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US 2026/0106641 A1Published application
Mobile Device Accessory for Privacy Protection
OwnerNicholas Moncoinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to mobile device cases having enhanced privacy protection features. In particular, presently disclosed mobile device cases include devices for physically blocking a mobile device's microphone and/or camera by forming a seal around them, thereby having the benefit of preventing a mobile device from unknowingly recording a user's voice or video when a blocking element is in a closed position.
Claims14
A mobile device case, comprising:
- a front surface, a back surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, and two side surfaces;
- a microphone cut-out and a microphone blocker, the microphone blocker being attached to the mobile device case via a living hinge, the microphone blocker further being configured to toggle between an open position and a closed position;
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- a sound blocking portion affixed to an interior surface of the microphone blocker;
- wherein the sound blocking portion is aligned to mate with the microphone cut-out to form a seal when the microphone blocker is in the closed position.
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A method for protecting privacy, comprising:
- attaching mobile device case to a mobile device, the mobile device case having a front surface, a back surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, two side surfaces, a microphone cut-out and a microphone blocker, the microphone blocker being attached to the mobile device case via a living hinge;
- toggling the microphone blocker from an open position to a closed position to protect a user's privacy;
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- toggling the microphone blocker to an open position to permit the user to access the microphone while using the mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.