Smart device sound amplifier
OwnerTy Fieldsinventor
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Abstract
A sound amplifier is provided in the form of a sound amplification cone with a front panel opposite a rear panel and spaced apart by side panels. The side panels fold so that the front panel and rear panel can collapse together or be deployed apart. The sound amplification cone is hinged to a tab which is held at least partially within a case. The case also holds a smart device therein. A slot in the case allows for the tab and sound amplification cone to slide into and out of the case when the cone is collapsed. When the sound amplification cone is slid out of the case and deployed, a port of the sound amplification cone is located adjacent speakers of the smart device to amplify sound therefrom. Auxiliary speakers and a power source can also be provided within the tab or sound amplification cone for further sound amplification.
Claims20
A smart device case with sound amplifier, comprising in combination:
- a case including sides extending up from a floor to a rim, said case configured to hold a smart device therein with a front of the smart device surrounded by said rim;
- a slot in one of said sides, said slot closer to said floor than to said rim;
- a sound amplifying cone having a width less than a width of said slot;
- said sound amplifying cone, when deployed, having an outlet larger than an inlet port and with said outlet on an end of said sound amplifying cone opposite said port;
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- said sound amplifying cone having a collapsed form with a thickness of said sound amplifying cone thinner than said slot, such that said sound amplifying cone can fit through said slot and into said case when in said collapsed form, said case having sufficient depth between said rim and said floor to house both said sound amplifying cone in said collapsed form and said smart device therein.
A method for amplifying sound from a smart device, including the steps of:
- identifying a smart device case with sound amplifier having a case including sides extending up from a floor to a rim, the case configured to hold a smart device therein with a front of the smart device surrounded by the rim;
- a slot in one of the sides, the slot closer to the floor than to the rim;
- a sound amplifying cone having a width less than a width of the slot;
- the sound amplifying cone when deployed, having an outlet larger than an inlet port and with the outlet on an end of the sound amplifying cone opposite the inlet port;
- and the sound amplifying cone having a collapsed form with a thickness of the sound amplifying cone thinner than the slot, such that the sound amplifying cone can fit through the slot and into the case when in the collapsed form, the case having sufficient depth between the rim and the floor to house both the sound amplifying cone in the collapsed form and the smart device therein;
- placing a smart device inside the case;
- sliding the sound amplifying cone out of the slot;
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- expanding the cone from the collapsed form to the deployed form.
A smart device sound amplifier, comprising in combination:
- a sound amplifying cone having a collapsed form and a deployed form;
- said sound amplifying cone having a pair of planar opposite panels including a front panel and a rear panel;
- said sound amplifying cone having opposing side panels;
- said sound amplifying cone having said front panel and said rear panel closer together when in the collapsed form than when in the deployed form;
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- said sound amplifying cone having an open port opposite an open outlet with said front panel, said rear panel and said side panels extending from said port to said outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.