U.S. patent application number 13/971824 was filed with the patent office on 2015-02-26 for system for holding a mobile electronic device and external battery which provides additional external power to said electronic device.
The applicant listed for this patent is Robert Baschnagel. Invention is credited to Robert Baschnagel.
Application Number | 20150055278 13/971824 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 51297786 |
Filed Date | 2015-02-26 |
United States Patent
Application |
20150055278 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Baschnagel; Robert |
February 26, 2015 |
System For Holding A Mobile Electronic Device And External Battery
Which Provides Additional External Power to Said Electronic
Device
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for securing and
conveniently holding a mobile electronic device including but not
limited to a mobile phone and providing an additional spare
external power supply to said mobile electronic device. The system
includes a holder which is adapted to removably receive the
electronic device therein and a attachment means located at the
back of the holder for attaching the holder to an object. The
holder further includes a cavity formed therein at the bottom which
is adapted to removably receive an external battery for said
electronic device. The system may further comprise a portable
external battery for said electronic device so that the electronic
device can take advantage of the additional spare external
power.
Inventors: |
Baschnagel; Robert; (Garden
city, NY) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Baschnagel; Robert |
Garden city |
NY |
US |
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Family ID: |
51297786 |
Appl. No.: |
13/971824 |
Filed: |
August 20, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
361/679.01 ;
248/200; 248/229.2; 248/316.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B60R 2011/0059 20130101;
H04B 1/3883 20130101; B60R 11/02 20130101; H04M 2001/0204 20130101;
H05K 5/0221 20130101; H05K 5/0247 20130101; B60R 2011/0071
20130101; H04M 1/0274 20130101; H04M 1/0283 20130101; H04M 1/04
20130101; H05K 5/0204 20130101; H05K 5/0086 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
361/679.01 ;
248/200; 248/316.1; 248/229.2 |
International
Class: |
H05K 5/00 20060101
H05K005/00; B60R 11/02 20060101 B60R011/02; H05K 5/02 20060101
H05K005/02 |
Claims
1. A system for holding and providing additional external power to
mobile electronic apparatus comprising: a portable external
battery; a holder for releasably holding and securing an electronic
apparatus; and an attachment means located at the back side of the
holder for attaching the holder to an object; wherein the holder
includes a cavity formed therein at its bottom for removably
receiving the portable external battery.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the holder comprises a
rectangular plate and a pair of adjustable clamps on two lateral
sides thereof for releasably holding and frictionally engaging the
electronic apparatus.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the holder further comprises a
locking mechanism inside the cavity to engage and lock the external
battery in place.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable external battery
comprises USB ports for receiving charging cables with USB
ends.
5. The system of claim 2, wherein the holder further comprises a
ridge located along a front lower end of the plate for providing
additional support to a bottom of the electronic apparatus.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the ridge comprises holes to
allow USB charging cables to pass through and connect the
electronic devices to the external battery or to an A/C outlet.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the attachment means at the back
side of the plate is sized and configured to clip the holder onto a
pole of a golf cart.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the attachment means at the back
side of the plate is sized and configured to mount the holder onto
an appropriate surface in a car.
9. The system of claim 4, wherein the USB ports on the portable
external battery can provide external power to multiple mobile
electronic devices via the USB charging cables or can be connected
through a cable with a USB end that plugs into the external battery
USB port and another end with a NC power plug that plugs in the A/C
power source.
10. A device for holding a mobile electronic device and an external
battery comprising: a holder for releasably holding and securing an
electronic apparatus; and an attachment means located at a back
side of the holder for attaching the holder to an object; wherein
the holder includes a cavity formed therein at its bottom for
removably receiving an portable external battery.
11. The device of claim 10, further comprising an external
battery.
12. The device of claim 10, wherein the holder comprises a
rectangular plate and a pair of adjustable clamps on two lateral
sides of the plate for releasably holding and frictionally engaging
the electronic apparatus.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein the holder further comprises a
locking mechanism inside the cavity to engage and lock the external
battery in place.
14. The system of claim 11, wherein the portable external battery
comprises USB ports for receiving charging cables with USB
ends.
15. The system of claim 12, wherein the holder further comprises a
ridge located along a front lower end of the plate for providing
additional support to a bottom of the electronic device.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the ridge comprises holes to
allow USB charging cables to pass through and connect the
electronic devices to the external battery or to an A/C outlet.
17. The system of claim 10, wherein the attachment means at the
back side of the plate is sized and configured to clip the holder
onto a pole of a golf cart.
18. The system of claim 10, wherein the attachment means at the
back side of the plate is sized and configured to mount the holder
onto an appropriate surface in a car.
