Carrying case assembly

• US 9,301,584 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2014
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shane Butts
• Original Assignee: Shane Butts
• Inventors: Butts, Shane
• Primary Examiner(s): LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW
• Application Number:
  US14/459,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20160045002A1
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 224/218, 361/679.59, 248/688
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/00 Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/38 Camera cases, e.g. of ever-ready type
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 9/00 Purses, Luggage or bags convertible into objects for other use sacks or packs carried on the body and convertible into other articles A45F4/02; trunk-wardrobes A47B61/06; trunk-beds A47C17/82
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/22 with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs F16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/005 integral with the apparatus or articles to be supported
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3877 Arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/185 Improving the rigidity of the casing or resistance to shocks
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0086 portable, e.g. battery operated apparatus casings for switching devices H01H9/02
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/023 Handles; Grips
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0234 Feet; Stands; Pedestals, e.g. wheels for moving casing on floor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/03 Covers

Abstract

A carrying case assembly for positioning an electronic device to take a self portrait includes a housing structured to insertably receive the electronic device. An arm is movably coupled to the housing. The arm is positionable between a deployed position and a stored position. The arm is positionable in an extended position after the arm is positioned in the deployed position. The arm may be gripped by a user. The electronic device is retained a selected distance away from the user.

Claims

1. A carrying case assembly comprising:

a housing structured to insertably receive an electronic device; and

an arm movably coupled to said housing, said arm being positionable between a deployed position and a stored position, said arm being positionable in an extended position after said arm is positioned in said deployed position such that said arm is configured to be gripped by a user wherein the electronic device is retained a selected distance away from the user, said arm comprising a plurality of segments of said arm, said segments of said arm each being slidably coupled to an adjacent one of said segments such that said arm has a telescopically adjustable length, each of said segments tapering between a back end and a front end of said segment wherein each segment has a trapezoidal shape, each of said segments having a respective planar face between said front end and said back end, said planar faces of said segments being coplanar.

2. The carrying case assembly according to claim 1, further comprising said housing having a perimeter wall extending between each of a front wall and a back wall of said housing.

3. The carrying case assembly according to claim 2, further comprising said back wall of said housing having an arm well extending forwardly therein, said arm well extending from a bottom side of said perimeter wall of housing toward a top side of said perimeter wall of said housing.

4. The carrying case assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a coupled one of said segments being hingedly coupled to a bottom edge of a back wall of said housing.

5. The carrying case assembly according to claim 4, further comprising said arm being positioned within an arm well when said arm is positioned in said stored position.

6. The carrying case assembly according to claim 4, further comprising said arm extending away from said back wall of said housing when said arm is positioned in said deployed position.

7. A carrying case assembly comprising:

a housing having a perimeter wall extending between each of a front wall and a back wall of said housing, said housing being structured to insertably receive an electronic device;

said back wall of said housing having an arm well extending forwardly therein, said arm well extending from a bottom side of said perimeter wall of housing toward a top side of said perimeter wall of said housing;

an arm, said arm comprising a plurality of segments of said arm, said segments of said arm each being slidably coupled to an adjacent one of said segments such that said arm has a telescopically adjustable length, a coupled one of said segments being hingedly coupled to a bottom edge of said back wall of said housing, each of said segments tapering between a back end and a front end of said segment wherein each segment has a trapezoidal shape, each of said segments having a respective planar face between said front end and said back end, said planar faces of said segments being coplanar;

said arm being positionable in a stored position having said arm being positioned within an arm well;

said arm being positionable in a deployed position having said arm extending away from said back wall of said housing; and

said arm being positionable in an extended position after said arm is positioned in said deployed position such that said arm is configured to be gripped by a user, wherein the electronic device is retained a selected distance away from a user.