Low-Profile Expandable Grip and Stand
OwnerJacob Epstein, Lukas Scheurerinventors
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Abstract
A grip for a mobile device includes a frame having at least one magnet for coupling the grip to a mobile device or to a case of a mobile device. The grip further includes a strap configured to transition from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration in which the strap forms a loop configured to receive a user's finger. The frame defines a partially enclosed opening through which the strap is configured to pass during this transition from the collapsed to the expanded configuration.
Claims20
A grip for a mobile device comprising:
- a frame having at least one magnet for coupling the grip to a mobile device or a case of a mobile device;
- a strap configured to transition from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration where the strap forms a loop configured to receive a user's finger;
- wherein the frame defines a partially enclosed opening through which the strap is configured to pass to transition from the collapsed configuration to the expanded configuration.
A method of operating an expandable grip for a mobile device, the method comprising:
- providing an expandable grip, the expandable grip having:
- a base configured to couple with a mobile device or a case of a mobile device,
- a strap being partially retained within the base and movable between a collapsed configuration in which the strap is collapsed and an expanded configuration in which the strap forms a loop;
- coupling the expandable grip to a mobile device or case;
- transitioning from the collapsed configuration to the expanded configuration.
A system comprising:
- a mobile device or case of a mobile device having a device magnetic coupling portion;
- a grip for use with the mobile device or the case associated with the mobile device, the grip having:
- a frame having a bridge,
- a corresponding magnetic coupling portion housed within the frame,
- a strap being coupled to the frame and movable between:
- (i) a collapsed configuration in which the strap lies substantially flat, and
- (ii) an expanded configuration in which the strap forms a loop, and
- an opening through which the strap is configured to pass to transition between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the opening formed at least in part by the bridge portion and a surface of the mobile device or the case of the mobile device when the grip and the mobile device or the case of the mobile device are magnetically coupled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.