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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Next Spark Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Elizabeth Anne Gander, Golden, CO (US);
Christopher McNulty, Concord, MA (US);
Next Spark LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Provided is a mobile electronic device shade, sun-blocking, and/or privacy apparatus, comprising a shade having a deployed state and an stowed state smaller than the deployed state, the deployed state is arranged to shade a display of a mobile electronic device. Also included is a containment mechanism having a stow compartment configured to stow the shade in the stowed state. A state transition mechanism is configured to transition the shade from the stowed state in the stowed compartment into the deployed state and back again, in response to user actuation. The shade can be attachable to, form part of, or form part of a case for maintaining the mobile electronic device.