Mobile device accessory and apparatus for mounting the same on an automotive

• US 9,421,920 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2014
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jin Tae Jang
• Original Assignee: AAUXX Korea Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Jang, Jintae
• Primary Examiner(s): Nash, Brian D
• Application Number:
  US14/378,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20160039357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 874 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/008 Hand articles fastened to the wrist or to the arm or to the leg
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/00 Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0252 for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0003 inside the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/008 Adjustable or movable supports
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• 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 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• 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: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

The mobile device accessory includes a fixing plate to be fixed to a surface of a mobile device, a ring having an opening portion at a side thereof and a connecting member connecting the opening portion of the ring with the fixing plate such that the ring is configured to rotate to have various angles with respect to the fixing plate and an angle between the ring and the fixing plate is configured to maintain. Thus, the mobile device accessory may make the ring have various angles and the ring maintain a specific angle to carry or position the mobile device conveniently.

Claims

1. A mobile device accessory comprising:

a fixing plate to be fixed to a surface of a mobile device;

a ring having an opening portion at a side thereof; and

a connecting member connecting the opening portion of the ring with the fixing plate such that the ring is configured to rotate to have various angles with respect to the fixing plate and an angle between the ring and the fixing plate is configured to maintain, the connecting member including a connecting block disposed at the opening portion of the ring, a connecting rod penetrating through both end portions of the ring having the opening and the connecting block to connect the ring with the connecting block, and an elastic part being interposed between the connecting block and the connecting rod and surrounding the connecting rod along a circumference of the connecting rod to provide a friction force between the connecting block and the connecting rod to suppress the connecting rod from naturally rotating against the connecting block,

wherein the connecting member further includes a fastening part affixing the connecting block to the fixing plate, and

wherein the fastening part pressurizes the elastic part to heighten the friction force between the connecting block and the connecting rod.

2. The mobile device accessory of claim 1, wherein the fastening part includes a screw or a rivet.

3. The mobile device accessory of claim 1, wherein the connecting rod includes a flat face or an uneven face at an end portion thereof to suppress the connecting rod from rotating with respect to the ring.

4. A mobile device accessory comprising:

a fixing plate to be fixed to a surface of a mobile device;

a ring having an opening portion at a side thereof; and

a connecting member connecting the opening portion of the ring with the fixing plate such that the ring is configured to rotate to have various angles with respect to the fixing plate and an angle between the ring and the fixing plate is configured to maintain, the connecting member including a connecting block disposed at the opening portion of the ring, a connecting rod penetrating through both end portions of the ring having the opening and the connecting block to connect the ring with the connecting block, and an elastic part being interposed between the connecting block and the connecting rod and surrounding the connecting rod along a circumference of the connecting rod to provide a friction force between the connecting block and the connecting rod to suppress the connecting rod from naturally rotating against the connecting block,

wherein the ring includes a flat portion at one side opposite to another side at which the opening portion is formed to enlarge a contact area of the ring making contact with a bottom face.

5. The mobile device accessory of claim 4, wherein a surface of the flat portion includes rubber to suppress the ring from sliding against the bottom face.

6. The mobile device accessory of claim 4, wherein the connecting rod includes a flat face or an uneven face at an end portion thereof to suppress the connecting rod from rotating with respect to the ring.

7. An apparatus for mounting a mobile device on an automotive, the apparatus comprising:

a fixing plate to be fixed to a surface of a mobile device;

a ring including an opening portion at one side thereof and a flat portion at another side to face the opening portion;

a connecting member connecting the opening portion of the ring with the fixing plate such that the ring is configured to rotate to have various angles with respect to the fixing plate and an angle between the ring and the fixing plate is configured to maintain, the connecting member including a connecting block disposed at the opening portion of the ring, a connecting rod penetrating through both end portions of the ring having the opening and the connecting block to connect the ring with the connecting block, and an elastic part being interposed between the connecting block and the connecting rod and being disposed along a circumference of the connecting rod to provide a friction force between the connecting block and the connecting rod to suppress the connecting rod from naturally rotating with respect to the connecting block; and

a mounting member to be configured to be mounted on an automotive, the mounting member including a receiving groove to be configured to receive the flat portion downwardly and a release preventing groove to be configured to receive the connecting block for preventing the mobile device from leaving from the automotive.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the mounting member further includes:

an attaching part having an adhesive pad on one surface thereof to be configured to be attached on the automotive; and

a receiving part being fixed to another surface of the attaching part, the receiving part including the receiving groove being formed at an upper portion thereof and the release preventing groove being formed at a lower portion thereof.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the connecting member further includes a fastening part affixing the connecting block to the fixing plate.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the connecting rod includes a flat face or an uneven face at an end portion thereof to suppress the connecting rod from rotating with respect to the ring.