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US 10,384,745 B1Granted
Sleds and other recreational vehicles with a built-in selfie window
OwnerAmit Jay Vallabh, Rajesh Vallabhinventors
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Abstract
Sleds and other recreational vehicles rideable or otherwise usable by one or more users with a built-in holder for a smartphone or other camera-equipped device to facilitate taking selfie and/or ahead-looking pictures or video while the one or more users are using the recreational vehicle.
Claims16
A recreational vehicle rideable or otherwise usable by one or more users, comprising:
- a vehicle body including a portion on or in which one or more users may be positioned during use;
- and
- a window structure in the vehicle body releasably or removably holding an electronic device of one of said one or more users, said electronic device having a forward-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera, said window structure including one or more open or optically clear areas and a built-in waterproof pocket removably holding the electronic device, wherein at least a portion of the pocket covering a camera lens is optically clear, enabling the one or more cameras to take selfie videos or photographs and/or ahead-looking videos or photographs while positioned in the waterproof pocket and while the vehicle is traveling with the one or more users;
- and wherein the recreational vehicle is a snow sled, inflatable sliding sled, or an aquatic vehicle.
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An inflatable vehicle usable by one or more users, comprising:
- a vehicle body including a tubular element extending at least partly around the periphery of the vehicle body;
- and
- a window structure in the tubular element of the vehicle releasably locking therein an electronic device of one of said one or more users, said electronic device having one or more cameras, said window structure including one or more open or optically clear areas enabling the one or more cameras to take selfie videos or photographs and/or ahead-looking videos or photographs while the vehicle is traveling with the one or more users, said window structure being recessed in said tubular element with openings at a front side and/or opposite back side of the tubular element for insertion of said electronic device in said window structure, wherein the window structure includes (a) a built-in waterproof pocket removably holding the electronic device, wherein at least a portion of the pocket covering a camera lens is optically clear or (b) a built-in retainer releasably holding a portable waterproof electronic device holder containing the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.