Spinning accessory for mobile device
OwnerScott Phillip Shaw, Omer Salikinventors
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Abstract
A mobile device accessory comprising a base that affixes to a mobile device, and a rotating element, such as a rotary ball-bearing disc, coupled to said base allowing for the device to spin along the axis of the rotating element. The accessory may further comprise hinged or extendable arms. The accessory may further comprise a power source or motor for rotating the accessory. The accessory may further comprise a control circuit coupled to a software application capable of controlling the rotation of the spinning element.
Claims8
A mobile device accessory comprising:
- a base having a means for being physically affixed to said mobile device along a first surface of the base;
- an arm comprising a collapsible accordion coupled to said base, said arm extendable outward from said base along said axis orthogonal to said first surface of the base, said arm further retractable back toward said base by collapsing said accordion to form a shape less than an inch in thickness;
- a foot affixed to said arm opposite said base;
- said arm, when extended, having a cross-sectional diameter proximate said base that is less than the cross-sectional diameter proximate said foot;
- a ball-bearing affixed to said foot comprised of a first ring, a second ring, wherein said first ring and second ring are concentric and said first ring has a diameter smaller than said second ring;
- and wherein said first ring has a surface opposite said foot having a friction higher than friction of surface opposite said foot of said second ring;
- wherein said second ring provides a rotating wheel and said first ring provides a fixed axle, in which said first ring is stationary and said second ring rotates and wherein said first ring and said second ring are separated by at least four balls interposed in the space between said first and second ring, said balls reducing the friction between said first ring and said second ring.
An accessory less than an inch in thickness for attaching to a mobile device or to a mobile device case, comprising:
- a securing element for attaching the accessory to the back of the mobile device or mobile device case;
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- a rotating element connected to the securing element, said rotating element comprising a first outer ring and a second inner ring, wherein said outer ring has a diameter greater to said inner ring and said outer ring and said inner ring are concentric;
- wherein said inner ring has a foot coupled to said inner ring, said foot having a diameter the same as said inner ring;
- wherein a pivoting ring is coupled to said outer ring through a hinge whereby said pivoting ring hinges outward from said mobile device and hinges inward toward said outer ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.