Multipurpose ultra-portable electronics cable

• US 8,961,220 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2013
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jason Arthur Hilbourne
• Original Assignee: Jason Arthur Hilbourne
• Inventors: Hilbourne, Jason Arthur
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilman, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US13/894,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20130309901A1
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 439/502, 439/371, 439/373, 439/219, 439/67, 439/74, 439/119
• US Class Current: 439/502
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/516 Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing , hoods
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/16 for telephony
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/065 with built-in electric apparatus

Abstract

A configurable cable for supporting an/or coupling a portable media device includes a main body with a first electrical connector on a terminal end thereof, a trunk extending from an opposing terminal end of the main body, and a second electrical connector formed on a terminal end of the trunk, wherein the second electrical connector is electrically coupled to the first electrical connector via wires running through a core of the trunk. Left and right legs extend from the opposing terminal end of the main body and on either side and substantially parallel to the trunk such that the body, trunk, and legs are disposed substantially in a plane in a first position of the configurable cable. The trunk and left and right legs are bendable from the first position into at least one of a plurality retained positions out of the plane.

Claims

1. A configurable cable comprising:

a main body having a first electrical connector on a terminal end thereof;

a trunk extending from an opposing terminal end of the main body;

a second electrical connector formed on a terminal end of the trunk, wherein the second electrical connector is electrically coupled to said first electrical connector via wires running through a core of the trunk; and

left and right legs extending from the opposing terminal end of the main body and on either side and substantially parallel to said trunk such that said body, trunk, and legs are disposed substantially in a plane in a first position of the configurable cable,

wherein said trunk and said left and right legs are bendable from the first position into at least one of a plurality of retained positions out of the plane, and wherein each of the left and right legs includes a malleable core formed of a bendable wire running along a length of each of the legs such that when the legs are bent into the at least one of the plurality of retained positions out of the plane, the legs are retained in that position without elastically returning to the first position.

2. The configurable cable of claim 1, the legs further including an elastomeric cover over the bendable wire.

9. The configurable cable of claim 1, wherein the malleable core is formed of soft brass wire.

10. The configurable cable of claim 9, wherein the soft brass wire is 16 gauge.

3. A configurable cable comprising:

a main body having a first electrical connector on a terminal end thereof;

a trunk extending from an opposing terminal end of the main body;

a second electrical connector formed on a terminal end of the trunk, wherein the second electrical connector is electrically coupled to said first electrical connector via wires running through a core of the trunk; and

left and right legs extending from the opposing terminal end of the main body and on either side and substantially parallel to said trunk such that said body, trunk, and legs are disposed substantially in a plane in a first position of the configurable cable,

wherein said trunk and said left and right legs are bendable from the first position into at least one of a plurality of retained positions out of the plane, and wherein the trunk and legs each includes a malleable core running along a length of the trunk and legs such that when the trunk and legs are bent into the at least one of the plurality of retained positions out of the plan;

the trunk is retained in that position without elastically returning to the first position.

4. The configurable cable of claim 3, wherein the legs are configured to bend in a first direction out of the plane and the trunk is configured to bend in a second direction out of the plane, different from the first direction, such that terminal ends of each of the legs and the second electrical connector formed on a terminal end of the trunk comprise tripod supports for the main body.

5. The configurable cable of claim 3, wherein the malleable core running along a length of the trunk is parallel to the wires running through the core of the trunk and electrically coupling the first electrical connector to the second electrical connector.

6. The configurable cable of claim 3, wherein the first and second electrical connector are different.

7. The configurable cable of claim 3, wherein the first and second electrical connector are taken from a group comprising pin bus connectors, USB connectors, 30-pin dock connectors, Micro USB connectors, Lightning connectors, 3.5 mm phone connectors, HDMI connectors, Mini HDMI connectors, and Thunderbolt connectors.

8. A configurable cable comprising:

a main body having a first electrical connector on a terminal end thereof;

a trunk extending from an opposing terminal end of the main body;

a second electrical connector formed on a terminal end of the trunk, wherein the second electrical connector is electrically coupled to said first electrical connector via wires running through a core of the trunk; and

left and right legs extending from the opposing terminal end of the main body and on either side and substantially parallel to said trunk such that said body, trunk, and legs are disposed substantially in a plane in a first position of the configurable cable,

wherein said trunk and said left and right legs have substantially similar lengths and are bendable from the first position into at least one of a plurality of retained positions out of the plane.

11. A configurable cable comprising:

a main body having a first electrical connector on a terminal end thereof;

a trunk extending from an opposing terminal end of the main body;

a second electrical connector formed on a terminal end of the trunk, wherein the second electrical connector is electrically coupled to said first electrical connector via wires running through a core of the trunk; and

left and right legs formed of coiled metal or Bendable linked segments extending from the opposing terminal end of the main body and on either side and substantially parallel to said trunk, such that said body, trunk, and legs are disposed substantially in a plane in a first position of the configurable cable,

wherein said trunk and said left and right legs are bendable from the first position into at least one of a plurality of retained positions out of the plane.