Digital video and music player belt buckles

• US 7,848,093 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2007
• Issued: 12/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mark Bush, Winston B. Hardson
• Original Assignee: Mark Bush, Winston B. Hardson
• Inventors: Hardson, Winston B., Bush, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi; Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Edwards; Anthony Q
• Application Number:
  US11/703,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20080024976A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• Field of Search: 361679-683, 248917-923
• US Class Current: 361/679.27
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/001 Ornamental buckles
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0508 Portable audio devices, e.g. walkman, discman, radio, MP3 player, headphones
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/021 to the belt
• 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 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• 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

Portable devices configured to be worn as a belt buckle are disclosed herein. The portable device includes a housing, a first connector attached to the housing and adapted to slideably receive a belt, and a second connector attached to the housing and adapted to secure the housing to the belt.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a belt; and

a portable device connected to the belt, the portable device including a display screen, a hinge, a speaker, and a data processing system,

wherein a first surface of the portable device is connected to the belt and a hinge, and a second surface of the portable device is connected to the hinge and includes the display screen, the second surface being rotatable relative to the first surface such that the display screen is viewable to a user when wearing the belt, and

wherein the data processing system determines an orientation of the portable device relative to a viewer of the display screen and displays images on the display screen according to the orientation.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device comprises a housing and a connector attached to the housing, the connector adapted to connect the housing to the belt.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device comprises a port adapted to receive headphones.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the data processing system displays video files on the display screen.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the data processing system plays files over the speaker.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the connector comprises a first connector and a second connector, the first connector adapted to slideably receive a belt and the second connector adapted to secure the housing to the belt.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device is hingeably connected to the belt.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a housing including a data processing system, a speaker, a display screen, and a hinge, wherein the data processing system determines an orientation of the display screen relative to a viewer of the display screen and displays images on the display screen according to the orientation; and

a connector attached to the housing, the connector adapted to connect the housing to a belt, wherein a first surface of the housing is connected to the connector and the hinge, and a second surface is connected to the hinge and includes the display screen, the second surface being rotatable relative to the first surface such that the display screen is viewable to a user when wearing the belt.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the housing comprises a port adapted to receive headphones.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the data processing system is capable of displaying video files on the display screen.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the data processing system is capable of playing audio files over the speaker.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the connector comprises a first connector and a second connector, the first connector adapted to slideably receive a belt and the second connector adapted to secure the housing to the belt.

13. A system comprising:

a housing adapted to receive a portable device, the portable device including a data processing system, a speaker, and a display screen, wherein the data processing system determines an orientation of the display screen relative to a viewer of the display screen and displays images on the display screen according to the orientation;

a first connector attached to the housing and adapted to slideably receive a belt; and

a second connector attached to the housing and adapted to secure the housing to the belt, wherein a first surface of the housing is connected to the second connector and a hinge, and a second surface is connected to the hinge and includes the display screen, the second surface being rotatable relative to the first surface such that the display screen is viewable to a user when wearing the belt.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the portable device is removable from the housing.