Frictional holding pad
AssigneeAmerican Covers, Inc.
InventorAlan J. Wheatley
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Abstract
A frictional holding pad for removably attaching items, such as a cell phone, to a surface, such as a dash, to allow storage of items on the pad to prevent the items from shifting or sliding due to the movement of the support surface. A bottom surface of the pad is tacky to cling to the surface and a top surface is tacky to cling to the item. A lowermost contact surface of the pad can have a greater surface area than an uppermost contact surface. Indicia can be formed on the pad. The pad can be translucent or transparent. The pad can include an expanded vinyl material or a polyurethane material.
Claims20
A frictional holding device in combination with a dashboard or console of a vehicle and receives and secures an item thereon, the combination comprising:
- a) a dashboard or console of a vehicle;
- b) a pad having different top and bottom surfaces, the bottom surface is disposed on and frictionally clings to the dashboard or console of the vehicle;
- c) at least a substantial portion of the top surface is a contoured top surface with a plurality of protrusions or indentations;
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- d) an item, removably disposed on and frictionally clings to the top surface of the pad, the item is selected from the group consisting of:
- a cell phone, a personal digital assistant, a writing instrument, a pen, a pencil, sunglasses, eye glasses, a global positioning system, a radio, a two-way radio, a citizens band radio, a walkie-talkie, a camera, a video recorder, a cassette player/recorder, a mini-cassette recorder, a DVD player, a mini-disk player, and a portable television.
A frictional holding device in combination with a dashboard or console of a vehicle and receives and secures an item thereon, the combination comprising:
- a) a dashboard or console of a vehicle;
- b) a pad having different top and bottom surfaces, the bottom surface is disposed on and frictionally clings to the dashboard or console of the vehicle;
- c) at least a substantial portion of the top surface is a contoured top surface with a plurality of protrusions or indentations defining an uppermost contact surface;
- d) the bottom surface including a contoured bottom surface with a plurality of protrusions or indentations defining a lowermost contact surface;
- e) the lowermost contact surface having a greater surface area than the uppermost contact surface;
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- f) an item, removably disposed on and frictionally clings to the top surface of the pad, the item is selected from the group consisting of:
- a cell phone, a personal digital assistant, a writing instrument, a pen, a pencil, sunglasses, eye glasses, a global positioning system, a radio, a two-way radio, a citizens band radio, a walkie-talkie, a camera, a video recorder, a cassette player/recorder, a mini-cassette recorder, a DVD player, a mini-disk player, and a portable television.
A frictional holding device in combination with a dashboard or console of a vehicle and receives and secures an item thereon, the combination comprising:
- a) a dashboard or console of a vehicle;
- b) a pad having different top and bottom surfaces, the bottom surface is disposed on and frictionally clings to the dashboard or console of the vehicle;
- c) the pad being at least translucent;
- d) at least a substantial portion of the top surface is a contoured top surface with a plurality of protrusions or indentations defining an uppermost contact surface;
- e) the bottom surface including a contoured bottom surface with a plurality of protrusions or indentations defining a lowermost contact surface;
- f) the lowermost contact surface having a greater surface area than the uppermost contact surface;
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- g) an item, removably disposed on and frictionally clings to the top surface of the pad, the item is selected from the group consisting of:
- a cell phone, a personal digital assistant, a writing instrument, a pen, a pencil, sunglasses, eye glasses, a global positioning system, a radio, a two-way radio, a citizens band radio, a walkie-talkie, a camera, a video recorder, a cassette player/recorder, a mini-cassette recorder, a DVD player, a mini-disk player, and a portable television.
A method of releasably securing an item on a dashboard or console of a vehicle without marring or altering the dashboard or console of the vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- a) placing a frictional holding pad on the dashboard or console of the vehicle surface with a contoured bottom surface of the frictional holding pad contacting and frictionally clinging to the dashboard or console of the vehicle without marring or altering the dashboard or console of the vehicle, the contoured bottom surface including a plurality of protrusions or indentations defining a contoured lowermost contact surface;
- b) placing the item on an uppermost contact surface of a contoured top surface of the frictional holding pad with the uppermost contact surface of the frictional holding pad frictionally clinging to the item, the uppermost contact surface is formed by indentations or protrusions in the contoured top surface, the contoured top surface extending substantially across a top of the frictional holding pad, the lowermost contact surface having a greater surface area than the uppermost contact surface;
- c) removing the item from the uppermost contact surface of the frictional holding pad while the frictional holding pad remains on the dashboard or console of the vehicle;
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- d) the item is selected from the group consisting of a cellular phone, sun glasses, eye glasses, a global positioning system, a two-way radio, a personal digital assistant, a writing instrument, a citizens band radio, a walkie-talkie, a camera, a video camera, a video recorder, a CD player, a DVD player, a portable television, and a portable radio.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.