Attachable supplemental battery for mobile device
A self-attaching supplemental battery for a cellular phone comprises a housing containing a rechargeable battery. A releasable attachment pad is affixed to an attachment side of the housing to releasably couple the housing and the rechargeable battery to a back of the cellular phone. A cover is removably carried by the housing, and selectively locatable on either side. The cover comprises a panel sized and shaped to cover the releasable attachment pad in a protection location when located on the attachment side of the housing, and to expose the releasable attachment pad in a storage location when located on the face side of the housing.
1. A self-attaching supplemental battery device in combination with a mobile device, the supplemental battery device comprising:
a) a housing containing a rechargeable battery, and having an attachment side;
b) a releasable attachment pad affixed to the attachment side of the housing;
c) the releasable attachment pad comprising a tacky layer;
d) the housing with the rechargeable battery having at least two configurations, comprising:
i) at attached configuration in which the housing with the rechargeable battery is releasably coupled to a back of the mobile device by the tacky layer so that the supplemental battery device and the mobile device become a combined unit; and
ii) a detached configuration in which the housing with the rechargeable battery is removed from the back of the mobile device; and
e) the housing being smaller than the mobile device and the housing having a perimeter within a perimeter of the mobile device.
2. The combination in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the releasable attachment pad occupies a majority of the attachment side of the housing.
3. The combination in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the supplemental battery device further comprises:
a) an indentation in the attachment side of the housing;
b) the releasable attachment pad being disposed in the indentation; and
c) the releasable attachment pad extending beyond the attachment side of the housing.
4. The combination in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the tacky layer of the releasable attachment pad comprises a polyurethane layer.
5. The combination in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the tacky layer of the releasable attachment pad comprises:
polyurethane foam, PVC foam, acrylic foam, micro-suction foam/tape, a thin releasable sticky tape with a permanent adhesive on one side and a releasable stickiness on the other side, or combinations thereof.
6. The combination in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is a cell phone, and wherein the housing with the rechargeable battery is releasably coupled to an outer surface of a back of the cell phone by the tacky layer.
7. The combination in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the supplemental battery device further comprises:
a power button in a wall of the housing and electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery.
8. The combination in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the supplemental battery device further comprises:
a charge port in a wall of the housing and electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery.
9. The combination in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the supplemental battery device further comprises:
control electronics contained in the housing and coupled to the rechargeable battery to control charging and discharging of the rechargeable battery.
10. The combination in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the supplemental battery device further comprises:
indicator lights carried by the housing and electrically coupled to the battery configured to indicate function of the supplemental battery, or charge level of the rechargeable battery, or both.
11. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the tacky layer of the releasable attachment pad comprises a polyurethane layer.
12. The combination in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the rechargeable battery is contained within and surrounded by the housing.
13. A self-attaching supplemental battery device configured for a mobile device, the supplemental battery device comprising:
a) a housing containing a rechargeable battery, and having an attachment side;
b) a releasable attachment pad affixed to the attachment side of the housing; and
c) the releasable attachment pad comprising a tacky layer being configured to releasably couple the housing and the rechargeable battery to a back of the mobile device; and
d) the tacky layer of the releasable attachment pad comprising: polyurethane foam, PVC foam, acrylic foam, micro-suction foam/tape, a thin releasable sticky tape with a permanent adhesive on one side and a releasable stickiness on the other side, or combinations thereof.
14. The device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the releasable attachment pad occupies a majority of the attachment side of the housing.
15. The device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the supplemental battery device further comprises:
a power button in a wall of the housing and electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery.
16. The device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the supplemental battery device further comprises:
a charge port in a wall of the housing and electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery.
17. The device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the supplemental battery device further comprises:
control electronics contained in the housing and coupled to the rechargeable battery to control charging and discharging of the rechargeable battery.
18. The device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the supplemental battery device further comprises:
indicator lights carried by the housing and electrically coupled to the battery configured to indicate function of the supplemental battery, or charge level of the rechargeable battery, or both.
19. The device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the supplemental battery device further comprises:
a) an indentation in the attachment side of the housing;
b) the releasable attachment pad being disposed in the indentation; and
c) the releasable attachment pad extending beyond the attachment side of the housing.
20. A self-attaching supplemental battery device in combination with a mobile device, the supplemental battery device comprising:
a) a housing containing a rechargeable battery, and having an attachment side;
b) a releasable attachment pad affixed to the attachment side of the housing;
c) the releasable attachment pad comprising a tacky layer;
d) the housing with the rechargeable battery having at least two configurations, comprising:
i) at attached configuration in which the housing with the rechargeable battery is releasably coupled to a back of the mobile device by the tacky layer so that the supplemental battery device and the mobile device become a combined unit; and
ii) a detached configuration in which the housing with the battery is removed from the back of the mobile device;
e) an indentation in the attachment side of the housing;
f) the releasable attachment pad being disposed in the indentation; and
g) the releasable attachment pad extending beyond the attachment side of the housing.