Phone attachment

Britt , et al. December 21, 2

Patent Grant D938949

U.S. patent number D938,949 [Application Number D/684,010] was granted by the patent office on 2021-12-21 for phone attachment. This patent grant is currently assigned to SECUREGRIP, LLC. The grantee listed for this patent is SecureGrip, LLC. Invention is credited to David Wayne Britt, Deborah Laun, Robert Naas.


United States Patent D938,949
Britt ,   et al. December 21, 2021

Phone attachment

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a phone attachment, as shown and described.
Inventors: Britt; David Wayne (Charlotte, NC), Laun; Deborah (Skaneateles, NY), Naas; Robert (Skaneateles, NY)
Applicant:
Name City State Country Type

SecureGrip, LLC

Charlotte

NC

US
Assignee: SECUREGRIP, LLC (Charlotte, NC)
Appl. No.: D/684,010
Filed: March 18, 2019

Current U.S. Class: D14/251
Current International Class: 1403
Field of Search: ;D3/218,215,247,249,269,273,301,303 ;D14/248,250-253,447,452,432-434,415,440,215,217,240,203.3-203.7 ;D12/415 ;D8/349,363 ;D13/103,107-108,119,238.1,248,250 ;455/575.6

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Primary Examiner: Oliver-Garcia; Catherine R
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Description



FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a phone attachment illustrating a finger-hold in a first extended position;

FIG. 2 is a top plan thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation thereof;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the phone attachment of FIG. 1, illustrating the finger-hold in a second extended position rotated from the first extended position, and illustrating optional ornamentation thereon;

FIG. 7 is a top plan of the phone attachment of FIG. 1, illustrating the finger-hold in the second extended position rotated from the first extended position;

FIG. 8 is a top plan of the phone attachment of FIG. 1, illustrating the finger-hold in a collapsed position;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the phone attachment of FIG. 1, illustrating the finger-hold in the collapsed position;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the phone attachment of FIG. 1 in an environment of use, illustrating the finger-hold in an extended position;

FIG. 11 is a top plan of the phone attachment of FIG. 1, illustrating optional indentation ornamentation thereon;

FIG. 12 is a top plan of the phone attachment of FIG. 1, illustrating optional webbing ornamentation thereon;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a phone attachment, illustrating the finger-hold in the second extended position rotated from the first extended position;

FIG. 14 is a top plan of the phone attachment of FIG. 1, illustrating the finger hold in the first extended position, and illustrating optional chevron ornamentation thereon; and,

FIG. 15 is a top plan of a second embodiment of a phone attachment, illustrating the finger hold in an extended position.

The broken lines illustrate environmental structure, optional ornamentation, and/or unclaimed boundary lines and form no part of the claimed design.

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