop material fastening piece. The phone may be used in the normal manner through the pouch utilizing the flexible transparent window material (38) to view the phone display and activate the phones keypad. The pouch may be mounted to a belt, strap or any similar sized object using the loop fastener mounting strap (26) with strap adhered to itself (32) attached to hook fastener patch (34). The pouch is also mountable to the sun visor of any vehicle by attaching the pouches loop fastener mounting strap (26) while adhered to hook fastener patch (34) to either the 1st hook attachment strip (42) or 2nd hook attachment strip (46) provided on the expandable mounting band (40).

Claims

1. A kit for holding a device, the kit comprising:

a pouch configured to surround and contain a device, said pouch having an opening at an upper end thereof, a closure strap attached thereto for closing said opening, a loop fastener mounting strap having a first end attached to said pouch and second end having releasable attachment means thereon for selective releasable attachment to said pouch wherein said loop fastener mounting strap being configured for attachment to a support, and a first attachment strip attached to said mounting strap, said closure strap includes a first end secured to said pouch adjacent said opening and a second end having releasable engagement means thereon for selective releasable attachment to said mounting strap adjacent said opening;

an expandable, loop configured to circumscribe and be secured about a vehicle sun visor, said loop having a second attachment strip secured thereto;

such that, in use, said pouch is selectively attached to one of a support and a vehicle sun visor, wherein said loop fastener mounting strap provides retention about the support, and said first and second attachment strips being releasably engaged with each other to provide retention to the visor.

2. The kit as defined in claim 1 wherein said releasable attachment means comprises a hook and loop fastener.

3. The kit as defined in claim 1 wherein said first attachment strip comprises one of a hook and loop fastener and said second attachment strip comprises the other of the hook and loop fastener.

4. The kit as defined in claim 1 wherein said releasable engagement means comprises a hook and loop fastener.

5. The kit as defined in claim 1 wherein said releasable engagement means comprises a fastener attachable to said first attachment strip.

6. The kit as defined in claim 1 wherein the device is a portable, wireless communication device.

7. A method for holding a portable wireless communication device, the method comprising:

providing a pouch configured to surround and contain the portable wireless communication device, said pouch further having a closure strap attached thereto for closing said pouch, a loop fastener mounting strap attached thereto, and a first attachment strip attached thereto;

placing the portable wireless communication device in said pouch and closing said pouch with said closure strap; and

selectively attaching said pouch to one of a support and a vehicle sun visor attachment, wherein said loop fastener mounting strap is configured to provide retention to the support, and wherein said sun visor attachment comprises an expandable mounting band for circumscribing a sun visor having a second attachment strip attached thereto said first and second attachment strips being releasably engaged with each other.