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Device holder with magnetic retainer

  • US 8,317,067 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2009
  • Issued: 11/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device holder, comprising:

  • a device-receiving frame having a recess adapted for receiving therein a portable electronic device, the frame having a resilient tongue integrally formed therein, the tongue being bendable in an arc extending rearward;

    a planar ferromagnetic metal plate having a resilient tongue integrally formed therein, for engaging the receiving frame tongue;

    a first elongate magnetic member;

    a hollow elongate backing frame having a rear face defining a recess, the backing frame being attached to a rear portion of the device receiving frame, the ferromagnetic plate being sandwiched between the device receiving frame and the backing frame, the first elongate magnetic member being magnetically attachable to the ferromagnetic plate and seated in the recess when magnetically attached;

    a cord receiving channel defined between opposing edges of the device-receiving frame and the backing frame, the channel extending about the periphery of the frames and being adapted for receiving excess cord of the portable electronic device; and

    a second elongate magnetic member magnetically attachable to the first elongate magnetic member;

    whereby the holder is magnetically attachable to a garment when the second magnetic member is placed beneath the garment and the first magnetic member is aligned therewith.

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