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US 8,774,446 B2Granted
Retractable storage system for handheld electronic device
AssigneeHybrid Skillz Inc.
InventorJohn T. Merenda
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Abstract
A retractable storage system for handheld electronic device comprises a removable panel with one or more storage chambers for storing an accessory item, such as a wireless earbud, cabled earbud, headphone cable or e-cigarette, and a retractable mechanism to retrieve and dispense the stored accessory item through an accessory station. The removable panel can be replaced with another removable panel configured with different structure to store different accessory item, such as a battery to charge a wireless earbud or e-cigarette.
Claims20
A retractable storage system for a handheld electronic device, comprising:
- protective housing member having a back panel and plurality of side walls forming a bounding member operative shaped and sized to bound the handheld device and enable wrapping around the handheld device;
- an enlarged compartment configured proximate said back panel, intersecting with a top side wall of said housing member, and said top side wall forming an aperture in connecting with said compartment;
- an accessory station being mounted inside said compartment, forming an aperture structure for arresting and dispensing an accessory item of the handheld device;
- a removable middle panel removably mounted inside said housing member, in parallel to said back panel, having a top edge neighboring and below said enlarged compartment;
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- one or more storage chambers structured on said removable middle panel for storing said accessory item, connecting with one or more channels wherein the channels leading to said accessory station.
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