Holder For Mobile Telecommunications Device
OwnerLaura L. Ripesinventor
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Abstract
A holder for a mobile telecommunications device designed to reduce distraction to the driver that securely encloses and envelopes the mobile telephone in a sound, vibration, and shock dampening material. The mobile telecommunications device is enclosed within a foam-lined container, thereby muffling sounds and vibrations emitted by the mobile telephone and reducing distractions to a driver. The holder provides a protective storage receptacle for the mobile telephone in the passenger compartment of a vehicle and decreases distractions to a driver of the vehicle from the mobile telecommunications device while maintaining the mobile telecommunications device in a functioning state and in a convenient and readily accessible location in the vehicle.
Claims20
A holder for a mobile telecommunications device comprising:
- a container having an interior and an opening into the interior;
- a lid permanently attached to the container, wherein the lid shifts between a closed position that covers the opening and an open position that exposes the opening;
- a dampening material lining the interior, wherein the dampening material dampens sounds, vibrations, and shocks;
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- a cavity in the dampening material shaped to receive the mobile telecommunications device;
- wherein the mobile telecommunications device can be inserted into the cavity through the opening when the lid is in the open position and the cavity is encapsulated by the dampening material when the lid is in the closed position, whereby any indications that the mobile telecommunications device in the cavity has received an incoming wireless transmission are not observable outside of the holder.
A holder for a mobile telecommunications device, the holder comprising:
- a cup-shaped shell having a bottom, a generally cylindrical sidewall, and an opening into an interior at a top of the sidewall;
- a lid permanently attached to the shell, wherein the lid is movable from a closed position that covers the opening to an open position that exposes the opening;
- a sound-dampening foam completely lining the interior of the shell;
- a cavity defined by the sound-dampening foam and shaped to conform to a mobile telecommunications device, the cavity being accessible through the opening;
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- a sound-dampening foam layer carried by the lid, the sound-dampening foam layer covering the cavity.
A holder for a mobile telecommunications device, the holder comprising:
- a shell having an interior and an opening into the interior;
- a lid that removably covers the opening, the lid being attached to the shell by a hinge;
- a sound-dampening foam completely lining the interior of the shell;
- a cavity defined by the sound-dampening foam and shaped to conform to a mobile telecommunications device, the cavity being accessible through the opening;
- a sound-dampening foam layer carried by the lid, the sound-dampening foam layer covering the cavity;
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- a fastener for attaching the holder to an interior surface of a vehicle passenger compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.