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US 7,648,027 · App. 11/763,452 · Granted Jan 19, 2010

Protective apparatus for a portable device

Assignees: Ensky Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; Ensky Technology Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,648,027
App. No.
11/763,452
Granted
Jan 19, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provided a protective apparatus for accommodating a portable device and accessories of the portable device. The protective apparatus includes a holder for accommodating the portable device; a retractile member for allowing cable portions of the accessory to be coiled therearound; and a clasp or a receptacle for receiving bulky portions of the accessories. The protective apparatus is simple designed and convenient to wind the cable onto and unwind the cable from the protective apparatus.

Claims (22)

1. A protective apparatus for retaining a portable device and at least one accessory of the portable device, the protective apparatus comprising:

a holder configured for accommodating the portable device, the holder comprising a front panel and a back panel;

a retractile member fixed to the back panel of the holder for allowing at least part of a cable portion of the at least one accessory to be wound therearound, the retractile member comprising a spool and an operable portion for keeping the coiled cable portion in position around the spool, wherein the retractile member is configured to be locked in a retracted position adjacent to the back panel by exerting a first external force on the operable portion, and configured to be locked in an extended position spaced apart from the back panel by exerting a second external force, opposite in direction to the first external force, on the retractile member; and

a clasp fixed on the back panel of the holder for accommodating a bulky portion of the at least one accessory.

2. The protective apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holder further comprises at least one elastic connecting portion interconnecting the front panel and the back panel.

3. The protective apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holder has a hole defined therein, for attaching a detachable handle to the holder.

4. The protective apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein at least a part of the front panel is made of transparent material.

5. The protective apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein an area of the spool is less than that of the operation portion.

6. The protective apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the clasp is of an elastic material and elliptical in shape having two ends that abut each other.

7. The protective apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the clasp defines a central through opening, and when the ends of the clasp are separated from each other, the ends define an entrance therebetween, the entrance being in communication with the through opening.

8. A protective apparatus for retaining a portable device and at least one accessory of the portable device, the protective apparatus comprising:

a holder configured for accommodating the portable device, the holder comprising at least one elastic connecting portion interconnecting a front panel and a back panel;

a retractile member is fixed on the back of the back panel of the holder for allowing at least part of a cable portion of the at least one accessory to be coiled therearound, the retractile member comprising a spool and an operable portion for keeping the coiled cable portion in position around the spool, wherein the retractile member is configured to be locked in a retracted position adjacent to the back panel by exerting a first external force on the operable portion, and configured to be locked in an extended position spaced apart from the back panel by exerting a second external force, opposite in direction to the first external force, on the retractile member; and

a pedestal fixed on the back panel of the holder for configuring a receptacle to receive at least part of a bulky portion of the at least one accessory.

9. The protective apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein at least a part of the front panel is made of transparent material.

10. The protective apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein an area of the spool is less than that of the operation portion.

11. The protective apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the receptacle comprises a pair of earpiece sockets in the pedestal.

12. The protective apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a diameter of an outermost end of each of the earpiece sockets is less than a diameter of an innermost end of the earpiece socket.

13. The protective apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein an inner wall of each of the earpiece sockets comprises magnetic material.

14. The protective apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the receptacle comprises a pair of grooves defined at a main outer surface of the pedestal.

15. The protective apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein a transverse width of an opening of each of the grooves at the outermost main surface of the pedestal is narrower than a corresponding width of a midsection of the groove inside the pedestal.

16. The protective apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the holder has a hole defined therein, for attaching of a detachable handle to the holder.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2007
From: LIN, TAY-YANG; HSIEH, KUAN-HONG
To: ENSKY TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; ENSKY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2006 1 0061168 · Jun 16, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070293288A1 · Dec 20, 2007