19. The system of claim 14, wherein the USB ports on the portable
external battery can provide external power to multiple mobile
electronic devices via the USB charging cables or can be connected
through a cable with a USB end that plugs into the external battery
USB port and another end with a NC power plug that plugs in the A/C
power source.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE
[0001] This is a continuation-in-part Application to the U.S.
application Ser. No. 13/766,387, filed on Feb. 13, 2013, from which
priority is claimed, and entirety of which is hereby incorporated
by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention generally relates to a system that
holds a mobile electronic device and a compatible external battery.
More particularly, the present invention relates to a system which
has a holder for holding a mobile electronic device and an external
battery for providing external power to said electronic device when
needed.
[0004] 2. Description of Related Art
[0005] Devices for holding mobile electronic device is known in the
prior art. More specifically, by way of example, U.S. PreGrant
Publication No. 20130148273 to Tasi discloses a mobile electronic
device holder. U.S. Pat. No. 6,357,646 to Gur discloses a holder
for an article or mobile device. A holder according to one or more
embodiment of the invention allows a device to be securely held in
the holder while providing easy and flexible access to the personal
device. U.S. Pat. No. 8,408,513 to Smith discloses a holder system
for mobile devices including a generally rectangular holder base
and a holder configured to secure the mobile device therein.
[0006] However, these devices do not have a compartment to store an
external battery that can provide additional external power to the
mobile electronic device.
[0007] Currently, there are charging cradles. Charging cradle
charges and cradles the mobile electronic device when its placed in
the cradle. More specifically, by way of example, U.S. Pat. No.
7,683,572 to Toya discloses a battery charging cradle for mobile
electronic device. U.S. Pat. No. 7,683,572 to Tang discloses a
rechargeable apparatus which is provided for being recharged by a
power source. The rechargeable apparatus include a rechargeable
battery and a secondary inductive coil excited by the power
source.
[0008] However, it can only charge one phone at a time.
Furthermore, it charges the phone but does not function as an
external battery to provide on-the-go additional power.
[0009] Therefore, there is a need to have a system that can hold
the electronic device and its external battery together in one
place and allows for the electronic device to get additional power
from the external battery while the electronic device is held onto
a pole of a golf cart or on a dashboard of a car.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there
is disclosed a system that supports an electronic device (such as a
phone, navigation gps device and the like) and can be removably
attached to objects. In addition, the system has a cavity for
releasably receiving a portable external battery for said
electronic device.
[0011] The system may further comprise a portable external battery
that is compatible with said electronic device for providing
additional spare power to said electronic device. The portable
external battery comprises multiple USB ports that can be connected
to multiple electronic devices at the same time through Universal
Serial Bus ("USB" hereinafter) cables to provide additional spare
power to the multiple electronic devices while the external battery
is held in the system.
[0012] The present invention can be attached onto objects such as a
pole of a golf cart allowing ease of use of certain functions, for
example: global positioning system ("gps" hereinafter). The
external battery can provide additional external power while the
mobile electronic device maintain attached onto an object. The
object may be the windshield of a car or any appropriate
surfaces.
[0013] In one embodiment of the present invention, the holder has a
rectangular plate and a pair of adjustable clamps on two lateral
sides of the plate for releasably holding and frictionally engaging
said electronic device.
[0014] The holder may further comprise a ridge located along the
front lower end of the plate so that the mobile phone's bottom can
be supported by the ridge.
[0015] Alternatively, the cavity of the holder may be sized and
configured to match with commercially available external battery so
that the holder and attachment means of the present invention can
be used with these commercially available external batteries.
[0016] The more important features of the invention have thus been
outlined in order that the more detailed description that follows
may be better understood and in order that the present contribution
to the art may better be appreciated. Additional features of the
invention will be described hereinafter and will form the subject
matter of the claims that follow.
[0017] Before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention
in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited
in its application to the details of construction and the
arrangements of the components set forth in the following
description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is
capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out
in various ways. Also it is to be understood that the phraseology
and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description
and should not be regarded as limiting.
[0018] As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the
conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be
utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods
and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present
invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded
as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not
depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
[0019] The foregoing has outlined, rather broadly, the preferred
feature of the present invention so that those skilled in the art
may better understand the detailed description of the invention
that follows. Additional features of the invention will be
described hereinafter that form the subject of the claims of the
invention. Those skilled in the art should appreciate that they can
readily use the disclosed conception and specific embodiment as a
basis for designing or modifying other structures for carrying out
the same purposes of the present invention and that such other
structures do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention
in its broadest form.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0020] Other aspects, features, and advantages of the present
invention will become more fully apparent from the following
detailed description, the appended claim, and the accompanying
drawings in which similar elements are given similar reference
numerals.
