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US 10,480,711 B1Granted
Magnet mount apparatus for a portable communication device
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorsChi T. Tran, Ryan M Nilsen, Sze Yen Lim
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Abstract
A mounting apparatus for a portable communication device is provided. The mounting apparatus is mountable and secured onto a wearable garment or other external substrate using both magnetic engagement and tethers. The mounting apparatus minimizes shaking of the portable communication device and/or the possibility of the portable communication device getting knocked off the external substrate.
Claims27
A mounting apparatus for an electronic communication device comprising:
- a holster to secure a device;
- a rigid magnetic frame having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the rigid magnetic frame is adjustably coupled to the holster at the front surface and further has an integrated clip system at the back surface, the integrated clip system being configured to engage with a front surface of a wearable garment, the integrated clip system comprising a top tether cutout and a bottom tether cutout with space therebetween for accommodating a lanyard strap;
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- a center buckle between the top tether cutout and the bottom tether cutout to further secure the lanyard strap to the mounting apparatus;
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- a flexible magnetic frame configured to be positioned behind a back surface of an article of clothing while magnetically being engaged with the rigid magnetic frame, and the center buckle being recessed to prevent an engagement of the lanyard strap from hindering a magnetic engagement between the rigid magnetic frame and the flexible magnetic frame.
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A mounting apparatus for an electronic communication device comprising:
- a holster to secure a device;
- a rigid magnetic frame having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the rigid magnetic frame is adjustably coupled to the holster at the front surface and further has an integrated clip system at the back surface, the integrated clip system being configured to engage with a front surface of a wearable garment, comprising;
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- a flexible magnetic frame configured to be positioned behind a back surface of an article of clothing while magnetically being engaged with the rigid magnetic frame, wherein the flexible magnetic frame comprises:
- a first tether cutout that provides flexibility, relief, and an access for tethering, the first tether cutout being placed in a middle top edge of the flexible magnetic frame to allow for tethering through a collar of the wearable garment;
- a relief hole vertically below the first tether cutout to provide additional flexibility and mounting access;
- a second tether cutout located vertically below the relief hole to provide additional flexibility, relief, and access for tethering;
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- a third tether cutout near a bottom edge of the flexible magnetic frame to provide additional flexibility, relief, and access for tethering.
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A mounting apparatus for an electronic communication device comprising:
- a holster to secure a device;
- a rigid magnetic frame having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the rigid magnetic frame is adjustably coupled to the holster at the front surface and further has an integrated clip system at the back surface, the integrated clip system being configured to engage with a front surface of a wearable garment, comprising;
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- a flexible magnetic frame configured to be positioned behind a back surface of an article of clothing while magnetically being engaged with the rigid magnetic frame, wherein the flexible magnetic frame comprises:
- two top tether cutouts placed along a middle top edge of the flexible magnetic frame to allow for tethering to a wearable garment,
- two bottom tether cutouts placed along a middle bottom edge of the flexible magnetic frame to allow for additional tethering to a wearable garment;
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- four middle tether cutouts that provide additional access for tethering, two of the four middle tether cutouts being placed along a middle left edge of the flexible magnetic frame and another two middle tether cutouts being placed along a middle right edge of the flexible magnetic frame.
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A mounting apparatus for an electronic communication device comprising:
- a holster to secure a device;
- a rigid magnetic frame having a front surface and a back surface, the rigid magnetic frame being formed of a single molded rigid main body with a plurality of magnets integrated therein, the rigid magnetic frame being adjustably coupled to the holster at the front surface and further having an integrated clip system at the back surface, the integrated clip system being configured to engage with a front surface of a wearable garment;
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- a flexible magnetic frame configured to be positioned behind a back surface of an article of clothing while magnetically engaging with the plurality of magnets integrated within the rigid magnetic frame via a plurality of corresponding magnets integrated within the flexible magnetic frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.