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US 5,938,137 AGranted
Cellular phone leash
OwnerHarold T. Poulsoninventor
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Abstract
A leash attached to the cell phone case and including a spring retractable leash cord in a housing pivotally attached to the belt will prevent dropping and damage to a cell phone in a case clipped to the belt. The leash housing is pivotally attached to a locking belt hook that cannot easily be accidentally removed.
Claims4
A leash for a cellular telephone case that is normally suspended by a clip on the user's belt and has an eye for attachment of a wrist strap, said leash comprising:
- a hollow circular housing containing a spool of leash cord, said leash cord having one end passing through the edge of said housing and being removable attached to the eye on the cellular telephone case, said circular housing having an axis;
- a spiral spring within said housing and attached to said axis and said spool for automatically winding said leash cord;
- a belt hook pivotally attached to said housing;
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- means in said belt hook for preventing accidental disengagement from a belt.
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A leash adapted to be attached to a cellular telephone case, said leash comprising:
- a hollow circular housing containing a rotatable spool with a leash cord wound thereon, said leash cord having one end attached to said spool and one end passing through a hole in the edge of said housing and terminating in a snap hook, said rotatable spool being rotatable around a central axis of said housing;
- spring means within said housing and attached to said axis and said spool for applying a leash cord rewinding bias to said spool;
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- a belt hook pivotally attached to said housing at said axis, said belt hook being of a resilient metal with front and rear portions adapted to surround a belt, said rear portion being bent up against said front portion to form a lock which prevents accidental removal of said hook from a belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.