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US 11,493,827 B2Granted
Multifunctional electronic device case
OwnerElise Briscoinventor
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Abstract
A multifunctional case for cell phones, tablets, and other personal electronic devices with flip, sliding, and adjustable magnifying lens for viewing a screen is disclosed. The multifunctional case includes options with a detachable lens and a handle, allowing a user carrying a smartphone or similar personal electronic device mounted in the multifunctional case an immediately available means to magnify print on objects, giving the user various ways to eliminate many occasions where reading glassed are needed.
Claims10
A multifunctional device case comprising:
- a body having an opening for receiving a mobile device, wherein the body is configured to retain the mobile device within the body;
- and
- a magnifying device coupled to the body of the device case, wherein the magnifying device comprises:
- a sliding member coupled to the body on a side opposite the opening of the body;
- an articulating member rotatably coupled to the sliding member with a first hinge;
- and
- a lens rotatably coupled to the articulating member with a second hinge,
- wherein the magnifying device is moveable between a stored position and a magnifying position, wherein:
- the stored position comprises the sliding member and the articulating member within a same plane and the lens adjacent to and within the same plane as the sliding member and the articulating member or adjacent to and parallel to the sliding member and the articulating member;
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- the magnifying position comprises the articulating member perpendicular to the sliding member, the lens perpendicular to the articulating member and the lens parallel to the sliding member with the lens spaced from and positioned over a screen of the mobile device retained within the body.
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A method of using a multifunctional device case, the method comprising:
- coupling a mobile device within a body of the multifunctional device case, the device case comprising a magnifying device;
- moving the magnifying device from a stored position to a magnifying position to place a lens of the magnifying device in a position over and spaced from a screen of the mobile device;
- magnifying content displayed on the screen of the mobile device with the lens;
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- moving the magnifying device from the magnifying position to the stored position, wherein the magnifying device in the stored position comprises a sliding member and an articulating member of the magnifying device within a same plane and the lens adjacent to and within the same plane as the sliding member and the articulating member or adjacent to and parallel to the sliding member and the articulating member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.