System and method for the protection and storage of small electronic components
AssigneeDigital Innovations LLC
InventorsTony Abfall, Elisabeth Abfall, Collin Anderson
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Abstract
A small case that can be injection-molded from liquid silicone rubber or a similar elastomer that protects earbuds or other components from damage and manages the wire to prevent tangling. The case has an integral pocket that holds most styles of earbuds or other items with several optional fingers that are flexible and compliant. The earbuds or other component can be inserted into the pocket and the fingers close over the earbuds or other items thereby protecting and/or retaining them. The wires can then be fed through one of the slots and wrapped around a spool. A reversible cover can then be flipped to a closed position to cover and retain the wire.
Claims8
A pliable device for storing earbuds that have a connection wire with a connection jack, the device comprising:
- a flexible cover made from a non-rigid flexible material adapted to cover a non-rotating hollow spool, the spool configured to spool the connection wire on an outer surface by hand winding, the spool having a hollow interior to receive and store earbuds in the hollow interior;
- at least one flexible member attached to a distal end of the spool, the flexible member covering the hollow interior of the spool, the flexible member yielding elastically to allow insertion and removal of earbuds into and out of the hollow interior of the spool;
- the flexible cover being reversible, folding away from the spool exposing the outer surface of the spool in an open configuration, and folding back over the spool in a closed configuration covering the outer surface of the spool;
- with the flexible cover in the open configuration, the flexible member allowing insertion of earbuds into the hollow interior of the spool, and following said insertion, the flexible member closing over the earbuds protecting the earbuds, wherein the connection wire can then be wound around the outer surface of the spool and then retained and protected by folding the flexible cover to the closed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.