Handle for a touch screen computing device

• US 8,576,563 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2010
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rullingnet Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Rullingnet Corporation Limited
• Inventors: Yang, Dan Dan, Lu, Cecile, Lu, Zibin
• Primary Examiner(s): HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US12/892,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20120075801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,134 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.59, 361/679.56, 361/679.3, 206/320, 206/701
• US Class Current: 361/679.59
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/003 for portable computing devices, e.g. laptop, tablet, netbook, game boy, navigation system, calculator
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0525 Personal portable computing devices, e.g. laptop, tablet, netbook, game boy, navigation system, calculator
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 17/001 Baby-comforters
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/006 Infant exercisers, e.g. for attachment to a crib
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203

Abstract

A handle for a computing device having a touch screen, wherein the handle is affixed to the computing device, and the handle is made of material that is suitable for gripping by an infant and the handle is of a specific size range such that the handle is capable of being gripped by an infant.

Claims

1. A handle for a tablet computing device comprising:

the tablet computing device,

the handle being rigid and immovable and affixed to the tablet computing device and having a cross-sectional size such that the handle is suitable for use any person,

the handle being affixed to the tablet computing device by two vertical bridging pieces and at least two horizontal bridging pieces,

the handle extending from the peripheral edge along an entire circumference of the tablet computing device,

a first of the at least two horizontal bridging pieces being affixed to a vertical side of the tablet computing device and a second of the at least two horizontal bridging pieces being affixed to an opposite vertical side of the tablet computing device,

one of the two vertical bridging pieces being affixed to a horizontal side of the tablet computing device, and another one of the two vertical bridging pieces being affixed to an opposite horizontal side of the tablet computing device, and

the handle having a circular cross-section in shape and is affixed to the tablet computing device such that there are at least four corresponding spaces between the handle and the tablet computing device, to enable a user to grasp the handle and to simultaneously manipulate the tablet computing device.

2. The handle as in claim 1, wherein the handle is permanently affixed to the tablet computing device.

3. The handle as in claim 1, wherein the handle is removably affixed to the tablet computing device.

4. The handle as in claim 1, wherein the handle is constructed from a non-toxic material.

5. The handle as in claim 1, wherein the handle is made of silicone.

6. The handle as in claim 1, wherein the tablet computing device is a touch screen computing device.

7. The handle as in claim 1, wherein the tablet computing device is a mobile device with mobile communications capability.