Mobile Phone Accessory
AssigneeKatana Safety, Inc.
InventorTodd W. Baldree
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Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a mobile accessory device that includes a housing having a collapsible grip and defining an attachment surface that is configured to adhere to, attach to, or engage with another surface, a user input apparatus arranged at least partly within the housing and configured to activate in response to input by a user, and a controller arranged at least partly within the housing and configured to activate in response to activation of the user input apparatus and trigger one or more predetermined functions including causing a mobile device to perform one or more predetermined mobile device functions.
Claims21
A mobile accessory device comprising:
- a housing comprising a collapsible grip and defining an attachment surface that is configured to adhere to, attach to, or engage with another surface;
- a user input apparatus arranged at least partly within the housing and configured to activate in response to input by a user;
- and
- a controller arranged at least partly within the housing and configured to activate in response to activation of the user input apparatus and trigger one or more predetermined functions including causing a mobile device to perform one or more predetermined mobile device functions.
A method of using a mobile accessory device, comprising:
- providing a mobile accessory device comprising:
- a housing comprising a collapsible grip and defining an attachment surface that is configured to adhere to, attach to, or engage with another surface;
- a user input apparatus arranged at least partly within the housing and configured to activate in response to input by a user;
- and
- a controller arranged at least partly within the housing and configured to activate in response to activation of the user input apparatus and trigger one or more predetermined functions including causing a mobile device to perform one or more predetermined mobile device functions;
- and
- engaging the mobile accessory device to a surface of a mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.