Portable electronic device leash and associated use thereof

A combined portable electronic leash and mobile phone case for preventing damage to an existing mobile phone if accidentally dropped, said combined portable electronic leash and mobile phone case comprising:

• a mobile phone case configured to be attached to an existing mobile phone;
• a portable leash configured to be clipped to a user garment and detachably connected to said mobile phone case, said leash comprises a housing including
• a centrally registered rotational axis,
• a spool having a plurality of spokes fixedly attached thereto,
• a primary spring member anchored to said spokes and wound along a circumferential inner surface of said spool,
• a central bracket and a secondary spring located therein,
• a flexible cable having a proximal end anchored to said central bracket and wrapped about a circumferential outer surface of said spool,
• a fastener attached to a distal end of said flexible cable and detachably connected to said mobile phone case, and
• a mechanism for transmitting an alert signal when said flexible cable is extracted beyond a maximum threshold distance outwardly away from said housing;
• wherein said alert signal transmitting mechanism is coupled to said housing and said flexible cable;
• wherein said alert signal transmitting mechanism comprises:
• a controller;
• a transducer communicatively coupled to said controller;
• a stationary sensor statically affixed to an interior surface of said housing;
• and a plurality of dynamic sensors statically affixed to a longitudinal length of said flexible cable;
• wherein said stationary sensor generates and transmits an initiate alert signal to said controller when said flexible cable is extracted beyond said maximum threshold distance;
• wherein said stationary sensor generates and transmits a terminate alert signal to said controller when said flexible cable is retracted within said maximum threshold distance;
• wherein said controller, upon receipt of said initiate alert signal and said terminate alert signal, respectively instructs said transducer to initiate and terminate emission of an alarm signal.

A method of utilizing a combined portable electronic leash and mobile phone case for preventing damage to an existing mobile phone if accidentally dropped, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing an existing mobile phone;
• providing and attaching a mobile phone case to said existing mobile phone;
• providing a leash comprising a housing including a centrally registered rotational axis, a spool having a plurality of spokes fixedly attached thereto, a primary spring member anchored to said spokes and wound along a circumferential inner surface of said spool, a central bracket and a secondary spring located therein, a flexible cable having a proximal end anchored to said central bracket and wrapped about a circumferential outer surface of said spool, a fastener attached to a distal end of said flexible cable and detachably connected to said mobile phone case, and a mechanism for transmitting an alert signal when said flexible cable is extracted beyond a maximum threshold distance outwardly away from said housing;
• coupling said alert signal transmitting mechanism to said housing and said flexible cable;
• clipping said portable leash to said mobile phone case;
• detachably connecting said portable leash to a user garment;
• and
• transmitting an alert signal when said flexible cable is extracted beyond said maximum threshold distance outwardly away from said housing wherein said mechanism for transmitting an alert signal comprises:
• a controller;
• a transducer communicatively coupled to said controller;
• a stationary sensor statically affixed to an interior surface of said housing;
• and a plurality of dynamic sensors statically affixed to a longitudinal length of said flexible cable;
• wherein said stationary sensor generates and transmits an initiate alert signal to said controller when said flexible cable is extracted beyond said maximum threshold distance;
• wherein said stationary sensor generates and transmits a terminate alert signal to said controller when said flexible cable is retracted within said maximum threshold distance;
• wherein said controller, upon receipt of said initiate alert signal and said terminate alert signal, respectively instructs said transducer to initiate and terminate emission of an alarm signal.