Patents

US 8960634 B2: Holder for electronic device with support

Granted
2015-02-24
Filed
2012-01-06 application 13345345
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

Cases or holders for cell phones, personal digital assistants, portable video/music players, electronic books, electronic tablets and other handheld and/or free-standing display devices, as well as the devices themselves are disclosed. In different embodiments, a versatile protective holder that can allow placement on any surface for hands-free viewing, with full adjustment of viewing angle in landscape and/or portrait orientations; directional sound reflecting and baffling; easier cleaning and viewing of the device's screen; easier grasping by the user; wearing of the device using a belt clip or arm or waist band; as well as attachment to an automobile, bicycle, or other vehicle are disclosed.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg150224.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
ZERO CHROMA, LLC. 9 patentsUS company or organizationSykesville, MDPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Brian E. Le GetteBaltimore, MD42PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
David ReebSykesville, MD83PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
H05KPrinted circuits; casings or constructional details of electric apparatus; manufacture of assemblages of electrical componentsH05K5/03PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
B65HHandling thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs, cablesB65H75/4476PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
F16MFrames, casings or beds of engines, machines or apparatus, not specific to engines, machines or apparatus provided for elsewhere; stands; supportsF16M11/04PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
A45FTravelling or camp equipment: sacks or packs carried on the bodyA45F5/02PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2012-06-28Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
LE GETTE, BRIAN E. signed 2012-04-23
REEB, DAVID signed 2012-04-23
ZERO CHROMA, LLC SKYESVILLE, MD28462/6ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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