Folding coaster stands for mobile phones
OwnerDamon VICTOR, Evan YEE +2inventors
InventorsDamon VICTOR, Evan YEE, Joseph Y. LEE, James M. BEHMKE
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Abstract
The embodiments herein provide for folding coaster stands for mobile phones. In particular, the present disclosure encompasses a number of unique designs that offer users alternatives to placing their phones on unsanitary surfaces, with varying angles of display. Each design features an initially flat shape (e.g., a square, rectangular, or circular shape, similar to a standard coaster), ingeniously folding into a three-dimensional orientation through an origami-style mechanism. This transformation allows users to prop up and securely rest their mobile phones on a stable and clean surface.
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A folding coaster stand for mobile phones, comprising:
- a base structure of a planar material, the base structure being generally rectangular and having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a central portion of the base structure;
- a push flap of the base structure, the push flap located generally centrally within the base structure, the push flap defined by a first straight score through the top surface of the central portion and a cut through the base structure for a remaining outline of the push flap to allow the push flap to fold away from the top surface and remain attached to the central portion by the bottom surface, the push flap defining first and second locking tabs along opposing sides of the remaining outline;
- two opposing side upright supports, each defined at least partially by respective second straight scores through the top surface of the central portion, the two opposing side upright supports allowed to fold away from the top surface and remain attached to the central portion by the bottom surface;
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- two tab-accepting apertures, each of the two tab-accepting apertures defined within a respective side upright support of the two opposing side upright supports and configured to accept and hold a corresponding locking tab of the first and second locking tabs of the push flap;
- wherein folding down the push flap and the two opposing side upright supports allows the first and second locking tabs to be lockingly inserted respectively into the two tab-accepting apertures to transform the base structure of a planar material into a stable standing three-dimensional orientation that inclines the central portion of the base structure to support a mobile phone at a maintained angle of display.
A method of making a folding coaster stand for mobile phones, the method comprising:
- providing a sheet of a planar material, the sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface;
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- die-cutting the sheet to create:
- a base structure being generally rectangular and having a central portion;
- a push flap of the base structure, the push flap located generally centrally within the base structure, the push flap defined by a first straight score through the top surface of the central portion and a cut through the base structure for a remaining outline of the push flap to allow the push flap to fold away from the top surface and remain attached to the central portion by the bottom surface, the push flap defining first and second locking tabs along opposing sides of the remaining outline;
- two opposing side upright supports, each defined at least partially by respective second straight scores through the top surface of the central portion, the two opposing side upright supports allowed to fold away from the top surface and remain attached to the central portion by the bottom surface;
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- two tab-accepting apertures, each of the two tab-accepting apertures defined within a respective side upright support of the two opposing side upright supports and configured to accept and hold a corresponding locking tab of the first and second locking tabs of the push flap;
- wherein folding down the push flap and the two opposing side upright supports allows the first and second locking tabs to be lockingly inserted respectively into the two tab-accepting apertures to transform the base structure of a planar material into a stable standing three-dimensional orientation that inclines the central portion of the base structure to support a mobile phone at a maintained angle of display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.