Phone retractor carrying case
AssigneeWest Coast Chain Mfg. Co.
InventorsBoake Paugh, Joshua R. Buesseler
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for detachably tethering a phone to a user's person, such as a belt or strap worn by the user. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a case configured to receive the phone, a holster configured to detachably receive the case, a retractable tether having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the proximal end connected to the holster, and the distal end detachably connected to the case, wherein a portion of the tether is housed in the holster, the tether configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position, and a spring coupled to the tether, the spring configured to bias the tether into the retracted position.
Claims26
An apparatus for securing a phone to an article on a person, comprising:
- a case configured to receive the phone;
- a holster configured to detachably receive the case;
- a retractable tether having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the proximal end connected to the holster, and the distal end detachably connected to the case;
- wherein a portion of the tether is housed in the holster, the tether configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position;
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- a spring coupled to the tether, the spring configured to bias the tether into the retracted position.
The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising a shell configured to connect to the circular flange, the shell and circular flange cooperating to define an interior cavity configured to house at least a portion of the tether and an aperture through which a portion of the tether extends.
An apparatus for securing a phone to a user's wrist, comprising:
- a case configured to receive the phone;
- a quick-release connector configured to detachably connect to the case;
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- a wrist strap connected to the quick-release connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.