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US 6,318,873 B1Granted
Apparatus for illuminating a portable electronic or computing device
AssigneesTechnology Creations, Inc., Design Rite, LLC
InventorsDavid Naghi, Gilbert Fregoso
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Abstract
An illumination device that can use a white light diode in a flexible arm plugs into, and is powered through, a utility power jack of a portable computing device or a utility port of a portable computing device.
Claims18
An apparatus for illuminating a display screen of a handheld portable video game device having a utility port in electrical connection with a power source, comprising:
- a plug for plugging the apparatus into the utility port;
- a body connected to the plug;
- and
- an illumination device attached to the body and to be electrically connected to the utility port through the plug and the body, the illumination device to illuminate the display screen of the handheld portable video game device;
- wherein the illumination device is powered by the power source when the apparatus is plugged into the utility port.
2 more elements
A method of illuminating a display screen of a handheld portable video game device having a utility port in electrical connection with a power source, comprising:
- providing an apparatus including a plug for plugging the apparatus into the utility port, a body connected to the plug, and an illumination device attached to the body and to be electrically connected to the utility port through the plug and the body;
- coupling the plug of the apparatus with the utility port of the handheld portable video game device so as to power the illumination device;
- and
- illuminating the display screen of the handheld portable video game device with the illumination device.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.