Clip for mounting external device to electronic device

A device-and-clip assembly that is mountable to an electronic device having a front face with a display screen thereon, and a rear face opposite to the front face, the device-and-clip assembly comprising:

• an external device that is separate from the electronic device but which cooperates with at least one electronic device feature on the rear face to perform a selected function;
• and
• a clip including
• a first clip arm which is engageable with the front face;
• a second clip arm that is engageable with the rear face, wherein the first and second clip arms are connected to one another and are movable between an open position to permit removal of the clip from the electronic device and a closed position in which the first and second clip arms clamp the electronic device;
• and
• a releasable connection between the clip and the external device, wherein the releasable connection includes
• a toothed locking arm integrated into one of the second clip arm and the external device, wherein the toothed locking arm is resiliently flexible and includes a locking tooth thereon, and
• a shoulder on the other of the second clip arm and the external device,
• wherein the toothed locking arm flexes when slid past the shoulder in a first direction and is urged to a locking position wherein the locking tooth overlaps the shoulder to lock the external device to the second clip arm, and
• wherein the toothed locking arm is movable away from the locking position so as to be slid past the shoulder in a second direction for separation of the second clip arm from the external device.

A device-and-clip system for an electronic device having a front face with a display screen thereon, and a rear face opposite to the front face, the device-and-clip system comprising:

• an external device that is separate from the electronic device but which cooperates with at least one electronic device feature on the rear face to perform a selected function;
• a clip including
• a first clip arm having an arm marker thereon and which is engageable with the front face;
• a second clip arm that is engageable with the rear face, wherein the first and second clip arms are connected to one another and are movable between an open position to permit removal of the clip from the electronic device and a closed position in which the first and second clip arms clamp the electronic device, wherein the external device is mounted to the clip;
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• an application that is executable by the electronic device so as to instruct the electronic device to display a screen marker on the display screen in a selected position such that positioning of the first clip arm on the display screen with the arm marker aligned with the position of the screen marker positions the external device in alignment with the at least one electronic device feature.