Holder for mobile communications device

A method for mounting a mobile communications device to a substrate, comprising:

• providing a holder which includes (a) a back wall having attaching means thereon for releasably attaching the holder to a substrate, (b) first and second opposing sidewalls, (c) a bottom wall, and (d) a front wall extending from said first sidewall to said second sidewall, wherein said front wall only partially covers said mobile communications device when said mobile communications device is disposed in said holder, and (e) a first side wall which is attached along a seam on a first end thereof to said front wall, and which is attached on a second end thereof to said back wall;
• releasably mounting the holder on a rigid interior surface of a vehicle;
• and
• placing a mobile communications device in the holder;
• wherein said front wall has a sloped profile which extends a distance d1 from said bottom wall along a first edge as measured along a first axis perpendicular to said bottom wall and parallel to said front wall, and which extends a distance d2 from said bottom wall along a second edge as measured along a second axis perpendicular to said bottom wall and parallel to said front wall, wherein said front wall extends a distance dc from said bottom wall as measured along a central axis which is perpendicular to said bottom wall and parallel to said front wall and which intersects the midpoint of said seam, and wherein d1≤dc<d2, wherein d1>0, and wherein 2d1<d2.

A method for mounting a mobile communications device to a substrate, comprising:

• providing a holder which includes (a) a back wall having attaching means thereon for releasably attaching the holder to a substrate, (b) a bottom wall, (c) a front wall which is connected to said back wall by said bottom wall and which has opposing first and second edges, (d) first and second opposing sidewalls, each of which extends from said back wall to said front wall and adjoins said front wall along a seam, wherein said front wall extends from said first sidewall to said second sidewall and only partially covers said mobile communications device when said mobile communications device is disposed in said holder, and wherein said back wall has a major axis and a minor axis which is perpendicular to said major axis;
• releasably mounting the holder on a rigid interior surface of a vehicle such that the major axis is in a horizontal orientation;
• and
• placing a mobile communications device in the holder, wherein said mobile communications device has a power port which releasably attaches to a power cord, and wherein said mobile communications device rests in said holder in a horizontal orientation and such that said first side wall extends below said power port;
• wherein said first edge which extends a distance d1 from said bottom wall, wherein said second edge which extends a distance d2 from said bottom wall, wherein said front wall extends a distance dc from said bottom wall as measured along a central axis which is perpendicular to said bottom wall and parallel to said front wall and which intersects the midpoint of said seam, and wherein d1≤dc<d2, wherein d1>0, and wherein 2d1<d2.