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US 8,393,584 · App. 13/112,129 · Granted Mar 12, 2013

Apparatus for holding a portable electronic device

Inventor: Salih Maurice Burns (Hamilton, BM)
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Patent No.
US 8,393,584
App. No.
13/112,129
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for holding a portable electronic device. The apparatus includes a base having a storage compartment. The base includes a neck cavity. The apparatus includes an attachment member extending from the base and configured to couple to another object. The attachment member includes a suction cup. The apparatus includes a neck extending from the neck cavity of the base; wherein when the neck is retracted substantially fits within the neck cavity. The neck includes a plurality of frustoconical nested members configured to extend from the neck cavity or retract therein. The apparatus includes a mount coupled to a distal end of the neck and configured to couple to a portable electronic device. The mount includes an actuation device configured to actuate the portable electronic device. The apparatus includes a remote control configured to actuate a portable electronic device.

Claims (36)

1. An apparatus for holding a portable electronic device, comprising:

a) a base including:

a1) a storage compartment; and

a2) a neck cavity;

b) an attachment member extending from a bottom surface of the base and configured to couple the base to another object;

c) a neck extending from the neck cavity of the base; wherein the neck is retractable, and in a retractable mode substantially fits within the neck cavity; and

d) a mount coupled to a distal end of the neck and configured to couple to a portable electronic device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the attachment member includes a suction cup.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the neck includes a plurality of frustoconical nested members configured to extend from the neck cavity or retract therein.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the neck, in the retractable mode, is disposed adjacent the base.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the attachment member is disposed on an opposite side of the base relative to the neck.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the storage compartment is disposed within the base, adjacent the neck cavity.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mount further includes an actuation device configured to actuate a portable electronic device.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further includes a remote control configured to actuate a portable electronic device.

9. An apparatus for holding a portable electronic device, comprising:

a) a base including:

a1) a storage compartment; and

a2) a neck cavity;

b) an attachment member extending from a bottom surface of the base and configured to couple the base to another object;

c) a neck extending from the neck cavity of the base; wherein the neck is retractable, and in a retractable mode substantially fits within the neck cavity; and

d) a mount coupled to a distal end of the neck and configured to couple to a portable electronic device; wherein the mount further includes an actuation device configured to actuate a portable electronic device.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the attachment member includes a suction cup.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the neck includes a plurality of frustoconical nested members configured to extend from the neck cavity or retract therein.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the neck, in the retractable mode, is disposed adjacent the base.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the attachment member is disposed on an opposite side of the base relative to the neck.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the storage compartment is disposed within the base, adjacent the neck cavity.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the apparatus further includes a remote control configured to actuate a portable electronic device.

16. An apparatus for holding a portable electronic device, comprising:

a) a base including:

a1) a storage compartment; and

a2) a neck cavity; wherein the storage compartment is disposed within the base, adjacent the neck cavity;

b) an attachment member extending from a bottom surface of the base and configured to couple the base to another object; the attachment member includes a suction cup; wherein the attachment member is disposed on an opposite side of the base relative to the neck;

c) a neck extending from the neck cavity of the base; wherein the neck is retractable, and in a retractable mode substantially fits within the neck cavity; wherein the neck includes a plurality of frustoconical nested members configured to extend from the neck cavity or retract therein; wherein the neck, in the retractable mode, is disposed adjacent the base; and

d) a mount coupled to a distal end of the neck and configured to couple to a portable electronic device.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the mount further includes an actuation device configured to actuate a portable electronic device.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the apparatus further includes a remote control configured to actuate a portable electronic device.

Continuity (1)
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