Accessory for mobile devices

• US 9,185,197 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2013
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cojam, LLC
• Original Assignee: Cojam, LLC
• Inventors: Keesling, Cole B., McCrocklin, Jason B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Tan H
• Application Number:
  US13/767,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20130210503A1
• Time in Patent Office: 999 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.1, 455/575.6, 455/128, 455/90.3, 455/557, 455/575.8, 224/101, 224/269, 224/194, 224/191, 224/250, 206/45.24, 206/37, 206/320, 248/688, 248/231.15, 248/682, 248/231.51, 24/31.2, 381/375, 381/380, 381/378
• 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 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/006 comprising a suspension strap or lanyard
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/027 with a horizontal and parallel rotation axis, i.e. the axis being parallel to the surface of the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/028 with a vertical rotation axis
• 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: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/021 to the belt
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• 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: H04B 2001/3855 carried in a belt or harness
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0279 Improving the user comfort or ergonomics
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

The disclosure of the present application includes accessories for securing mobile devices. In an exemplary embodiment of an accessory for securing a mobile device of the present disclosure, the accessory includes a socket having a receiver portion opposite an attachment surface, where the attachment surface is capable of attaching to a mobile device, and a connector including a connecting member disposed on a base, where the receiver portion is configured to engage and retain the connecting member. In at least one embodiment, the accessory further includes a sleeve having a tubular wall defining an opening through the sleeve, where the sleeve is adapted to accept and retain a digit of a user and is mechanically connected to the connecting member.

Claims

1. A device for securing a mobile device, the device comprising:

a socket having a ball socket portion opposite an attachment surface, wherein the attachment surface is capable of attaching to a mobile device;

a connector comprising a ball disposed on a base, wherein the ball socket portion is configured to engage and retain the ball; and

a sleeve having a tubular wall defining an opening through the sleeve, wherein the sleeve is adapted to accept and retain a digit of a user, and wherein the sleeve is mechanically connected to the ball.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the tubular wall comprises an aperture formed therethrough, the aperture configured to enable the ball of the connector to pass through the tubular wall and to retain the base within the opening of the sleeve.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the base of the connector comprises a curved shape substantially similar in curvature to the tubular wall of the sleeve.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the connector and the sleeve comprise a single integral body.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the sleeve comprises a resilient and elastic material.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the sleeve comprises a neoprene material.

7. An device for securing a mobile device, the device comprising:

a socket having a ball socket portion opposite an attachment surface, wherein the attachment surface is configured to attach to a mobile device;

a connector having a ball disposed on a base, wherein the ball is configured to reversibly engage the ball socket portion of the socket; and

a tubular sleeve defining a channel and a wall and having an aperture formed through said wall, the channel being configured to accept and retain a finger of a user, wherein the aperture is configured to enable the ball of the connector to pass through the wall but to prevent the base from passing through the wall.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the connector and the sleeve comprise one integral member.

9. A device for securing a mobile device, the device comprising:

a socket having a receiver portion opposite an attachment surface, wherein the attachment surface is capable of attaching to a mobile device;

a connector comprising a connecting member disposed on a base, wherein the receiver portion is configured to engage and retain the connecting member; and

a sleeve having a tubular wall defining an opening through the sleeve, wherein the sleeve is adapted to accept and retain a digit of a user, and wherein the sleeve is mechanically connected to the connecting member.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the tubular wall comprises an aperture formed therethrough, the aperture configured to enable the connecting member of the connector to pass through the tubular wall and to retain the base within the opening of the sleeve.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the base of the connector comprises a curved shape substantially similar in curvature to the tubular wall of the sleeve.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the connector and the sleeve comprise a single integral body.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the sleeve comprises a resilient and elastic material.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the sleeve comprises a neoprene material.