Phone holder incorporated with a beverage bottle
OwnerThomas Anthony Raymusinventor
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Abstract
The phone holder of the invention may be attached to or incorporated with a part of a beverage bottle. In embodiments, the part of the beverage bottle may be one of the following: a rigid carry loop attached to or incorporated with a lid, wherein the lid is configured to seal the mouth of the beverage bottle; a flip cap associated with the lid; a side handle attached to or incorporated with the beverage bottle; or a lid handle extending across a top of the lid. Retaining the phone by using the beverage bottle has a number of advantages as compared to conventional phone stands, including a higher elevation for viewing the screen and for taking selfies, better stability, elimination of a need to carry around a separate phone stand, etc.
Claims7
A phone holder attached to a side handle of a beverage bottle,
- the phone holder comprises a U-shaped channel with a rear wall spaced away from a front wall by a bottom support surface and sized to removably accept a smartphone placed therein and facilitate a hands-free use thereof, wherein the rear wall is longer than the front wall, and both the rear wall and the front wall extend generally upward at an inclining angle to a vertical plane when the beverage bottle is positioned upright, the inclining angle being selected to position the smartphone to be inclined to provide a viewing angle to a user, wherein the side handle is generally C-shaped and defines a generally horizontal upper portion attached at one end thereof to the beverage bottle, the phone holder is incorporated with the upper portion and extends upward therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.