Running belt
AssigneeTune Belt, Inc.
InventorRichard S. Wagner, II
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Abstract
A running belt has a pouch that defines a primary compartment sized to receive at least a smartphone therein, and there is a panel formed from a polymer having a coefficient of friction less than 1 that is within the compartment, wherein the panel has a tab extending from a top edge thereof, wherein the tab is directly affixed to an interior surface of a front panel of the pouch and a remaining perimeter of the panel is not affixed to the interior surface of the front panel of the pouch, and the panel maintains a substantially constant shape of the pouch when the smartphone is inserted into or removed from the primary compartment.
Claims18
A running belt comprising:
- a pouch forming a primary compartment that is sized to carry a device;
- a panel having a tab extending from an edge of the panel, wherein the panel is located within the primary compartment and formed from a first material;
- a front panel of the pouch, wherein the front panel includes an interior surface that forms a portion of the primary compartment, wherein the front panel of the pouch is formed from a second material that is different than the first material;
- wherein the tab on the panel is directly affixed to interior surface of the front panel;
- and
- a belt that is operable to retain the pouch about a portion of a user's body and the belt is operatively connected to the pouch to retain the device within the compartment of the pouch.
A running belt has a pouch that defines a primary compartment sized to receive at least a smartphone therein, and there is a panel formed from a polymer having a coefficient of friction less than 1 that is within the compartment, wherein the panel has a tab extending from a top edge thereof, wherein the tab is directly affixed to an interior surface of a front panel of the pouch and a remaining perimeter of the panel is not affixed to the interior surface of the front panel of the pouch, and the panel maintains a substantially constant shape of the pouch when the smartphone is inserted into or removed from the primary compartment.
A method comprising:
- donning a belt having a pouch defining a primary compartment and having a panel formed from a polymer having a coefficient of friction less than 1 that is within the compartment, wherein the panel has a tab extending from a top edge thereof, wherein the tab is directly affixed to an interior surface of a front panel of the pouch and a remaining perimeter of the panel is not affixed to the interior surface of the front panel of the pouch;
- selectively inserting a device into the primary compartment;
- adjusting the belt;
- and
- retaining the device within the primary compartment during to adjustment of the belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.