Shock and weather protective mobile telephone case

• US 6,092,707 A
• Filed: 09/24/1997
• Issued: 07/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James Bowes Jr
• Original Assignee: James Bowes Jr
• Inventors: Bowes, James Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vidovich, Gregory M.
• Application Number:
  US08/936,697
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: 224/428, 224/430, 224/431, 224/433, 224/435, 224/414, 224/412, 224/440, 224/441, 224/451-456, 224/457, 224/459-462, 224/148.3, 224/929, 206/523, 206/305, 206/320, 206/372
• US Class Current: 224/435
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/008 for making water- or air-tight
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 11/04 for bottles
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/22 between the main frame tubes, e.g. suspended from the top tube
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/42 Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/929 Article carrier for electrical device

Abstract

A shock and weather protective telephone case, composed of two separate halves which when mated together form a hollow cylinder with capped ends. A mobile telephone or other similarly sized equipment is protected by placing it within the cylinder. The body of the case includes an indentation to secure the case to a standard bicycle water bottle holder. The case provides a waterproof seal with which to protect the contents. Foam inserts are located on the internal walls of the cylinder to secure and protect the contents from shock and also allow acoustical clearance.

Claims

1. A protective container for holding a mobile/cellular telephone, said container adapted to be attached to a bicycle water bottle holder having a base support and opposing first and second supports extending from the base support, said container comprising:

first and second distinct portions, each said portion having a mating surface;

a hinge which hinges said first and second portions together allowing each said mating surface to mate together in a closed configuration, wherein, when mated together, said distinct portions form a capped hollow cylinder;

a fastener that fastens said distinct portions together when said mating surfaces are mated together;

said mating surfaces further including an O-ring therebetween;

a shock and vibration dampening foam cushioning located inside said hollow container, wherein when said first and second distinct portions are placed in said closed configuration, said foam cushioning sandwiching the telephone in said container to hold and maintain the telephone substantially motionless relative to said container;

one of said distinct portions including an indentation, wherein said container is configured to be placed within the water bottle holder with one of the first and second supports engaging said indentation for holding said container within the water bottle holder.

2. The container of claim 1 wherein said container includes a hook which allows attachment of a tether or a carrying strap.

3. The container of claim 1 wherein said foam cushioning comprising spaced apart pieces of foam which define regions therebetween with no foam, said pieces of foam holding the telephone inside said container away from interior surfaces thereof, said regions that contain no foam permitting transmission therethrough of the ringing of the telephone, thus increasing the audibility of the ringing of the telephone when the telephone is inside said container in said closed configuration.

4. The container of claim 1 wherein the foam cushion comprising a material which protects the telephone from shock equivalent to or less than a six foot drop of said container in said closed configuration.

5. The container of claim 1 wherein said container, in said closed configuration and containing a telephone therein, is floatable in water.

6. The container of claim 1 wherein said foam cushioning is compressible.