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US 11,528,986 B2Granted
Electronic device supporting belt attachment and system
OwnerChristopher Dean Sullivaninventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a device, system and method of attaching an electronic device to a belt, and to a belt having an attached electronic device, that will sit away from the user's body when in use and will be held close to the user's body when not in use. The various embodiments of the present invention also enable the easy transition of the electronic device from the in-use position to the stored position and vice versa. One embodiment of the present invention utilizes two belt clips and a gooseneck electronic device holder to achieve these goals.
Claims13
An electronic device support system comprising:
- a gooseneck belt clip comprising:
- a gooseneck belt clip front plate;
- a gooseneck belt clip back plate connected to the gooseneck belt clip front plate;
- a flexible gooseneck with a base at a first end and a second end opposite the base, the gooseneck connected at the base to the front plate, wherein the gooseneck has an inflexible portion adjacent to the base and wherein the inflexible portion includes an angled portion such that the angled portion and the inflexible portion stabilize the gooseneck and wherein the gooseneck moves near the base to transition from an in-use position to a stowed position;
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- an electronic device holder attached to the second end of the gooseneck opposite the base and configured to detachably hold an electronic device;
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- at least one stowing belt clip comprising:
- a stowing belt clip front plate;
- a stowing belt clip back plate connected to the stowing belt clip front plate;
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- a rest attached to the stowing belt clip front plate, which rest is designed to securely hold a gooseneck close to the stowing belt clip front plate.
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