Smart device case with sound speaker
OwnerTy Fieldsinventor
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Abstract
At least one speaker is provided on a tab which is held at least partially within a case. The case also holds a smart device. A slot in the case allows for the tab with at least one speaker to slide into and out of the case. The tab can slide out of the case and deployed, and the at least one speaker can emit sound from the smart device. A power source can also be provided within the tab to power the speakers. A sound signal to the speakers can be carried by a wired interconnection to the smartphone or by wireless transmission to the speaker on the tab. In one embodiment multiple smart devices with speakers according to this invention work together by transmitting a sound signal from one smart device to a speaker associated with another smart device, either directly or through the other smart device.
Claims18
A smart device case with sound speaker, comprising in combination:
- 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 said rim;
- a slot in one of said sides, said slot closer to said floor than to said rim;
- a sound support tab having a width less than a width of said slot and a thickness less than a height of said slot;
- said tab having a proximal end opposite a distal end, said proximal end inside said slot, said distal end outside of said slot;
- said tab slidable between a stored position and a deployed position, with said deployed position locating said tab more out of said slot than said stored position;
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- at least one speaker on said tab, said speaker connectable to the smart device to output sound from the smart device through the speaker.
A method for amplifying sound from a smart device, including the steps of:
- identifying a smart device case with sound speaker having 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 support tab having a width less than a width of the slot and a thickness less than a height of the slot, the tab having a proximal end opposite a distal end, the proximal end inside the slot, the distal end outside of the slot, the tab slidable between a stored position and a deployed position, with the deployed position locating the tab more out of the slot than the stored position and at least one speaker on the tab the speaker connectable to the smart device to output sound from the smart device through the speaker;
- placing a smart device inside the case;
- sliding the tab out of the slot sufficient to at least partially reveal the speaker;
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- passing a signal to the at least one speaker to cause the speaker to emit sound from the smart device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.