Personal accessory carrying device

• US 7,661,620 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2006
• Issued: 02/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Waddell K. Fields
• Original Assignee: Waddell K. Fields
• Inventors: Fields, Waddell K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson; Matthew D
• Assistant Examiner(s): GONZALES, APRIL GUZMAN
• Application Number:
  US11/371,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20070213104A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,441 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.6, 224/162, 224/217, 242/379, 242/382, 379/446, 439/501
• US Class Current: 242/379
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/004 with an automatic spring reel
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/021 to the belt
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

The present invention is directed toward a carrying device enabling hands-free transporting of a personal data assistant, cellular telephone, pager, MP3 Player, media player, hand held game, hand held GPS device or any other personal accessory or hand held device that may be attached to the body of a user. The device enables a detachment of the handheld device from a housing while maintaining a secured link of the hand held device to the user'"'"'s body with and automatic facilitated comfortable adjustment of a secure link of the hand held device, thereby providing hand-free carrying and an elimination of risk of loss from accidental misplacement.

Claims

1. An apparatus configured to mount a device to a user'"'"'s body comprising:

a housing having a chord and a spring within said housing, said chord extendable from and retractable into said housing under the tension of said spring, said housing having a first portion of a snap fastener extending therefrom;

a chord connector attached to an end of said chord;

a connection disk having a first rivet positioned through its center, wherein a first side of said connection disk is attached to the device;

a connection fillet having first and second ends, wherein said connection fillet is configured with said first rivet extending through said connection fillet first end, thereby connecting said connection fillet to said connection disk, said connection fillet having a second portion of a snap fastener attached to said connection fillet second end;

wherein said chord connector is connected to said connection fillet, and said first and second snap fastener portions are engaged to detachably connect said connection fillet to said housing.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the device mounted to the body of a user is a communication device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the device mounted to the body of a user is a carrying case into which a communication device is mounted.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the housing includes a carabiner clip that facilitates the connection of the housing.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said first side of said connection disk includes an adhesive that facilitates attachment of said first side of said connection disk to the device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said second portion of said snap fastener comprises a snap fastener socket.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said housing has a first side and a second side, wherein said second side has said first portion of said snap fastener extending there from.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said first portion of said snap fastener extending from said second side of said housing comprises a snap fastener stud.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said first side of said housing includes a belt clip assembly mounted thereto, wherein said belt clip assembly comprises a rotatable member and a clip connected to said rotatable member wherein said clip is configured to mount said apparatus to the body of a user.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said connection fillet first end rotates around the axis extending through the center of said rivet.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the device is one from the group consisting of a GPS device, PDA, cell phone, pager, MP3 player or MPeg 4 player.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said first and second snap fastener portions comprise a mounting mechanism that facilitates the detachable mount of the device to said housing, wherein the device may be detached from the housing by pulling the device and detaching said first snap fastener member portion from said second snap fastener member portion.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said first rivet extends through said connection fillet proximate the center of said connection fillet first end and rotatably attaches said connection fillet to said connection disk, thereby facilitating the rotation of said connection fillet around an axis extending through the center of said first rivet.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said chord connector is connected to said connection fillet by a second rivet, thereby facilitating the rotation of said chord connector about the axis extending through the center of said second rivet.

15. An apparatus configured to mount a device to a user'"'"'s body comprising:

a housing having a chord and a spring within said housing, said chord extendable from and retractable into said housing under the tension of said spring wherein said housing is configured with a carabiner clip facilitating connection of said housing to the user'"'"'s body;

a device connector comprising a thin durable material having a rivet positioned proximate and through the center of said device connector, wherein a first side of said device connector is permanently attached to the device;

a connection fillet having first and second ends, wherein said connection fillet is configured with said connection rivet extending through said connection fillet first end, thereby permanently and rotatably connecting said connection fillet to said device connector, said connection fillet being attached to said chord;

a snap fastener assembly having a socket and a stud, wherein said stud is connected to and extends from said housing and said socket is connected to and extends from said connection fillet, wherein said stud and said socket engage to detachably connect said connection fillet to said housing.

16. An apparatus configured to mount a hand held device to a user'"'"'s body comprising:

a housing having a chord and a spring within said housing, said chord extendable from and retractable into said housing under the tension of said spring;

a device housing configured to removably house said hand held device, wherein said device housing has a first rivet extending through a first side of said device housing;

a connection fillet having first and second ends, wherein said connection fillet is configured with said first rivet extending through said connection fillet first end, thereby permanently and rotatably connecting said connection fillet to said device housing,

a chord connector attached to an end of said chord and attached to said connection fillet; and

a snap fastener having a female portion and a male portion, wherein said male portion extends from said housing and said male portion extends from said connection fillet, wherein said male and female portions are engaged to detachably connect said connection fillet to said housing.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the hand held device is one from the group consisting of a GPS device, PDA, cell phone, pager, MP3 player or media player.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said chord connector is connected to said connection fillet by a second rivet, thereby facilitating the rotation of said chord connector about the axis extending through the center of said second rivet.