[0021] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a system for holding and
providing additional external power supply to mobile electronic
device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
[0022] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the embodiment in FIG. 1.
[0023] FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 1 as
viewed from the top of the system showing locking mechanism between
the holder and the external battery.
[0024] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the embodiment in FIGS. 1
and 2 in operation, wherein a mobile phone with the GPS app opened
is mounted on the support structure.
[0025] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the
present invention which has a ridge to provide additional support
to the mobile electronic device.
[0026] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the embodiment in FIG. 5 in
operation, wherein a mobile phone with the GPS app opened is
mounted on the device.
[0027] FIG. 7 is a back view of the embodiment in FIG. 5 which
shows the attachment means.
[0028] FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the embodiment in FIG. 5
clipped onto a pole.
[0029] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the embodiment in FIG. 5
clipped onto a pole wherein a mobile phone is held by the
system.
[0030] FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the embodiment in FIG. 5
which is clipped onto a pole wherein a mobile phone and the
external battery is held by the system and the external battery
provides extra power to multiple other mobile devices.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0031] Referring to FIGS. 1-2, there is disclosed a system 100 that
can hold a mobile electronic device and provide extra external
power supply to said mobile electronic device. The mobile
electronic device described herein includes but not limited to a
mobile phone, a navigation GPS device, and the like.
[0032] The system 100 comprises a holder 10 for releasably holding
and securing an electronic device and an attachment means (not
observable in FIGS. 1-2) located at a back side of the holder for
attaching the holder 10 to an object. The system 100 further
comprises a portable external battery 20 which is compatible with
said electronic device. The holder 10 includes a cavity 11 formed
at the bottom of the holder for removably receiving said portable
external battery 20.
[0033] In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-2, the holder 10 has a
rectangular plate 13 and a pair of adjustable clamps 15 on two
lateral sides of the plate for releasably holding and frictionally
engaging said electronic device. The rectangular plate 13 may be
manufactured using an injection molding process with a
plastic/resin material. The holder further includes a
fastening/locking mechanism 14 inside the cavity 11 to engage and
lock the external battery 20 in place to prevent the external
battery 20 from falling out the holder 10. FIG. 3 is a sectional
view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 1 as viewed from the top of the
system showing locking mechanism between the holder and the
external battery according to one embodiment of the present
invention. The locking mechanism inside the cavity is a pair of
retractable projections 14 which match with a pair of recesses 23
on the lateral sides of the external battery 20. Other type of
locking mechanism 14 may be used in other embodiments.
[0034] The portable external battery comprises multiple USB ports
21 for receiving cables with an USB end. The USB ports 21 on the
portable external battery 20 can provide external power to multiple
mobile electronic devices.
[0035] The technology to manufacture a portable external battery 20
for the electronic device is known in the art and is therefore not
described herein. It is contemplated that any suitable and
available technology could be employed in the manufacture of a
portable external battery of this invention.
[0036] As illustrated in FIG. 4, when the mobile phone 200 is
inserted into the holder 10, the mobile phone 200 is snuggly and
tightly held by the regular plate 13 and the pair of clamps 15.
[0037] In order to provide additional support, the holder has a
ridge 17 located along the front lower end of the plate 13 as shown
in FIG. 5 so that the mobile phone's bottom can be supported by the
ridge 17 as demonstrated in FIG. 6. The ridge 17 comprises holes 19
to allow the power supply's USB charging cable to pass through and
connect to the phone.
[0038] In one embodiment that is demonstrated in FIG. 7, the system
100 has an attachment means 30 at the back of the plate 13 sized
and configured to clip the holder onto a pole 300 of a golf cart.
FIGS. 8-10 show the system 100 of the present invention clipped
onto a pole 300 of a golf cart with or without mobile phone
attached to it. The USB ports 21 on the portable external battery
20 can connect and provide external power to multiple mobile phones
200 as illustrated in FIG. 10.
[0039] In another embodiment, the system may have an attachment
means 30 at the back side of the holder sized and configured to
mount the holder onto an appropriate surface in a car.
[0040] Alternatively, the cavity of the holder 10 may be sized and
configured to match with commercially available external battery so
that the holder 10 and attachment means 30 of the present invention
can be used with these commercially available external
batteries.
[0041] While there have been shown and described and pointed out
the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to the
preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the foregoing is
considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention
and not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the
precise forms disclosed. Obvious modifications or variations are
possible in light of the above teachings. The embodiments discussed
were chosen and described to provide the best illustration of the
principles of the invention and its practical application to enable
one of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the invention in
various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to
the particular use contemplated All such modifications and
variations are within the scope of the invention as determined by
the appended claims when interpreted in accordance with the breadth
to which they are entitled.
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