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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Popsockets Llc, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Molly M. Hobbs, Boulder, CO (US);
David B. Barnett, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
POPSOCKETS LLC, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 91/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/06 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); F16M 11/40 (2006.01); F16M 13/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/33 (2006.01); F16M 11/10 (2006.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 11/06 (2013.01); F16M 11/10 (2013.01); F16M 11/40 (2013.01); F16M 13/00 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); H01R 13/33 (2013.01); H04M 1/00 (2013.01); H04M 1/04 (2013.01); F16M 2200/025 (2013.01); F16M 2200/065 (2013.01); F16M 2200/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01);
Abstract
An expandable socket for attachment to a mobile electronic device. The expandable socket includes a platform adapted to engage a portion of the portable media player, a skin coupled to the platform, wherein the skin is deformable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable socket includes a button coupled to the skin opposite the platform. The expandable socket also includes a biasing element arranged within the skin between the platform and the button, the biasing element configured to bias the skin into the expanded configuration.