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US 7,661,567 · App. 11/543,331 · Granted Feb 16, 2010

Stick-on security ring for a hand held device

Assignee: RND Development
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Patent No.
US 7,661,567
App. No.
11/543,331
Granted
Feb 16, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A button provides an adhesive flat bottom surface for attachment to a cell phone or similar hand held device. A leash extends from the button and terminates with a finger ring. When the device is held in a hand with one finger secured in the ring, the device is secured in the hand so that it is less likely to fall. The ring may be an extension of the leash, both a part of an elastic cord loop where the leash is secured within the button and the ring extends away from the button. The leash may be retractable.

Claims (7)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a disk-shaped object having two opposing outer surfaces joined by a peripheral surface;

a circular groove, and a radial groove within the disk-shaped object, the radial groove intersecting the circular groove, the circular groove concentric with at least one further circular groove, the at least one further circular groove intersecting the radial groove;

an aperture joining the peripheral surface with the circular groove and the radial groove, wherein the radial groove and the aperture are collinearly aligned; and

a cord shaped as an endless loop, the cord engaging the circular groove and the aperture and extending therefrom exteriorly away from the peripheral surface.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said circular groove is concentric with at least two further circular grooves, the at least two further circular grooves each intersecting the radial groove.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cord is made of an elastic material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2006
From: MYERS, GREGORY B.
To: RND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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